ED/Gordon...You guys always make me laugh ! I wish I was as fast with the humor !
Jim...I'm envious of your DRO attachment. I friend offered to give me his and I turned it down because I didn't know what/how to use it. I do have a nice rotary table and index though. Ya can't live without them for certain things ! If we ever move I'd like to have a 6 double car garage. Each one with a 16' roll-up door. For a machine shop, welding and metal bending shop, wood shop, and paint shop. The two others for cars. Right now I have all that in one 26X28' garage. Needless to say...it's pretty tight. I just built a really nice 72" X 2" belt grinder that swivels 90 degrees. It has a 2 HP 3 ph 220v motor with a variable frequency speed control and is wonderful to use. My old 1 HP Baldor 8" bench grinder just got repurposed. If you go on Youtube you can see what I built. I followed Jeremy Schmidt's video of the one he designed and built. It's built like a TANK !! Title is "building my 72" belt grinder by Jeremy Schmidt" Check it out. I was shopping for one and just couldn't hack spending $4700.00 for one from Burr-King.....Bruce