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Post by captbob on Oct 1, 2014 11:01:43 GMT -5
How about standing floor fans blowing from over your shoulders towards the grinder to blow the dust away from you and the work area? You can buy those fans at Target or Wallyworld for 20 bucks.
You mention in the greenhouse with the fan sucking the dust out. Wouldn't that also suck the dust into that fan?
ETA: about guards, it looks like your guard is sitting on the ground next to the grinder. Cut properly (like if you cut the lid of a plastic cake stand in half) and add two arm holes.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 11:04:48 GMT -5
So you built a riding rock grinder...?!?!?!
It's such a simple build, I may try one for preform finishing. All my pieces are baseball sized or bigger. I may hook up a shop vac to catch the dust. But they don't like being run wide open.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 1, 2014 11:12:46 GMT -5
That would make a decent sphere preformer. James im always impressed by the simplicity and ingenuity of your designs. thanks vugs. I designed stuff for production workers for years, whatever they needed to make their job easier. They put me in a corner of the plant and slid all my correspondence under the door. Not really. I worked w/the boys just fine. usually stirring up as much trouble as I could muster. I was bored one day so I was filing the ends of 45 foot steel poles. Got back from lunch and they had filled the other end of the long pole with talcum powder. And stuck an air hose in with it, where they could open the valve 50 feet away. Needless to say they powdered me good. When I went to the other air hose to blow myself off they had carefully filled the 100 foot air hose with water. I was soaked. I figured out the ring leader. The next day I asked him to hand me something over his head and I grabbed him around the arms and head and sucked a hickie on his neck to explain to his wife. I almost got fired when his wife came up to the plant w/a gun to shoot one of the gals she was suspicious of him cheating with. And she damn sure did not believe I put the hickie on his neck. And never did to this day. The plant manager was unsure about me for a while. Later he told me it was the funniest incident he ever heard of. Any way, those guys never messed w/me again.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 1, 2014 11:25:21 GMT -5
How about standing floor fans blowing from over your shoulders towards the grinder to blow the dust away from you and the work area? You can buy those fans at Target or Wallyworld for 20 bucks. You mention in the greenhouse with the fan sucking the dust out. Wouldn't that also suck the dust into that fan? ETA: about guards, it looks like your guard is sitting on the ground next to the grinder. Cut properly (like if you cut the lid of a plastic cake stand in half) and add two arm holes. the fan on the end of the greenhouse is a big 1 HP 42 inch fan that ventilates it. Blows outside, with a belt drive. It pretty much will pull your clothes off. But yes, you can use a small cheap fan. If you have a breeze and aim the dust with the breeze all is well too. I do not have an answer for the guards with out creating a pinch point.
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Post by vugs on Oct 1, 2014 11:36:35 GMT -5
thanks vugs. I designed stuff for production workers for years, whatever they needed to make their job easier. They put me in a corner of the plant and slid all my correspondence under the door. Not really. I worked w/the boys just fine. usually stirring up as much trouble as I could muster. I was bored one day so I was filing the ends of 45 foot steel poles. Got back from lunch and they had filled the other end of the long pole with talcum powder. And stuck an air hose in with it, where they could open the valve 50 feet away. Needless to say they powdered me good. When I went to the other air hose to blow myself off they had carefully filled the 100 foot air hose with water. I was soaked. I figured out the ring leader. The next day I asked him to hand me something over his head and I grabbed him around the arms and head and sucked a hickie on his neck to explain to his wife. I almost got fired when his wife came up to the plant w/a gun to shoot one of the gals she was suspicious of him cheating with. And she damn sure did not believe I put the hickie on his neck. And never did to this day. The plant manager was unsure about me for a while. Later he told me it was the funniest incident he ever heard of. Any way, those guys never messed w/me again. You know it was a good prank when someone almost gets shot!
