Unleashing the sharpening potential of the Grizzly 2x42 Knife Maker Belt Sander Grinder Part 3

[@nomad636]

Keep these videos coming. Your knowledge and wisdom is appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to share these videos.

[@johnwoodcock6468]

Good video sir

[@Semper-Fidelity]

"Bad belt! Go to your room!"

[@danielbottner7700]

What looks like belt quality issues could & likely is in part pulley alignment issues. Running belts on poorly aligned pulleys will prematurely cause belt deterioration. It's much easier to identify pulley alignment issues with a level if you can rotate the machine into the horizontal position. First the machine ( actually the tooling arm ) needs to be leveled & then you can check each pulley individually. If this seems too complicated I can stop by one day & help you with this as well as setting up your welder.

[@robfahey1349]

Im not sure if you saw i shared a video on i believe your first video review of the grizzly 2x42 it was another guy on youtube that modified his for knife sharpening he took the rear guide off the tracking wheel as you had talked about and did a bunch of other things. Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays

[@rifleman1873]

Just bought one. Thanks for the tips. Why can’t you just drill a hole in the arm closer to the belt to hold the platen?

[@chrisb.4496]

Please stop my wife is going to kill me if I buy anything else for my shop...

[@robertmunguia250]

It’s probably 43 not 42.

[@WeberSharpening]

Sure looks like your platen is the same width as the belt. Unlike the 1" set up which is wider than the belt. Be careful with that. It is very easy to catch the edge of the belt and shred it. I was lucky and the knife stayed in my hand but dam. I don't like this whole 2" edge leading make it up as you go set up. Other sharpeners will try and copy this and it might not turn out so great. *Danger*