New Machine Day: AmeriBrade 2” x 72”Belt Grinder

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New Machine Day: AmeriBrade 2” x 72”Belt Grinder - Assembly and Use

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New Machine Day: AmeriBrade 2” x 72”Belt Grinder - Assembly and Use
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@rightlanehog3151 Ай бұрын

Keith, The last place on KZfaq I expected to see a new tool was this channel. 😉😉😂 It is good news to learn someone is starting a new tool manufacturer in the USA.

@Garth2011 Ай бұрын

The fact that AmeriBrade is providing a Baldor motor on their products tells you much about their integrity. Few, and I do mean few...products worth a hoot come with good high quality electric motors. USA made has a completely different outlook when you compare to the imported products we have been subjected to over the past 30 years. It simply makes much more sense to save up a little longer and get the good stuff made here in the USA and only the good stuff made here in the USA. That is one fine machine !

@I_Am_Your_Problem Ай бұрын

You ameritards make a lot of junk... But wave yer weittle fwag...

@danmooney7192 Ай бұрын

I see a lot of the knife makers put a bucket of water on the floor below the belt so that the grinding dust goes into the water so you have a lot less mess flying around the shop.

@I_Am_Your_Problem Ай бұрын

That's not why it is there...

@seancasey2444 Ай бұрын

@@I_Am_Your_ProblemWhy didn't you tell him why it's there.

@markwatters6875 Ай бұрын

It’s always a great day in the workshop when it’s new toy day 😁👍🇦🇺

@RobertBrown-lf8yq Ай бұрын

Yep 🥳🥳🥳 Robert 🇦🇺

@phlodel Ай бұрын

I'd seen these grinders advertised and didn't give it a second glance. Now I know how capable it is, I want one!

@patmcbride9853 Ай бұрын

When you started pulling out the base I said "Welp! That's way out of my budget."

@hemipatton7799 Ай бұрын

yeah, right! The BASE is $500 alone! -was curious on the sizes and price so went to look YEOUCH! Let go of my bank account!!

@josaonline09 Ай бұрын

The alignment jig is a nice touch

@lv_woodturner3899 Ай бұрын

I love seeing a well designed machine/tool. A lot of effort went into the design. I love that the attachments store in the stand. Very clever and efficient. Thanks for sharing.

@RRINTHESHOP Ай бұрын

You will love it. 2 x 72 are great for every shop, wood, metal does not matter.

@user-dn4iv2ne6r Ай бұрын

very nice unit and obviously well thought out and manufactured. The stopper is the price tag north of four grand.

@Stefan_Boerjesson Ай бұрын

That is Mechano for the big boys. Thanks for sharing.

@texxasal Ай бұрын

Looks like a great addition to the shop. Thanks for supporting American manufacturing and products whenever possible.

@undaware Ай бұрын

You have to get very very lucky to find a good old belt grinder. I was fortunate to stumble on a 2"x132" that was custom built by a knife maker. It's up there among my favorite tools.

@paulputnam2305 Ай бұрын

What an exemplary piece of kit! It sure was surreal watching you assemble a brand spanking new machine! Wow! Congratulations on your new awesomely extreme machine!

@andywithers592 Ай бұрын

What a truly well thought out machine. Very impressed.

@walterplummer3808 Ай бұрын

Good morning Keith! A great addition to the shop. have a great week!

@WreckDiver99 Ай бұрын

I have always wanted one of these belt/knife grinders. KZfaqr (Jer Schmidt) built one of these (sells the plans as well). What a beast it is, and I considered buying the plans for it...but I don't have any of the equipment to make it (and no budget for those tools at the moment). I think the build cost was still close to $1000 because it had the VFD and the big motor. After looking at the cost of this Ameribrade I decided I really don't need one. LOL.

@Garth2011 Ай бұрын

The Baldor motor is a huge cost however, if you have any sense of how well a quality motor provides smooth and efficient power delivery, they are well worth the cost. Literally as a hobby shop use, likely something that will last a lifetime.