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Post by captbob on Oct 1, 2014 11:51:54 GMT -5
guard kinda like this but not something made in 30 seconds the peanut can is the grinder looks like you have plenty of those planter containers to experiment with
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Post by fantastic5 on Oct 1, 2014 12:01:13 GMT -5
That would make a decent sphere preformer. James im always impressed by the simplicity and ingenuity of your designs. thanks vugs. I designed stuff for production workers for years, whatever they needed to make their job easier. They put me in a corner of the plant and slid all my correspondence under the door. Not really. I worked w/the boys just fine. usually stirring up as much trouble as I could muster. I was bored one day so I was filing the ends of 45 foot steel poles. Got back from lunch and they had filled the other end of the long pole with talcum powder. And stuck an air hose in with it, where they could open the valve 50 feet away. Needless to say they powdered me good. When I went to the other air hose to blow myself off they had carefully filled the 100 foot air hose with water. I was soaked. I figured out the ring leader. The next day I asked him to hand me something over his head and I grabbed him around the arms and head and sucked a hickie on his neck to explain to his wife. I almost got fired when his wife came up to the plant w/a gun to shoot one of the gals she was suspicious of him cheating with. And she damn sure did not believe I put the hickie on his neck. And never did to this day. The plant manager was unsure about me for a while. Later he told me it was the funniest incident he ever heard of. Any way, those guys never messed w/me again. I trust my husband as completely as you can trust a man, but if he came home with a hickey and told me it was a prank ....well I would have a hard time believing it too. Wouldn't grab a shot gun, but my poor hubby would be in the dog house for quite awhile! I'm going to have to let him read this one, it sure sounds like something he would have done.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 1, 2014 12:17:03 GMT -5
thanks vugs. I designed stuff for production workers for years, whatever they needed to make their job easier. They put me in a corner of the plant and slid all my correspondence under the door. Not really. I worked w/the boys just fine. usually stirring up as much trouble as I could muster. I was bored one day so I was filing the ends of 45 foot steel poles. Got back from lunch and they had filled the other end of the long pole with talcum powder. And stuck an air hose in with it, where they could open the valve 50 feet away. Needless to say they powdered me good. When I went to the other air hose to blow myself off they had carefully filled the 100 foot air hose with water. I was soaked. I figured out the ring leader. The next day I asked him to hand me something over his head and I grabbed him around the arms and head and sucked a hickie on his neck to explain to his wife. I almost got fired when his wife came up to the plant w/a gun to shoot one of the gals she was suspicious of him cheating with. And she damn sure did not believe I put the hickie on his neck. And never did to this day. The plant manager was unsure about me for a while. Later he told me it was the funniest incident he ever heard of. Any way, those guys never messed w/me again. I trust my husband as completely as you can trust a man, but if he came home with a hickey and told me it was a prank ....well I would have a hard time believing it too. Wouldn't grab a shot gun, but my poor hubby would be in the dog house for quite awhile! I'm going to have to let him read this one, it sure sounds like something he would have done. That was my reasoning Ann. He was a marked man. Of course his wife did not believe him. He was a dead man walking. I was only a month on the job. The boss told me to go work with the rowdy gang back there. He saw the logic, but had me concerned for a while. Later he admitted to my brilliance and we did fine for over 10 years. And those guys never messed w/me again.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 1, 2014 12:21:25 GMT -5
guard kinda like this but not something made in 30 seconds the peanut can is the grinder looks like you have plenty of those planter containers to experiment with I do have the dust going to the right in a steady single stream captbob. are you thinking a dust guard or a safety guard ? Great illustrative example by the way.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Oct 1, 2014 12:32:06 GMT -5
Yes, great illustrative example, captbob. (Well worded, James!) Wish I had as much free time as you, lol. Someone needs their dance card filled up.
