Home-Built Cover For Bench Grinder

Home-Built Cover For Bench Grinder FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 26-6-39 Bud A. Beaston II, Skiatook, Okla.: "When I purchased my Mig welder, it didn't have any wheels. To solve the problem, I mounted four lawn mower wheels on a homemade metal frame equipped with a swivel tongue. I mounted my Hobart welder on top of the frame and added an extra 100 ft. of extension cord to the welder. The cart allows me to use the welder anywhere inside my 56 by 80-ft. shop as well as in an adjoining barn. The wheels roll right over extension cords, air hoses, or welding leads. "I had problems in my small shop area with dust. To solve the problem, I built a cover for my bench grinder that goes around the entire grinder except for on front. There's enough room for me to access both ends of the grinder. At the back bottom part of the cover, I drilled a hole and mounted a muffler pipe that goes down through the bench that the grinder sits on. I hooked up a shop vacuum on back of the muffler pipe and wired a pigtail into the switch on the grinder. Then I plugged the vacuum into the switch so that whenever the grinder is being used, dust is automatically drawn into the vacuum canister. If I need to disconnect the vacuum for other uses, I can easily remove it from the muffler pipe."

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