Feather grinder

[twisted]

Hey everyone ive the whole forum search to try to find a thread about a feather grinder to see what the best way to make one is but it came up with no resulta i know i have seen a how to but its not in the how to section now lol any help would be appreciated thanks

[Downeast]

I just lay my belt sander on its side at the edge of my workbench.  I run some long screws into the bench near the front, rear, and handle to steady it.  Turn it on, lock it on and apply feather in straight clamp.  Works great.

[twisted]

thanks for the info Downeast i dont have a beltsander but i do have a oscallting sander and a benchtop drumsander i made to lol just need to make a clamp then

[Downeast]

Barry,
The best part about the belt sander is that it's flat.  You may need to make a temporary jig to guide your feather clamp so yo won't dig the quill to deep and the grind will be consistant.  Good luck!

[twisted]

thanks for the info by any chance u wouldnt know or have the plans for the clamp that holds the feath would u

[Rico]

I just took 2 pieces of light weight thin scrape metal about 7x4 inches and clamped them with those springy heavy duty black paper clips the kind that fold back down against themselves. I don't know what they are called got them at the work store.

[Charlie Lamb]

this link will set you up nicely from a guy who knows what he's doin'. (not that the other responders don't)

http://www.bowyersedge.com/feather.html

[George Tsoukalas]

I'll second that, Charlie. I built one with a few adaptations for my needs. Works great. Jawge

[Don Stokes]

I made my clamp by cutting two pieces of plywood and bolting them together with two small bolts with wing nuts. Works fine with the belt sander.

Don

[twisted]

Thanks for all the info guys and charlie i found that link lastnight and used it to make my own lol so thanks again guys

[Aeronut]

Here is an earlier thread.

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=050150

Dennis