[Land-speed] Angle grinder mount

[23weldon]

I like the idea of pulleys.  I've seen one small bench lathe with a 4-1/2" 
angle grinder set up that way to drive the head stock with the handle 
sticking up vertically.  These universal motors in grinders put out a lot of 
power for their size.  Enough to take a decent lathe cut on steel or 
aluminum, especially if you reduce the spindle speed with the pulley setup. 
Plus you can reduce the speed of universal (brush type) electric motors with 
a heavy duty voltage controller.  Food for creative thought here.
Over the years I've seen a lot of emergency repairs done in the pits with 
hand tools that could be much better done with a power tool if such were the 
kind of setup compact and affordable enough to be part of the average 
racer's kit.  .........  Ed Weldon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ifixmgs at cox.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] Angle grinder mount
>I have a large dewalt industrial  grinder with a similar mount -   use it 
>for quick sharpening drill bits and fine tuning fish-mouth joints on 
>smaller diameter steel tubing.    I also built  a  twin  v-belt pulley 
>attachment   2.5" and  6" in diameter side by side;   one for speed and one 
>for torque for testing alternators.