Jon Welders Beastly Grinder

[jimiowa]

This guy posts as John Welder on the knife Network.
Lives in Aroura, Neb. Here's a link to his site, the shop tour shows mostly homebuilt tooling.
www.sharpdecisionknives.com/
This is his homebuilt Grinder. He said the base was made from a steel lightpole cutoff and he hauled it home in his Honda Accord.

[twomoons]

Plans for this grinder are available at Home Shop Machinist. I wonder if some Cop somewhere is looking at a cut off light pole going "what the H#!!".

[jimiowa]

May 18, 2009 12:32:23 GMT -5 twomoons said:

Plans for this grinder are available at Home Shop Machinist. I wonder if some Cop somewhere is looking at a cut off light pole going "what the H#!!".

Now I had not thought of it that way!! but had to grin when you mentioned it that way! ;D
Bet that almost a daily thought in your profession!
My guess was since he's a self employed welder the pole section was scrap from a job site?
I do have a copy of those plans or very simular.
They are clones of Belmont Machinings KMG grinder.
Rob Frink, does not mind and sells a lot of parts to guys copying his design.