@I_Am_Your_Problem Ай бұрын

@@Garth2011 Motor makes zero difference. The OP reference to VFD provides far more functionality than an over priced motor. Jer's functionality dwarfs this junk.

@Garth2011 Ай бұрын

@@I_Am_Your_Problem I disagree. Cheap Chinesium motors are not refined and smooth like a Baldor. If you have ever had one or experienced a Baldor, you would know this. Its not for everyone and neither is this AmeriBrade product. Its pricey for a reason, its engineered very good, sturdy and so forth to last and provide excellent service. Been there and done that with cheaper motors so it depends on your personal needs of approval. Its not for everyone but the bottom line is, Baldor will out last and provide smoother results than 95% of the motors in the market. Do some homework but first, get some experience as this is a custom made product vs. mass Chinesium. When you have a commercial need for dependable items to avoid loss of productivity in a shop it pays to have the good stuff. Jet is above average, I wouldn't complain.

@WreckDiver99 Ай бұрын

@@Garth2011 Oh no doubt, I totally agree. Fact is, I just can't pull that trigger. Heck, I was just forced to replace my NAS for our home network and that just about killed me, and that cost was less than what the cheapest of these things cost. LOL... 100% I will be looking at these if suddenly a chunk of $$$ to spend however I want comes around. LOL.

@Garth2011 Ай бұрын

@@WreckDiver99 I'm pretty sure the Baldor cost is about $800 to $1,000 compared to others that would be $400 or so. They also use WEG motors according to some of their videos. I wish they would elaborate on the matter, why Baldor vs. Marathon etc.

@johnbaker1039 Ай бұрын

What a great addition to the shop.

@joewhitney4097 Ай бұрын

Great narrative and video Keith. Looks to be well designed with quality parts. Wow, American made! Great addition to your shop. Thanks for sharing.

@oleran4569 Ай бұрын

That's a great grinder setup! Nice job making an assembly video as well. You'll get a lot of use out of it.

@joedowling5452 Ай бұрын

Great to see you supporting and promoting a US based manufacturer. While it does look to be well designed and manufactured this one is up at the top end of the price range and even the starter pack is more than most of us hobbyists would spend for a sander/grinder. The current price of the mastery package shown here is in the neighborhood of a used Bridgeport in good shape with tooling and DRO.

@scottthomas5999 Ай бұрын

That is really a great machine. Extremely versatile. Good purchase.

@alstonofalltrades3142 Ай бұрын

This is more versatile than i first thought with features i never heard of before. One thing though, the internal radius grinder doesn't have an adjustable stop bar like say a bench grinder has for stopping chisels ect from kicking down when you push them into the wheel.

@DTBaker-gq4fd Ай бұрын

Pretty impressive tool. Also a great presentation. Thanks.

@bulgieR Ай бұрын

Yep I love mine, use it all the time. One note; turn the speed down when using small wheels, especially real small ones. Some smart person can calc the RPM of a 1/4" wheel at 6000 SFPM, but let's just say it's faster than those little bearings can take (for long). Small-wheel adapter is the main reason for variable speed IMHO. If you want to save money, you can skip the VFD, use a 1-ph motor, As long as you don't use wheels smaller than say 2". Once you've experienced a good VFD though, you won't go back.

@Garth2011 Ай бұрын

Agreed...just this demo tells me the VFD is a must, soft start, brake assisted stop, smooth power delivery, low electrical frequency noise and reverse controlling that beautiful Baldor motor is pretty much the best of the best.

@UK_Lemons Ай бұрын

@bulgieR 6000sf/m = 72000 surf in/min. Circumference of 1/4in roller = 0.7854in. 72000/0,7854=91673rpm. I think your advice to slow the belt speed is sound and should definitely be taken seriously.

@SciPunk215 Ай бұрын

It's good to see some quality manufacturing.

