Grizzly Grinder mod

[Uncle Buck]

Hi All,

I was wondering about slowing the speed down on a grizzly knife grinder. Could I attach a pulley to the buffer end and attach a varible speed grinder to that and acheive a slower belt speed. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks UB

[combs6136]

Put an 8 in. pulley on the buffer end and a 2 in. pullley on another motor and run that one to slow it down...Just take the belt off to run high speed............carl

[combs6136]

I did it on a Wilton..........And it works great..........carl.....ps...........i used an old washing machine motor

[Uncle Buck]

Thanks Carl for the speedy reply. Would my old single speed grinder motor work.

[combs6136]

What speed is the grinder motor?........carl

[combs6136]

if its 1750 it will work great...........carl

[dbalfa]

So this sounds like ya'll are just using the Griz motor as a "bearing" so to speak, allowing the shaft to free wheel inside it? Is that not detrimental to the Griz motor? sounds like a good solution to a dificult problem....