James, surprised you are sitting your butt on a boat cushion. I would have thought you'd have a motorbike or tractor saddle on that thing!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2014 13:10:35 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Oct 1, 2014 14:04:40 GMT -5
Had to establish fast repertoire. Was the only college boy out of 180 men. Like young tender meat. I knew they were coming after me. I saw them licking their lips. the next week the biggest baddest SOB said he was gonna whip my a55 in the break room(he just messin w/me). I told him we would loose our jobs and maybe we should just arm wrestle. He jumped on that and I whipped him, he weighed twice as much as me. I did that in front of about 30 men and 20 women. Then his buddy, the second biggest/baddest fell to the college boy too. The girls laughed. They were great sports. But I was nervous too. thankfully they were good sports. A week later one of them picked me up over their head to reestablish themselves thank God. Either one of them would have destroyed me. always loved that job.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 1, 2014 14:06:18 GMT -5
Yes, great illustrative example, captbob. (Well worded, James!) Wish I had as much free time as you, lol. Someone needs their dance card filled up. James, surprised you are sitting your butt on a boat cushion. I would have thought you'd have a motorbike or tractor saddle on that thing! Didn't want to num out all the vibrations
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Post by fantastic5 on Oct 1, 2014 18:53:34 GMT -5
I trust my husband as completely as you can trust a man, but if he came home with a hickey and told me it was a prank ....well I would have a hard time believing it too. Wouldn't grab a shot gun, but my poor hubby would be in the dog house for quite awhile! I'm going to have to let him read this one, it sure sounds like something he would have done. That was my reasoning Ann. He was a marked man. Of course his wife did not believe him. He was a dead man walking. I was only a month on the job. The boss told me to go work with the rowdy gang back there. He saw the logic, but had me concerned for a while. Later he admitted to my brilliance and we did fine for over 10 years. And those guys never messed w/me again. Just showed this to my husband. He laughed and said he has used the hickey to get back at another man on more than one occasion and has put water in the air hose too. And I thought that his worst was the framing gun fights he used to have.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 1, 2014 19:06:15 GMT -5
That was my reasoning Ann. He was a marked man. Of course his wife did not believe him. He was a dead man walking. I was only a month on the job. The boss told me to go work with the rowdy gang back there. He saw the logic, but had me concerned for a while. Later he admitted to my brilliance and we did fine for over 10 years. And those guys never messed w/me again. Just showed this to my husband. He laughed and said he has used the hickey to get back at another man on more than one occasion and has put water in the air hose too. And I thought that his worst was the framing gun fights he used to have. Your husband is a special fellow. Ya must have good taste Ann. The boys have a good time at work. if he did the hickey and water in the air hose trick he probably did a whole lot of other things. Just like kids.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2014 4:29:21 GMT -5
Yes, great illustrative example, captbob. (Well worded, James!) Wish I had as much free time as you, lol. Someone needs their dance card filled up. James, surprised you are sitting your butt on a boat cushion. I would have thought you'd have a motorbike or tractor saddle on that thing! Not much time building that thing. Skilsaw to cut wood and nails to fasten. Drilled a few holes and mounted motor and axle. It took me longer to get the stripped set screw out of the junk pulley than building the whole thing. Maybe a leopard skin pimp seat would be in order. Ya think captbob would still want to be my neighbor if the rock grinder had a leopard skin seat ??
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Post by captbob on Oct 2, 2014 4:38:19 GMT -5
Only if I got to use it! As to the guard, I was thinking it was a safety guard, and that I'd take care of the dust problem using air. Whether the air was being blown or using suction would take some experimentation. Making that example took me less time than trying to explain it!
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2014 4:38:52 GMT -5
How about standing floor fans blowing from over your shoulders towards the grinder to blow the dust away from you and the work area? You can buy those fans at Target or Wallyworld for 20 bucks. You mention in the greenhouse with the fan sucking the dust out. Wouldn't that also suck the dust into that fan? ETA: about guards, it looks like your guard is sitting on the ground next to the grinder. Cut properly (like if you cut the lid of a plastic cake stand in half) and add two arm holes. do you see the saddle worn in the top of the diamond cup Captbob ? That is often used too. to get a radius on the edge of tumbles. So the wheel needs open access to get to the edge and the top of it. That is why I am having trouble w/a guard. The biggest complaint is the width of the one piece sintered diamond ring that is silver soldered to the support cup. It is too narrow at 7/8". I would prefer a 5 inch cup with a 1.5-2 inch ring width, or better a full coverage sintered diamond cap. There are likely other bits that fit that 5/8-11 UNC arbor. Like cylinders. For doing edges of granite counter tops. I will research.
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Post by jamesp on Oct 2, 2014 4:48:21 GMT -5
May have to build a machine w/a different arbor to fit these bits. Notice the coarse/medium/fine diamonds on the lower right bits a progression to get a shine on edge shaping granite countertops like a bull nose. M10 and M8. Sounds like metric 10 mm arbor needed ?? The colored ones are for final finish, rubber impreganted w/diamond requiring water cool. probably 200 400 800 1500
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Post by captbob on Oct 2, 2014 4:50:00 GMT -5
Without my having to go back over 9 pages, did you ever answer why you went with the grinding weal laying flat instead of being vertical? Seems you would get more usable work area with the wheel vertical. But I haven't tried one yet, so that's just a guess.
ETA: wonder how long those arbors would last compared to the type of wheel you use. They even look expensive!
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