@TomokosEnterprize Ай бұрын

Never a bad thing when a new piece comes home Keith. Very nice and You van use it whitch is the best part. Right down to the fasteners supplied are heavy duth. Nice buy my friend. All, north American made too. Very well set up. I can see with your assembly I am more and more impressed with everything about this neat new toy. Sweet piece. I can se it being used every day.

@wrstew1272 Ай бұрын

As our far southern friends would say, “Fair Dincum piece of kit you have “ ! I first saw a “Square Wheel “ belt grinder as a 13 year old and decided it was the “Bomb!” Now at 72 I am still trying to justify such a versatile tool. Good on ya 😊

@RobertBrown-lf8yq Ай бұрын

Yep…. “She’s fair dinkum orright mate” 🤣🤣🇦🇺 Robert ( Sinny Orstraya) 😎

@ellieprice363 Ай бұрын

What the H is a square wheel belt grinder?

@tsmartin Ай бұрын

0:24 I see the planer has become the proverbial AFS.

@Hoaxer51 Ай бұрын

Another horizontal surface!

@edsmachine93 Ай бұрын

Very nice belt sander Keith. Certainly very versatile. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍

@robertbeauregard2386 Ай бұрын

Man, what a sweet machine!! Nice pick up!

@diggerddawg Ай бұрын

I need one of those to sharpen my lawn mower blade!

@plakor6133 Ай бұрын

Baldor motors are so nice. That looks like a very good piece of kit.

@propulsar Ай бұрын

Loving that grinder!

@larrytucker2938 Ай бұрын

What a neat machine, seems to be very well thought out and constructed.

@glencrandall7051 Ай бұрын

It is a beautiful tool although a bit on the expensive side. Probably worthwhile for your shop but not for a hobby shop.🙂🙂

@Digital-Dan Ай бұрын

Just bought a medium-of-Harbor-Freights-lines belt sander, and used as simple metal grinder last week. For the occasional garage hacker, this was perfect. I'm sure you'll enjoy the real thing.

@Chris-bg8mk Ай бұрын

Looking good Keith!

@csnelling4 Ай бұрын

Looks a nice machine Keith 🙂Thanks for the video share 👍

@timf6916 Ай бұрын

Nice looking 👀 piece of equipment.

@honorharrington4546 Ай бұрын

Nice piece of kit. I would like to see at least a red dust cover over the on/off switch instead of black one. For the price and quality this should come with a two button start/stop system including safety relay. There are expensively learned reasons why industrial equipment has a Big Red stop button and why power loss requires you to restart the machine.

@douglasbollinger8678 Ай бұрын

With the KBAC VFD on this grinder, power loss does require a restart assuming factory defaults.

@honorharrington4546 Ай бұрын

@@douglasbollinger8678 That's good, it still needs an easily identified off switch. If a hand or finger gets trapped, finding the Off with tear filled eyes needs to be a literal no brainer.

@stacycote2273 Ай бұрын

Very nice grinder. My only concern would be all the grit getting to the attachments that are mounted to the stand.

@miken3260 Ай бұрын

In the last 30 years sanding and grinding has sure changed. Yes there were belt sanders but few were used for grinding. Also the four inch hand grinders and a big one for me, the flap discs.

@geraldharkness8830 Ай бұрын

really excellent belt sander and made in the usa!

@rexmyers991 Ай бұрын

Excellent video (and product)!

@JeffSearust Ай бұрын

I love my ameribrade... Great customer service too!!

@argee55 Ай бұрын

Great addition to the shop.

@FernandoFCosta Ай бұрын

Very nice design and accessories

@awldune Ай бұрын

Very impressive machine!

@stevemarschman3202 Ай бұрын

Inexpensive, too. Kinda like fixturing tables. Few homeshop folks will ever afford one.

@mattomon1045 Ай бұрын

Cool belt grinder

@alberttreado3713 Ай бұрын

Nice tool Keith!

