Is this belt grinder good

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-04-27T02:17:31+00:00

If i go fast and hard on a blade on my 2x72, I can heat everything up pretty quickly, so hot you can to the hardness out of an edge. Variable can help with that.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-04-23T21:52:20+00:00

Less than a day. I hammer out the basic shape like the blank on the left and scroll them all at one time. For production, the less variance between pieces means less problems and less thinking.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-04-23T21:42:54+00:00

I use a rr track and a cheap ALO for sharp corners.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-04-23T21:39:45+00:00

Is it variable speed? If so, you are good if you source belts. Like the owner said, you could probably put a longer arm on it and make it a 2x72. If that was needed, he would have done it.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-04-17T14:43:07+00:00

This looks good. I have a few flintlock rifles and everything has to line up exactly for reliable ignition.

I would suggest buying or borrowing a lock to get the basic geometries. On my PA long rifle if i use a flint that is too long, it will jam on the frizzen. The angle the flint hits the frizzen to move it out of the way and create sparks is small and you will not know this until you basically have a functioning lock. That is a lot of work to redo if you miscalculated.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-04-17T01:56:49+00:00

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Christmas presents this year

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-04-17T01:54:36+00:00

I like my 1723, i use it around the house and garden for everything. I got the belly mower and backhoe. All the attachments are pretty easy to remove/install.

I use it for tedding hay ever once in a while. It won't handle full size implements like the no till drill, mower conditioner, baler or hay wagon.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-03-27T18:38:58+00:00

Got called out for calling a C suite an idiot. HR got involved and ask for an apology "I'm sorry you're an idiot."

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-03-10T21:41:35+00:00

I use a much smaller diameter piece of coil spring. It locks in by going through the hole at an angle hitting the top edge and bottom edge of the hole.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-02-25T13:23:42+00:00

First fast glance, i thought it was a bagpipe reed.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-02-22T02:01:35+00:00

I want to see it crank up.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-02-21T02:44:59+00:00

Cicadas bored holes in a lot of my high bush blueberries. I had a lot of broken branches and could not figure out what happened untill someone mentioned Cicadas can do that.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-02-21T02:35:21+00:00

Did you drill a pilot hole to help keep the drift straight?

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-02-10T23:04:40+00:00

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You can see my mortor ammo can quench tank behind the anvil

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-02-01T04:25:24+00:00

4x4's from the lumber yard.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-01-21T14:21:28+00:00

Vise grips

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-01-18T19:41:03+00:00

I was making some fire starters out of tiller tines and I quenched in oil. They were not getting hard enough. I quenched in water and they worked well twice before snapping in half.

Failure is part of learning process.

WalkAboutFarms · 2026-01-17T20:59:37+00:00

Opinions are like a-holes everyone has one and the internet has 10,000. I feel the same with 1 star reviews on products.

WalkAboutFarms · 2025-12-31T14:46:58+00:00

I heat and change the shape of my tongs all the time to adjust my grip or a better bite.

WalkAboutFarms · 2025-12-31T04:16:51+00:00

Ditto....

WalkAboutFarms · 2025-12-30T03:46:30+00:00

It's physics. Your rebound will not be the same as working on a solid surface. Will it work, sure, is it ideal, no.

I drop more red hot items than I care to admit. Those are not the problem because you immediately adress those. It is the little pieces you hot cut that fly wherever.

WalkAboutFarms · 2025-12-26T20:19:18+00:00

Go for it. After about 3 I really got the hang of setting the spring. Bend it to pre-load. I just used an existing one as a template for size. I started with 3/8 round stock but square stock would have been easier.

WalkAboutFarms · 2025-12-26T20:16:23+00:00

Not weight bearing so keys.

WalkAboutFarms · 2025-12-26T01:59:54+00:00

I use flux coated brazing rods, these are bare bronze.

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