Bench grinder, storage cabinet, and lots of jigs.

hey I'm Mike Frankton welcome back to the boardroom in this video I'm going to build a cabinet for my grinder I'm going to use a real fun method to build these doors and I'm going to review a few attachments that work in conjunction with the grinder so if any or all of that sounds interesting to you I suggest sticking around as with all shop projects I start with a sheet of plywood that's one step above firewood grade and I break said sheet down using any and all methods available to to [Music] me I don't know if this is a pro tip or not but it's a trick I use occasionally if I have a shelf or really any part that needs to be one thickness less I don't adjust my fence I shim it out with an offcut so in this case the sides are full depth the shelves need to be reduced in size by the thickness of the back which is a course some measurement close to 3/4 of an inch using this method the shelves will be reduced the exact amount needed and this will make more sense as the video goes on I use my dat stack measuring gauge to figure out setup and lucky me I won't need any shims I found one that fits good enough um when using just above firewood grade Lumber it's a good idea to assume that it's nowhere near flat so I cut Doos twice and I try and alter the way that I hold the piece slightly this is in an ill faded attempt to get the dado to cut to a consistent depth I guess these are technically rabbits not Doos anyway these are for the top bottom and back and now it's on to the actual Doos for the shelves [Music] I must say I was surprised how well these pieces cleaned up and as an added bonus cleaning 20 years of propane forklift exhaust dust off the panels helped keep my hands much [Music] cleaner to assemble the cabinet I use glue and my third favorite mechanical Fastener the nail Let's uh burn through this kind of boring it's exactly what you'd expect me gluing and nailing Tada after Mis drilling some pocket holes I pull my head out of my rear and assemble a face frame for a freestanding piece like this one I think a face frame is necessary to prevent racking also when assembling a pocket hole joint I think it's best to avoid void using the torque limiting feature on a drill I say Drive the screw in slowly and feel when it gets tight I think this gives the best chance of Maximum tight with minimal chance of stripping I add a top and bottom uh this will give me some extra thickness to attach stuff like these swiv locky casters and don't beat on me for the huge washers it's what I had laying around now let's take a look at the heart of the project which I already started taking apart I bought this Ryon 1 horsepower slows speed grinder because of the light however the light's not very good and the extension cord's a little stiff so that's a bummer but it was on sale it runs smooth and feels Hefty oh and I had a gift card while I was mocking everything up I realized that this bad boy was a little too topheavy in the back of my mind I thought this may be a problem so I had a potential fix ready to go my plan was to take the wheel off the swiv Caster thingy and then build an axle for it I really didn't have a plan for this I was just winging it so this was what I cobbled together it seems to work pretty good after installing the new wheel setup I did some scientific testing and concluded that the cabinet was 82.9% less Tippy which translates to good enough and I totally forgot to reattach this plate to the bottom of the grinder I reattached the bottom panel and bolted the grinder down to the cabinet I took off the factory rubber feet cuz I thought the attachment would be a little more solid with them off next on the aen does to install this thing a torch bench grinder mounting set that's a mouthful when torch is mentioned most of you will think of the slow wet Grinders that torek is famous for those are great but they're slow this fixture will allow me to use any of the super neat torch sharpening accessories on this bench grinder so I can do all my grinding on just one tool versus needing to own the Torme as well I know many people have and love their torcs that's great I wish you happy matrimony for me I'm just looking for a tool to help grind bevels in general sharpening as all my final sharpening is done on water stones so for my needs a bench grinder is a better choice and it's more versatile especially with this fixture I'll do a quick demo of the various jigs that I bought later in the video for now let's move on to a one-way sharpening table through a wacky series of events I wound up with two bases which would be neat to be able to switch the table back and forth to the wheel of my choice so far so good everything fits but just barely so I tried installing one of the accessories that I bought but no dice headlights there's some interference no problem I just added some padding to lift up the tormac base I actually ended up liking it mounted higher it makes it so the grinding is taking place more towards the top of the wheel versus directly in front and if you're wondering I can still get the wheels on and off now it's time to make a couple of doors I get started by making some test cuts and measuring them the idea here is if I measure correctly I should be able to nail setup on the first try so it looks like my 1/4 in Hollow mortise chisel cuts a mortise that's actually 260,000 don't know where it got the name but this is a three-piece groover it can be used with all three pieces or just the outer two it's like a data stack for shaper and it comes with some shims to dial in the fit these two safety bars make this type of cut fairly safe and consistent it's a very nice feature to have on a shaper and I start by making a cut with the two outer Cutters only and no shims that I measure next up is some math if my calculations are correct I need 100 thou shim thickness and of of course underline it several times for dramatic [Music] effect I come up with a shim stack as close to Target as possible the thin ones are bent so they fight me the whole way on which is really annoying uh once installed I make another test cut I measure just to confirm that I'm awesome or rather that digital calipers are accurate uh next up I locate the groover's height and I set the depth of cut once set I run the grooves on the edges of my rails and styles with the rails and styles grooved I Mark where I'd like the mortises to live this doesn't need to be super accurate I normally cut mortises just over my pencil line this will give a little wiggle room uh which can be helpful during assembly what I was doing earlier was sizing a Groove to a mortise bit now what I'm doing is using that Groove to locate where the mortise goes I absolutely love this tool it's such a pleasure to use I have a video on my channel where I restore this very tool so check it out if you're interested and as you can see it cuts a fine mortise after switching Cutters to this big tenoning disc I start by setting zero I do this by raising the cutter until it just makes contact with