@stephenwilson7641 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Keith. Nice tool. Seems very versatile and easy to reconfigure. I've seen a lot of grinders / sanders over the years and something I have never seen is a dust collector that works. Maybe you could design and implement one for this tool?

@HorsleyLandy88 Ай бұрын

I made a copy of the "House Made" grinder, very useful for knife making.

@Alan.livingston Ай бұрын

Looking good there Keith.

@rjman123au1 Ай бұрын

This was a masterful review, congratulations. Cheers from OZ mate.

@calevel Ай бұрын

That’s one versatile tool!! I need one, hopefully one day !!

@ddblairco Ай бұрын

thank you Keith

@cpbethlehem6548 Ай бұрын

Very nice tool, well made. Thanks for sharing.

@melshea2519 Ай бұрын

Happy Monday Georgia! 😊

@stevenhintz5508 Ай бұрын

Nice grinder, I would like to see a miter slot on the table

@Psychobilly Ай бұрын

Nice grinder!😊

@frankerceg4349 Ай бұрын

Thank you Keith!

@TAITheAsian Ай бұрын

Dang that looks like one mean as hell grinder. I've always looked at grinders that youtubers have had particularly for knife grinding and just in general but this looks pretty sweet. Pricey for that mastery grinder but American made and all. It sure looks quite great at swapping those radiuses and adjusting the belts. The whole stand and setup and such looks impressive. If I ever had the money to drop for such I'd sure consider it. Its nice to see a video introducing such a tool and it'd be great to hear later on feedback on your use with it.

@mike-carrigan Ай бұрын

Nice looking grinder for an all in one, no assembly required. I'm making a House Made Revolution grinder.

@johnlee8231 Ай бұрын

Real nice feature to have all those different wheel sizes for all the radii. Looks wierd that one wheel runs on the abrasive side of the belt.

@treepop1550 Ай бұрын

Couldn't help but notice the powermatic planer (224??) And the 20" or 24" disc sander, I had a powermatic like that vintage and it was a great machine,would be great for a video on replacing the cutterhaead with a helical one ?! Amazing the tremendous exposure the internet and youtube has given to the 2x72 grinder which existed in relative obscurity for decades !!!

@bw6378 Ай бұрын

In my experience, belts only last a few minutes if you run them backwards. Liiks like a nice machine. Thanks for the video.

@grahamhenley2951 Ай бұрын

Nice pice of kit Keith!

@nigeleaton5715 Ай бұрын

I wonder whether a spark guard below the table might be a good addition? It looks like you might end up with sparks hitting the tools stored on the mount below the table.

@ellieprice363 Ай бұрын

A good looking American made machine. The design is much too complicated and expensive ,in my opinion, for home shops. I built my own 2 x 48, 2x72 (takes both belts) heavy duty bench model for less than $1000 including motor and use it almost every day. Looking forward to seeing this one in use.

@I_Am_Your_Problem Ай бұрын

Cheap motor.

@ellieprice363 Ай бұрын

@@I_Am_Your_Problem No. 2HP 3 phase 3450 motor was 1/3 of total cost of materials. Chinese made but smooth as glass. As a machinist I designed the grinder and supplied the labor.

@MrChevelle83 Ай бұрын

excellent video!! its pretty cool seeing the big press in the background. i sent keith those 1 inch thick plates:-).

@toml8142 Ай бұрын

Other makes of grinder that use the large bottom wheel, you can angle the sanding plate back far enough to use grind off the large wheel

@elsdp-4560 Ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing. Very nice👍

@kdel9776 Ай бұрын

Love. Your videos, hop you make some longer onenow that you're retired.

@stevenclaeys6252 Ай бұрын

Thank you for another Great video. Cheers

@williamb2642 Ай бұрын

Great looking grinder..love the USA made quality. Uhh i cant afford $3500 for a grinder,looks like Im back to making one. Thanks for the video

@billdoodson4232 Ай бұрын

Clough42 has a good set of videos of him making something similar. I think it still set him back well over $2K. In fact I think I will go and watch the series again.

