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Re: Caster Base for Cutter Grinder
Originally Posted by
Don52
To move the cutter grinder from the driveway to the shop I built a temporary caster base made of 2x8’s. The cutter grinder with the temporary caster base is shown below:
1. Cutter grinder on temporary base
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One thing strange about this cutter grinder is that the bolt down feet of the cutter grinder and the bottom of the base are smaller than the top. You can see how the top overhangs the base in the following picture.
2. Corner of cutter grinder
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The problem with the temporary base is that it sets the top of the table of the cutter grinder 54” above the floor, which is way too high. The cutter grinder is typically used with tooling, which makes this problem worse. The following picture shows typical tooling on the cutter grinder.
3. Tooling on cutter grinder
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To solve the problem, I designed a fabricated tubing base to reduce the height of the top of the cutter grinder by 7-1/2”. I selected 2” x 3” tubing with a ¼” wall for the frame of the cutter grinder, because it would fit between the base of the cutter grinder and the overhang on the sides. I did a finite element analysis of the frame and I found that I needed to add the diagonal braces, which are shown below, to get the factor of safety above 2. The following two pictures show the fabricated caster base for the cutter grinder.
4. SolidWorks Asm
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5. Closeup of caster
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Just wondering what type program you use to do something like this, and how long does it take to complete the drawing your showing.
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Re: Caster Base for Cutter Grinder
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Re: Caster Base for Cutter Grinder
Last edited by Don52; 01-09-2021 at 03:01 PM.
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