[Shop-talk] Grinder pedestal

[Brad Kahler]

Several people have suggested plywood as a base.  Plywood would probably be
the cheaper of the alternatives that are available.  Although I would like
to find out how much I can pick up a used truck wheel for.  Sadly a while
back I gave a way a steel rim from a chevy P30 chassis that was for 19.5"
tires.  That likely would have made an ideal candidate.

Brad


On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 12:43 AM, Brian Kemp <bk13 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I second Doug's idea.  Assorted pieces of plywood with a 1x2 screwed to
> them make good bases.  I clamp it in my Black and Decker Workmate.
>
> Another option is to attach your pedestal to a sheet of thicker plywood
> and stand on the plywood while you grind.  Use some threaded inserts to
> make the base easily removable for storage.
>
> Brian
>
> On 2/9/2015 6:36 PM, Doug Braun wrote:
>
>> I have one of those Craftsman folding workbenches with the two-piece
>> clamping top surface.
>> It is pretty stable.  I also have several benchtop tools, like a small
>> router table, a small band saw, and a buffer.
>> I mounted each of these tools on a a 14" x 24" piece of plywood with an
>> additional 2" wide strip running across
>> the underside.  To use a tool, I put it on top of the workbench with the
>> 2"
>> strip between the two pieces of
>> workbench table, so it can be clamped in place.  The tools that are not
>> being used live on some shelving brackets
>> on my garage wall.
>>
>> This system has worked well for me.
>>
>> Doug
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 7:50 PM, Brad Kahler <bkahler1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I've got several bench grinders that I would like to mount on some sort
>>> of
>>> movable pedestals.  I don't want to anchor them to the floor so whatever
>>> I
>>> end up using needs to be stable but portable.
>>>
>>> I've got several of the Harbor Freight 3 footed pedestals that would only
>>> work if anchored to the floor and worse they are two short to use.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions on something that can be purchased, fabricated or what
>>> not?
>>>
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