@FireGodSpeed Ай бұрын

yea "usa made quality" 5:48 1 guy who was cutting them out couldn't be bothered and another guy 6:50 who welded the middle piece in also couldn't be bothered to deburr it. If i pay 3,5k for a grinder you bet i want everything deburred, ATLEAST. Even most china scrap is deburred.

@billdoodson4232 Ай бұрын

Have to say that the bolts for the stand could do with being shorter. And why no proper finishing off or paint?

@AmeriBradeOfficial Ай бұрын

@@FireGodSpeed You are absolutely right about the cut quality on the legs. We should not have missed that. Very stupid mistake on our part, but we always make sure to take care of any customer that comes across that sort of thing. We'll be reaching out to Keith to replace that part.

@FireGodSpeed Ай бұрын

@@AmeriBradeOfficial Thank you for acknowledging the mistake and for your commitment to making it right. It's reassuring to see a company take responsibility and act to rectify issues promptly. This level of honesty and customer care is what defines a good company. I appreciate your efforts to ensure quality and customer satisfaction. Keep up the good work! (to be fair, maybe i was abit harsh everybody can make mistakes, still atleast 2 people saw it and didn't do anything, goes against my personal work ethics, i honestly couldn't ship it out like that and i am a mere employee of a company)

@garyregan4871 Ай бұрын

Good stuff Keith

@paulelliott2861 Ай бұрын

Heads up to you sir. First thing you said was all USA made. Pride and usage off home grown produce. Where England has lost that. Not only the shops to build and sell. We have lost that sense off pride we once had. Likes off rolls Royce. We lost the inventor. People who take the risk. I could go on but you get my drift. Well done Keith. I love what you do. 👏👏👏👏👏🇺🇸🇬🇧👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@garrykennedy5653 Ай бұрын

Looks like a great tool

@RichMcCabe Ай бұрын

Great video

@dscott1524 Ай бұрын

Looks good. Is there an attachment to catch the grinding dust beneath the table to keep it off the floor? A vacuum attachment? A cover on the small roller above the table to prevent spraying grinding dust forward on the operator would also seem a something to think about. Cheers.

@richardtaylor7199 Ай бұрын

Great job.

@scowell Ай бұрын

About 3700$ for the 1.5hp variable Master kit. Very nice!

@joshua43214 Ай бұрын

Looks pretty impressive overall. Two things though: That table mount is sketchy, no better than the crappy tool rests on import grinders. No thought given to dust collection at all, not even some holes or tabs to mount a shop made pickup. For the money, I would expect the table mount to be more than a single carriage bolt through a single flange.

@southpawsgarage Ай бұрын

wow!!!...nice piece of equipment

@yota4004 Ай бұрын

try it for sharpening large drill bits. way less heat generated.

@OldSneelock Ай бұрын

Pretty slick.

@ccswede Ай бұрын

It looks like the motor is not totally enclosed. We have a problem with mud dobbers. They get inside and jam the mechanism to shut capacitor off which destroys the capacitor. It has happened twice to us. Now we put pantyhose over motor to keep them out.

@douglasbollinger8678 Ай бұрын

I'm sure for the money it's a TEFC motor (totally enclosed fan cooled). A 3 phase motor doesn't have any of the capacitor start nonsense so you can keep wearing your pantyhose.

@davidc6510 Ай бұрын

Lol Keith,,,, I have no real need for that grinder but after this video I want one bad,,,, :) thanks for sharing!

@jameskilpatrick7790 Ай бұрын

So I heard you want to try bladesmithing! Well, you have a nice forge and grinder setup there, so I think you're going to have a lot of fun. :)

@floridaflywheelersantiquee7578 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@theharbinger2573 Ай бұрын

Hmmmm, small forging equipment - check, knife grinder - check - I think someone is itching to make a knife. Algorithmic interaction achieved. End of Line.

@I_Am_Your_Problem Ай бұрын

Right... not enough of these knife content creators... The only thing they produce is a distraction.