This page is dedicated to showing off viewers’ finished belt grinders. I like seeing all the variations on my design, and the different ways people set up the machine in their shop. If you’ve built a belt grinder from my plans and would like to see it featured here, feel free to email me photos of it!
I finished this project based on your excellent plans in about a week. I’ll second that a portaband was a lifesaver. BlackBearForge has a video on a portaband stand that helped improve the quality of my cuts immensely. I avoided the expense of McMaster Carr parts by buying C-259 springs on eBay and welding round rod to bolts for tightening handles. You will want to mount this to a solid foundation and preferably be able to access the front and right side of the machine to take advantage of all orientations. Thanks again, Jeremy! – Brian from USA
“This was a great project – I did this over a couple of months after salvaging a treadmill motor. As a precursor I built a portaband table – it was a god sent. I also have a little 1×30 grinder and powerfile that was very handy. I had challenges finding the OD for the tracker and tensioner in Australia – I ended up drilling out some 22mm solid round stock – this worked ok – I had to split and weld the 72mm section. The end result is that I now own a heavy duty 2×72 grinder that tracks well and is mega fun to use. I’m now going to move on to making the contact wheel attachment and in the future, the small wheel attachment… but before I get to this, I might actually make a knife or two.” – Rob from Australia
“Thanks Jeremy for your excellent design and very helpful build tips, I learned a lot and found the whole project very enjoyable and rewarding. The grinder tracks dead straight and it’s heavy construction makes it feel like a quality industrial machine. I look forward to seeing more of your projects in the future.” – Jared from Australia.“Everything works according to your plans!! Thanks so much Jeremy for this Grinder build. I learned alot of things. Took me forever but it was well worth it!!” – Ruben from USA“I completed my gen 2 build this past summer and have had several months of full use of the machine. It is awesome. I can’t say enough good things about your design; and your plan set is even more impressive. The plans are so thorough and detailed with excellent reference images. The text guidelines are well written, clear and concise. Buying the plan set was money well spent.” – Aaron from USAWell I’ve mostly finished my grinder. It was an incredibly fun fun project. I had recently purchased my first legit welder when I started so I kind of learned to weld on this project. I think one thing I didn’t get from your videos is how critical alignment is. You talked about it but boy there are some parts of this that if you don’t get perfect, you’re going to do them over. Thanks for the great directions. I had no problem following them and have nothing to suggest doing different there.” – Cary from USA“Great investment, I love this thing!!! You did a great job keep them new projects coming!!” – Kelly from USA
“Just sending you some photos of the finished grinder. Thanks for making the plans!” – Connor from Canada
“I purchased the plans of your metric backstand grinder, and really enjoyed build it. Here it is now, and a very useful tool. Thank you for this good design.” – Pierre
“I finished my Metric Gen 2 build over Easter. Very happy with the end result. Just need to make up the rest of the attachments.” – Roger from Australia
“I have finished building your Gen 2 design and it rocks! Not only has your Gen 2 design plans and grinder functionality improved but my building skills as well.” – Mike from USA
“I built your gen 1 grinder a couple of years ago. I have really enjoyed using it and I am excited to be building your gen 2 version. Thanks so much for all your hard work with your design plans and videos. They are really top notch.” – Mike from USA
“I attach a photo of my completed grinder of which I am very pleased. I have made a couple of small mods, the best of which has been the tracking adjustment. I found the 1/2″ 13 tpi bolt too coarse for a fine tracking adjustment, so I found a finer thread. The tracking is now very precise. It has been a great project, so thanks you for all your hard work in preparing the videos & plans” – Steve from UK
If you would like to see your belt grinder featured here, you can email me photos.
