Not hard to tell I love my grinders. After the winter off season grinds are done is a good time to clean them up and get them grind ready for spring.
Had a great idea this season and thought I'd share. Using the fluid vac helped with cleaning up the bedknife grinder. Also, before cleaning true up your stone first.
Had a mid-season issue. The adjusters here in the pic was starting to seize up. This is a good time to clean, and trouble shoot any issues.
After draining the fluid tray, I plugged the hole in base of grinder and threw a bucket of water in.Made for easy cleaning. Then pull plug and suck it out of the tray. A couple more buckets thrown in to rinse made for a quick cleanup. Make sure power is off on grinder in case some of the wiring gets wet. I blew mine dry afterwards with no issues.
Took clamp all apart and cleaned it up well. Before assembly I put copper anti seize on.
scissor lift makes a nice work bench.
keeping an eye on this brass block for infeed. It's getting some play. A little annoying but will live with it for another year. Adjuster turns a good half turn before it moves in the opposite direction
Another issue is where the Plexiglas has holes in, its cracking and breaking away. I plan to get a new piece at the hardware store and will find a way to keep it in place without the hole drilling.
Another issue is where the Plexiglas has holes in, its cracking and breaking away. I plan to get a new piece at the hardware store and will find a way to keep it in place without the hole drilling.
Looks pretty nice.
On to the cylinder grinder. True up stone. Adjusted belt so it has about a 1" deflection. mine had at least 2" and bolts to hold it in place were loose. Cleaned up front roller clamps
After a good cleaning I sprayed bed liner on tabletop to spruce it up a bit. Looks great!!
Lift table received a good scrubbing, and chains were checked and dry graphite lubed.
They looked great for a half days work. Now when I'm ready to grind I'm good to go. No worries.
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