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I'm considering building a belt grinder that seem popular with knife makers. Here are a couple sketches I came up with so far. I plan on including the flat platen and an optional large (8" or 10" ) wheel for hollow grinding. I want the whole thing to be modular so I can quickly swap out components. Belt tension is accomplished by spring loading the vertical pillar and alignment is adjusted with the hinged idler wheel. It'll be driven by a 2 or 3 horsepower permanent magnet DC motor and a variable speed drive controller. Let me know what you think about this design so far.
Matt
Matt