LanierKnives
Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 14, 2019
- Location
- Louisiana
Good afternoon, all.
I recently purchased a B&S 510 surface grinder. I am working on converting it from a grinding wheel to a belt conversion to use with knifemaking. The SG did not come with a wheel hub adapter. So I was looking into getting a new one. I am not a machinist and am not familiar with all of this. I have attached a picture of the spindle and of the sketch I made of the taper on the spindle. Is this a standard taper? Do I have to get a B&S wheel hub or can I get an aftermarket wheel hub? I contacted Bourn and Koch and a new hub is $350. Which sound like too much to me. My buddy said his Tormach has a similar looking taper and his wheel hub is only $150 new from Tormach. So if I can get a different brand hub and save $200 then by all means I'm going to try.
I do plan on getting a custom contact wheel made for the hub, so as long as the wheel hub fits the tapered spindle then I think it'll work for me.
Thanks in advance.
I recently purchased a B&S 510 surface grinder. I am working on converting it from a grinding wheel to a belt conversion to use with knifemaking. The SG did not come with a wheel hub adapter. So I was looking into getting a new one. I am not a machinist and am not familiar with all of this. I have attached a picture of the spindle and of the sketch I made of the taper on the spindle. Is this a standard taper? Do I have to get a B&S wheel hub or can I get an aftermarket wheel hub? I contacted Bourn and Koch and a new hub is $350. Which sound like too much to me. My buddy said his Tormach has a similar looking taper and his wheel hub is only $150 new from Tormach. So if I can get a different brand hub and save $200 then by all means I'm going to try.
I do plan on getting a custom contact wheel made for the hub, so as long as the wheel hub fits the tapered spindle then I think it'll work for me.
Thanks in advance.