Fantastic 🤣

How…Distracting.

Should I build another grinder with everything I took off of it? Lol

@@robinson-foundry Absolutely! That would be hilarious 🤣

Hahahah

There is also the potential danger of accidentally making thermite if you just so happen to grind aluminum and iron. If the iron rusts while in the jar, the next time you go to grind, there may be a little bit more kick to your grinder than you’d wish for

@@fluppet2350 Yes, I'm very much aware of thermite and how it can melt right through the toughest of steel.

@@fluppet2350this what my first thought when seeing that.

Yeah, I like to think of it like this: Refined metals are essentially just fuels that require high temps and strong oxidizers to ignite. (IE, a poor man's thermal lance capable of melting through steel and stone alike can be made from steel tubing, 100% oxygen flowing through it, and some steel wool at the end to get the reaction started.) High surface areas like thin strands or fine dusts/chips mean your oxidizer can be weaker, like the oxygen in the air around you. Combine iron dust with heat and air, and you get a steel wool fire on steroids.

Si

The best addition in my opinion is the glass dust collector. It looks so cool when there are sparks in it ❤

should have sent you the replacement than wait for replacement...

@@aphleesegurtra2820 nobody does business that way anymore, they all want the non-working one in hand before a replacement gets sent out.

I assume the building the rest of the machine would not be worth while. Things like bearings and wheels etc aren’t really worth replacing and complex to make.

Agreed. The House Made Revolution 2x72 would be cheaper to build than the grizzly with all his upgrades. Makes sense for him I guess.

I agree. The only thing I’d change is the platen and do something to help it track better.

And pretty much doubled the price. Wouldn’t have just been easier to but the more expensive grinder?

Glad it was helpful!

You’re welcome! Good luck with your upgrades!

Thank you!

The steel and abrasive dust is also terrible for any kind of machine like a mill or lathe

It was looking at me funny.

I was thinking the same thing! 😂

lol well he did weld almost every part, so not too sure what you mean. also you need tools that will machine metal parts down very accurately. not super doable for most. cool video though.

Someone did not watch the video carefully enough. Missed the welded parts and the use of other " expensive " machines to get the dimensions needed to shape the ( few hundred of dollars worth of ) pieces of metal to get a " new " grinder. People who say " he could have just bought a better grinder " .... sure could have but it was an assumed impulse buy ( since he apparently read the reviews after he got his ) ..... or " he could have just made one " ...... he did just make one. Given the end of the video he comments most reviews say the motor and/or motor control goes bad so other than the bearings he should have made one from scratch and did a cost comparison to one comparable to his specs. That at least would have been productive. He ends saying he paid $380 for a tool and yet made no mention of how much he spent on material to make it how he did. I can understand not wanting to " drop two grand " but by your logic you are willing to buy a tool for $380 and then at least $200 ( that aluminum block alone would be around $80 ), then use a welder you do not have and a 4 x 6 Band Saw ( Harbor Freight $350 ) to then have a tool with a motor and/or motor control that will need to be replaced. If you have the spare time to make the upgrades, you should have at least the time to do a shred of critical thinking before making a " So there. " claim.

Both comments are perfectly consistent and logical. “I used my milling machine…” gives away the story.

Yeah I doubt anyone will do what I did but who knows. Thanks!

Thanks!

Same here. If those "simple upgrades" (50% re-engineered) take the 380$ shipped price tag to 700$+ in time and materials, why not get a Premium one, or make it from scratch yourself. Since the motor AND the PSU are guaranteed to burn-up anyway. Is there Anything that you didn't have to alter, replace or will have to replace?

@@IcecalGamer my thoughts exactly. I think your guesstimate on the cost however is pretty low. My guess is that given a fair rate for the skilled labor and the amount of time and effort involved in doing these mods, not to mention all the extra tools required to do so, I would not be at all surprised if a good machine shop would charge close to $1k for all those parts, and even if you could do it all yourself you're probably looking at 20-30+ hours of labor to make and install it all, so it wouldn't really save you much. And I would think most people would probably be better served to just buy a nicer grinder to start with, even if it costs $1,200-1,500 or so.

@@justanotherfreakinchannel9069 Wanted to keep it conservative on the cost (bargain/ scrap bin cost for the raw materials on the upgrade). However, since i now read your reply and made me think more, doesn't it take more time in skilled labor, thinking about the problem and finding a solution to the sub-par product, than over-engineer it from scratch? If you make it BEEEEFY and practical (no beauty points, and no "where can we thin down the material to keep it down to a cost"), Even I could Bosh it together in 2-2.5 days Including waiting for parts delivery, and i can't cast by-metal axes :)) . Also, since the "bar" to beat is motor+psu that have 100-ish work-hours of life-span. Could you not buy them SH on the flea-market place or your choosing?

Thanks! Materials are around a couple hundred but I had a lot of fun working on it so I wouldn’t count my time really. Sure I could have bought a much more expensive machine, but I thought at the time that this one would work out of the box. One upgrade led to another and well here we are..

@@robinson-foundrySeems like you could have bought many of the things on your page for cheaper than it costed you … seems like thats not the point of this page (thank god)🤦‍♂️😂

Thank you! I have one of the 6x4” bandsaws that you see all over the place. Mine is from harbor freight.

I ordered the 2x42 at the end of last year. Shipping got delayed by four months because they were doing rebuild to fix some issues. My grizzly 2x42 came two weeks ago and it’s pretty good for price and size. I need to make the modifications he did.

A servo motor of some sort most likely.

Sounds doable. I’ll add it to the list of ideas.

Pretty much.