Mounting location for grinder rest

ARC-170

ARC-170

Jeff L.
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I got a grinder rest to help me grind chisels and lathe tooling. My question is where to locate it in relation to the wheel fore/aft and left/right? I've included some pictures for reference.
I will be mounting the grinder and rest to a piece of flat wood (MDF/plywood) for now until I figure out where I would like this on the workbench.

Thanks!

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Probably about where you have it in the photos, if you're mounting into wood it will be easy to move if you don't like where it is.
Just make sure you don't catch the wood on fire with grinding sparks, maybe a strategically placed piece of sheet metal....

Cheers,

John
 
It looks like there is a fair bit of adjustment built into that rest — fore and aft of the base plate, left and right of the work table, tilt up and down of the upper half — so you probably have some forgiveness room there even if your first choice isn’t optimum. Actually, the more adjustments kind of make it harder to find your mid-ranges!

At any rate, a few things I would consider are:
-wheel size, it will get smaller as you use but it can’t grow bigger
-shortest tool you intend to grind, probably a lathe bit
-longest tool you intend to grind, wood chisel? lathe tools for woodworking lathe. (those are really long and you need some overhang to accommodate the butt)

It wouldn’t hurt to set the rest temporarily and run a quick mock-up with each of those items to see how it feels. That’d be what I would probably do.

-frank
 
I'd use it clamped down to the surface at first, until I used it enough to figure out where it works best for what I'm doing with it.
 
I shoulda mounted the holder correctly and should have known everyone would comment on that! I was more concerned with where the base should go. I ended up mounting it as shown to a painted piece of plywood:
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The end of the base is in line with the front of the grinder wheel. I'll see how it works and adjust if necessary.
 
I had the Veritas version of this rest many years ago. It worked okay but it was a bit on the light side for my needs. I switched to a Glendo Grind-R-Table and that was a lot better. Heavy gauge steel with two bases, one in front of each wheel. When I needed to switch wheels, I just moved the table to the other base. I still have it and still use it.

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These things are now over $350.00! It was a lot cheaper years ago when I bought mine. I think by careful study of pics found on line, a hobby guy could easily duplicate it for personal use. When you lock this table down, nothing will flex or move.
 
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