Tool Talk
Farm and Implement Wrenches and Tools => Farm Implement Wrenches and Tools => Topic started by: Mike H on December 05, 2013, 11:28:33 AM
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First Post here. I picked up a HandyAndy hand powered grinder.
Made by Pike out of Vermont
It badly needs a replacement grinding wheel. From what research
I've done it seems like an extinct type of wheel.
7/8" Wide grinding surface
2 step raised center 1/5/16" at widest point (arbor hole)
Has a metal sleeve in arbor 3/8" ID of sleeve or bushing
In present condition 3-1/4" Diam.
Any input appreciated
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How about a pic ?
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If this is a hand-crank, table mount type grinder, a 3/8" arbor stone should be relatively easy to source, albeit it will not have the metal arbor sleeve. Is the stone held on by threads in the arbor, or a simple nut holding it??
2x on the picture request.
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OK, I will have to fess up
How do you insert an image in this forum
Tried typing in file location between the img tags and hitting Preview
That did not work
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Read here---> http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=61.0 (http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=61.0)
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Attempting picture post
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OK it's not the wheel but I'm making progress
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Norton, the giant company that makes grinding wheels for everybody bought Pike in the 1930's and renamed it Norton-Pike co...
The name exists at least to the 1950's...
The stone was made by J. A. Chaillaux Quarries at West Baden, Ind
Betcha a standard profile Norton grinding wheel somewhere fits that thing....
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Ended up buying a wheel from Harbor Freight; not what I wanted to do but was having no luck
finding anything even close to a match for the wheel that was on the grinder. Since a restore
is now off the radar I am wondering whether I will try to strip remaining paint, make new decal, repaint, etc. or just find a better place for it and use when applicable.
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can you make a new decal?
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Yep I believe making a decal is within the range
of desktop PC capabilities
However, would have to remember where I found the particulars
of how on the web.
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Check out MSC Industrial Supply. They stock all sorts of grinding wheels, its were I picked up one for my Niagara hand grinder.They are not the cheapest around but one of best. We use them at work for a lot of different stuff.
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Nice tool, Dose it work good? wheel balanced? cranks smooth? looks like a modified tool rest..
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As nice as the old decal is, keeping it original is a good option. It is only original once.
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Old Tools
Yeah it works, there is a fair amount of in and out play as you turn the wheel. I am thinking about putting a short sleeve on the housing side of the wheel to see if that will take that motion out without throwing any "binding" into the gears.
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It kind of looks like any old 6" wheel will do. Your choice of manufacturer and grit size. Everyone in the grindstone business makes 6 X 3/4 x 1/2" arbor hole. Or 5 X 1/2 whatever it wants.
Just use the plastic bushings down to your 3/8"
yours Scott
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I have a modern made version of that I bought about 7 years ago. I replaced the short crank handle with a long throw for more power and replaced the flimsy original rest with a substantial one made of angle iron.
I did shim up the arbor to take a common 6" stone using rubber gas line cut just a hair long. Compressing it made the middle expand and the stone runs true.
End play on the shafts is horrible on mine, doesn't seem to affect how it works though.
Get grease in the gearbox to smooth it out, black moly grease for CV joints is good in mine.