phil vandelay belt grinder part 3

This is part 3 of the Phil Vandelay 2 x 72 belt grinder build imperial version

here's part 4

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[scottyshaffer]

Aaron! How is it possible that your Craftsmanship is not appreciated... We know that Mr Vandelay hopefully would be proud of someone tweaking his design to suit ones needs.... The world needs more people like you, and Phil, Jeremy, House Work, Tubalcain, Abom, TOT, Blondie, AVE, Pakistani Trucks..And all the rest! Can't name enough.. Keep it up and going Brother!

[HangarQueen]

So glad that I found your channel (by searching YT for "vandelay grinder" to see if anyone else had built one). I purchased Phil's plans a few days ago and have been slowly gathering my list of materials to start building it -- in Daytona Beach, FL, so mine will be imperial too.

That was CRITICAL INFO about the 72 vs 78-inch belts. I'll plan to shorten my main plate slightly so that I can use off-the-shelf 72-inch belts. I have Phil's plans in Fusion 360 so should be able to figure out the proper amount of shortening.

I see that you started with 3/4 inch plate and milled down quite A LOT to match Phil's metric thickness (15mm, or about 0.59 inches). I'd have been inclined to keep the extra thickness and adjust the plans accordingly. But instead, I'm going to try building it a little cheaper by using 1/2 inch plate (with only a bare minimum of skim facing) for most of the parts. I'll use 3/4 for the tension column, the platen, and the table. I think (I hope!) that half-inch will still be plenty beefy for the main body parts, and could save a few hundred dollars in steel cost. I can always add additional stiffeners/runners if necessary.

Now on to watching the remainder of your build vids. And thanks for taking the time to post these so that others who follow can learn from your work.

[joewhitney]

I sure enjoy watching your videos with the attention to detail and finish. I'm retired and want to get into hobby machining. Your style of videos spark my interest more and more.
Keep up the great work.

[kunlegrant]

EXCELLENT CRAFTSMANSHIP HOPE TO SEE MORE OF YOUR CONTENT 👌😎

[TheMadMagician]

You've earned my sub from Australia, interesting vids and you seem like a pretty genuine sort of bloke. Don't let the fame get to you, and keep up the great work 👍

[ReevansElectro]

My wife says that I watch too much "metalwork porn". It is wonderful to watch your work.

[allenhunt]

Keep it up Aaron! This is a great channel!

[MrHuntnfish]

Aaron, I found your build, Thank You very much for taking the time to video your build, I have saved everyone into a separate Phil Vandelay Folder.
Regards Dave.

[carrambah]

I just found your channel yesterday. And it is interfering with my sleep. Worth it tho! Great work, and I’m glad to see your subscribers are now more than 10 times as much. It’s a matter of time and you will be YouTube famous.

[dennishicks]

The worst thing in the world is needing something in the moment and not having it. If you have to stop a project to go get anything it kills the day so having an abundance of belts is good in my book

[claynorris]

Nice job man! Glad to see you are still posting the videos.

[sanyok]

You mentioned the other day in a different video A good set Reliable Drill bits for drill press thank you advance

[allenhunt]

Hey, you are doing great! You put a nice polish on those clamps. Looking forward to part 4.

[jefflawrence]

You are an excellent craftsman, great channel, have subbed. It is great to see a Yank call it Imperial instead of English..( yes I know it was invented in England). You have so much tooling which cost's us a fortune down here, but then again we don't work for $11 per hour so prices are relative. I watched all of Phil's vids on his build and yours, I will build one out of Aluminium should be cool (we can buy both metric and imperial belts down here) a 72" is roughly 1800mm Regards from (Metric and English speaking) Australia.

[wrstew]

You can add graphite platen strips and really decrease the friction between the belt and the platen. Used them on woodworking sanders and they are worth their weight in silver at least!

[cyclingbutterbean]

OKish finish? Man that's pretty good! 1018 crs steel is the worst for a good surface finish. Nice job!

[jasonevers]

I'm currently building this Vandelay grinder. I swear I found some 3x80 belts. I'm building mine exactly to his spec, but I'm using imperial fasteners is the only difference.

[bhoiiii]

$500 in belts. Nice. Expenses like that is the reason that I have a “hobby” account that isn’t audited quarterly by the wife.

[damienmiller]

you could send out the platen for case hardening or plasma nitriding

[daveb]

Pack that in fish charcoal, wrap it and case harden it, grind to finish and have iy dlc coated on that surface. Never have an issue again.