the workpiece next I measure how much needs to be cut away to leave a proper sized Tenon which needs to be the same size as the groove this particular shaper has a fast up and a slow up button both are way too fast and I normally miss my target at least a couple times after setting height to about 300 th I set the depth of cut then it's Off to the Races cutting tenons this way really is fun and super accurate however I personally would never trust a man who wears Crocs so take all this with a grain of salt with the tentin and cheeks laser sliced the last operation is to cut the hunch to me honch is a very funny word is honch the big guy on the football team or is honch a country music artist and now the moment you've all been waiting for the test fit that was so satisfying I need a cigarette two sticks can make measuring inside dimensions much easier I head back to the shaper for a slightly raised Center panel really all I'm doing here is cutting a tongue to fit in the door's groove on a piece of wood that's plain to some random [Music] Dimension after sanding the raised panels it's time for glue up I get all the stuff out and glue the door up exactly as you'd expect let's skip that one tip I add a couple of pin nails to help keep the center panel centered rather than buying the correct hinges and plates I wanted to use some of what I had laying around so I came up with this goofy configuration and screwed it in place it's embarrassingly clumsy so I won't call too much attention to it I had some oak dowel laying around so you guessed it it became the door knobs although from a design perspective I do like the look of the simple dowel maybe rounding the top slightly and carving just a little spot for your finger to grab on to would make this a neat detail so I'll file that thought away for a future piece of furniture wanted a couple of boxes to store jigs in their fixings this is about as simple as it gets quinch plywood some glue and Nails simple but effective I played around with the layout until it was close enough then some glue and 23 gauge nails was all it took hey that's not mine who did that no problem easy fix uh with some side Cutters just wiggle until the nail breaks off bench grinders are super handy to have around the shop but they're even better with some jigs for specific tasks this first one is the Torx great Edge jig which is a terrible name but in reality this jig is just for chisels and plane blades or similar tools has a 90° stop on the right side and the tool is pinched in place with two thumb screws I'm using 180 grit CBN wheel which stands for cubic boron nitride I guess which is the world's second hardest material behind Diamond that's cool they aren't cheap but they run very true due to good Machining and then due to the hard GR they last a long time and they don't lose diameter as you use them this jig makes it nice and easy to grind a blade 90° to the edge and that 90° is adjustable with the other two thumb screws so this is my precious 1in Lee neelon chisel I dropped it on the concrete floor in my shop yes without even thinking I stuck my foot out to try and save it but no luck I slowed it down a little bit but it's still hit with a good amount of speed the only way to fix this is to grind it away while the combination of the CBN wheel and the slows speeed bench grinder keep heavy grinding nice and cool so no bluing and in just a couple minutes I'm ready to head back to the water stones for a polished Edge here's a quick look at the polished Edge I went directly from the 180 grit wheel to an 8,000 grit water stone and in just a minute or two polish enough of the edge to get back to work if you're wondering how I did that I used my super secret sharpening jig that I've been developing how's that for a tease next up was a jig I was both hesitant and excited for sharpening drill bits accurately is not easy so when I bought this jig I wasn't quite sure what to expect when compared to actual professional drill bit sharpening systems this is very cheap although it is a couple of bucks so after a little practice I've come to the conclusion that this is a pretty good way for a small shop to sharpen drill bits I can get a really good Edge on a drill bit but it takes some practice and skill to me the perfect jig is a jig that anyone can use and not mess it up that's not this jig care must be taken if you look carefully here you'll see I've made a bit of a mistake the two flutes must be perfectly parallel with the top and bottom of the clamp I was a little off in my haste to finish filming this part so step one is to grind a primary bevel which creates a knife edge centered on the drill bit this can be set to a bunch of different point angles step two is to grind a secondary bevel the reason for cutting two bevels is that the result is a single point centered right at the tip of the drill bit this makes for a drill bit that will wander less as it starts and create a more accurate hole couple things note that the four faces come to a single point on the drill bit this is totally awesome also note the primary bevel tapers down to almost nothing on the outside of the drill bit this was caused by my poor initial setup I would still call this bit sharp enough to be used I just could have done a little bit better job this is where some skill is needed to produce sharp drill bits with this jig finally note how well this bit stays in place when I spin it with my fingers switching from the 180 grit wheel to a 600 grit the tool stand needs to be backed out to make this change kind of a bummer but not a huge deal here's a simple jig but it makes sharpening a knife pretty easy nothing makes me feel like I should have my own cooking show like when I cut a ripe tomato with a super sharp knife it's a thing of beauty and the 600 grit wheel will get you there plus this is the single jig where you can justify this entire expense explaining to your significant other that for reasons of safety you want them to have sharp knives that's a pretty easy sell after all a Dull Knife is a dangerous knife the last one is a bull gouge sharpening jig I think it's from one way it works well enough uh the point here is that I'm a fan of the bench grinder and all it can do I'll keep adding jigs to my collection as I find the need that is a very nicely ground bull gouge and let's not forget all the random stuff that needs grinding like my precious mower blades I want my Blades of grass to be finely sliced not pulverized like they were in a garbage disposal so there it is an often overlooked but very useful tool the mighty bench grinder and its new cabinet with plenty of storage links and more info in the description below for much of the stuff in this video questions comments fears and concerns post them below as always I'll answer them till next time thanks for watching

Channel: Mike Farrington

Views: 49,128

Keywords: woodworking, home improvement, furniture making, maker, carpentry, fine woodworking, tools

Id: cDrXgHFLVoQ

Length: 18min 55sec (1135 seconds)

Published: Fri Apr 05 2024