I often will stop a project when I get stuck and then my brain goes round and round thinking about a solution. If you aren't in a hurry, I think waiting and contemplating is often a great solution. Nice demo.

Brilliant solution. I just purchased an old Delta Milwaukee toolmaker/surface grinder from the 40's, it came with one hub and back in those days i guess they didn't have the fancy hubs with weights that all the cool kids are using these days, so i've found myself needing to find a solution. Drilling the wheels seemed like a less than ideal fix, but this hits the nail straight on the head! I will definitely be copying this idea, thanks for sharing! (side note, i had NO idea how many variables went into chasing that mirror finish on a surface grinder. what a journey this is turning out to be. a LOT to learn!)

Lee, thanks for the nice shoutout! Really happy to see the excellent result.

Perfect! I once had a unbalanced grinding wheel due to the coolant fluid on one side of the wheel. Put it in the kitchen oven at 120 dgrs Celsius (250 F) for 1 hour, put it back, dressed it up an it was balanced. Now I have an additional possibillity to balance it.

Lee, super idea... I have been balancing by drilling. This is much more elegant solution. Guess I’ll add another project to the “ to do “ list. Thanks, Joe

Big difference. Excellent explanation. Thanks for showing how to make the wheel balancing ring.

I have watched several videos on this subject and you by far did the best. I now understand how to balance properly... thank you

I have been drilling the grinding wheels for years and although it has worked well I was never happy with it. As a matter of fact I did a video on it and it is one for my most popular to this date. I have been considering several balancing options and you beat me to it. Thanks for sharing.

Excellent presentation. The same principle applies to balancing motorcycle wheels. Long distance riders will understand if the wheels are not balanced the tyre wear will be uneven and can result in premature tyre replacement. Your approach is excellent. Another method is to use a eccentric balancing disk and rotate to try have a balanced wheel.

Excellent tutorial. I appreciate the persistence to get it from pretty good to darn near perfect.

Thanks for showing an alternative to drilling the grinding wheel. A practice of which I never liked. I too got frustrated with unbalanced wheels on my Jones and Shipman 540. I chose to make a balancing hub instead of paying north of $400 for a new one. I built a cup style that has 2 weights that attach with set screws. The results with a balanced wheel were remarkable. I added a coolant system and grinding has never been so enjoyable. Keep up the good work Lee.

Great video, Lee, and thanks for the mention. I should be getting my "new" grinder into the shop soon and will be going through the same process. Your design is simpler than mine but just as effective.

Very nice balancing jig! Thanks for sharing your experience.

Lee you just made my day thanks so much and thanks for taking the time to make your videos I watch all of them

That was great! Made a big difference. I will have to try that. First I'll have to make a balancer.

Nice productive day in the shop Lee, also some very pertinent information and technique for me, as I have a couple of diamond wheels I want to run on a bench grinder, but haven't had much luck with my adapters. Heck of a difference in finish, and lots of great comments you got here. Stay safe my friend and as always cheers!

That's a neat solution Mr p. Thanks for sharing

Well thought out project - well done.

Great video Lee. Very much appreciated. I learned a lot.Thanks

Great information for a surface grinder beginner, thanks, I like the power feed on the X axis.

Nice job Lee, i have been wanting to make a wheel balancing fixture and those rings...i like your lead slug idea...thanks for sharing....

Gday Lee, the finish a surface grinder gives is absolutely beautiful, you can’t get any better than that, thanks for sharing this, I’m sure lots of people will be make balancing rings now, maybe one day I’ll be lucky enough to own a surface grinder, Cheers Matty

Proof is in the puddin! Thanks for puddin us straight Lee ! :) Huge difference...

great content as usual Lee. Thank you

Fantastic! What a neat and simple idea!

I enjoyed this video, actually learned something. Neat trick with the Lead Pellets too, I have plenty of those.

Great demonstration. Thanks.

That looks like a good balancing system Thanks for sharing

Well now I know what's wrong with my Surface grinder thanks Lee

Great video...I have been remiss on balancing...time to change my practice and start balancing

That is interesting way to achieve balance. On grinders I ran in large shops the hubs had movable weights that was wedged in with a n grub screw

Lee, that is a good result! I like the pellet idea!

Outstanding video great knowledge

Very impressive. I know my next project. Good explanation also

GREAT VIDEO !!!

Hi Lee, good to see the improvements here. Have you looked at your spindle and bearings? If this has been operating out of balance for a while, the chatter that you see on your work pieces is also transferring to your bearings and spindle.

Nice work Lee! enjoyed. ATB, Robin

That was very useful thanks.

Love your videos- keep them up :)

Nice balancing rings! Oh ....... and nice shirt!

Great video would like to see how you made the power feed

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Very nice. But don't you have to balance it on both sides, like a car wheel balancing?

i've been successful with using the masonary bit. it just depends on the stone. Good visual of the diff between non-balanced and balanced. I am not so sure I would feel confident with a clamped on ring, but if it replaced the outer flange washer, yea, I would.

Thanks Lee that's the most practical demo on balancing I have seen. Really like the balancing ring and will be using you method when I make some new hubs for my SG.

btw it might be a good idea to add uprights to the end of your balancing jig, so that your wheel never rolls off. It will save you a wheel, and aggravation.

Talk about chalk and cheese! Nice demonstration sir!

Neat idea using pellets! 👍🏼

Well....I'll Be. Thanks Mate.

Hello thank for the teacher you explain very good ,slow and everything I have the same problems wit my wheel naw I know how to fix my wheel thank again ,I see the power feed on right of the table do you have a video of it I will like made one foe my harig surface thank again

How much would it be out of balance after dressing up? Nice video!!

German torque method Gudentite! An unbalanced wheel can certainly destroy the precision of your spindle bearings. Will have to make some of those for my bench grinders as well.

Mr. Lee, did you make the arbor for balancing the wheels? Can't find it in your video index. I would like to make one as well for my Harig 612. Thanks

Have you tested the arbor? if your arbor is not balanced you will never balance your wheel. I would mark where the arbor is in reference to the wheel, then change it by 90 degrees. If you unbalance moves, your arbor is out.

What Richard Bradley said!

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