How To Balance Bench Grinder Wheels

If these wheels are new let the grinder run a full minute and stay out of the way in case they explode.

How to balance bench grinder wheels. Spin the wheel slowly by hand. Record power rsbg6 bench grinder with a cbn wheel duration. Alternatively spin the wheel at lower speed and check for wobbling.

First ring your wheels here you have to take your wheel off and tie a piece of rope or twine through the center so the wheel can dangle in mid air. In this video i discuss some simple solutions to fixing the wobble in your bench top grinder i explain the accessories you can buy and which ones i use or have used and which ones to stay away. Harig surface grinder wheel balancing ring with before after results duration.

Wobbling is most visible at this speed as the wheel rotates up and down at the end of the spin. It is time to see how we are doing. Mount a wheel on the arbor shaft and secure with the washer arbor nut do not over tighten the nut on the arbor it can induce wobble.

Spin the wheel slowly by hand. With both wheels dressed and their nuts tighten with a short wrench. Since i don t have one and don t really have room to store one i put one together as needed.

Plug in the grinder stand to the side and switch on power. Here are 8 easy steps to help you balance your bench grinder wheels. Mount a wheel on the arbor shaft and secure with the washer arbor nut do not over tighten the nut on the arbor it can induce wobble.

Gosforth handyman 24 664 views. Procedure step one step two step three step four step five step six step seven. If it looks minimal turn on the grinder and observe the side to side wobble at high speed.

Then take a small object and tap the wheel. Then secure the wheels on to the spindle and tighten the flanges leaving room for you to open them easily. Then i dig out four matched 1 2 3 blocks with holes threaded 3 8 16.

Ideally the grinder will smoothly come up to speed with no vibration. The best way of course to check a wheel for balance is to use a commercial balancing stand like this one. This video is about rikon grinder wheel balancing truing see my previous video on this grinder for setting up tormek tool attachments at.

Notice the amount of side to side wobble.