Magnetic Chuck Grinding Station
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- In this video I build a simple DIY electromagnetic grinding stand. It's something I thought of over a year earlier. I wanted to build something that held metal parts, especially parts cut on my Crossfire CNC plasma table so I could grind off slag and smooth out edges without the need to clamp parts down and grind around the clamps.
Crossfire CNC plasma table from Langmuir systems.
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Really got a charge out of this episode.The design looks attractive too.
A mate made something similar to that a few years back. He used three of the mag door locks (got then from the skip being a shopfitting company). One mag lock was facing up, and the other two down with a Thin sheath to motorcycle tire inner tube rubber stretched over it all. He used it on his steel welding table to lock small parts down for filing. It worked really well for that (Except for when the it would grab the hand file and hold that too. :D).
Boy the Festiva mind never sleeps, one clever project after another. Would be nice grinding without a clamp in the way.
You sure got that right
Sell some stickers! I can see the mountain goat sticker on my tool box
Can we squish some fruit and such in this to see how strong it is?
Hope the "smart" guy never welds near a bottle of argon. LOL! Great job Mike! Love the idea.
This is a great idea, so many uses.
Very clever Mike, maybe you can extend it for bigger pieces, great job as always ☺
Great idea Mike ! Those reminded me of two huge guitar pickups!
Brilliant! I’ve been using my magnetic drill to hold down parts... and it collects a lot of the dust.
Mike, that's cool as hell! Great idea!
This is something on my wish list to build! Nice work!
Go for it! It works really well 👍
This will be my next project! Thanks Mike, awesome as always!
Dude great idea I bet that using just one would clean up a lathe in record time too. I love the idea you just opened my mind to make something.
Nice little project and very useful.
Mounted all my parts to my HF welding table. Thanks Mike!
Right on 👍
I'd love to see a picture or better yet a video!
What a great project! Something even a guy with poor welding resources could make. Oh, and sorry to hear about you blowing yourself up grinding next to a tank. Speedy recovery....
Mike! Thank you for your bright ideas im a long time follower, i believed in you and appreciate your effort and time making these videos. Im buying the parts now might wind up making 2 of them such a great idea!
Right on! I’m fairly surprised a lot of my subscribers never really watched this video.
Thanks for checking it out. This magnetic grinding table is still working really well, I think you will definitely like it 👍 you could always even go bigger. Take care 😊
Nice job Mike and looks like a real handy gadget Thanks
Another great idea and video Mike! Thanks so very much for sharing your knowledge with us. I was a licensed aircraft mechanic for over thirty years but had to retire for medical reasons. I wish I could have had several of your inventions way back in the day! YOU ROCK MIKE!
Nice work as always. Keep doing. Cool ideas and the little details. Project on!
Nice build project!👍
LOVED THE VIDEO, AND VERY SIMPLE TO MAKE ! THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO ! I GIVE IT AN AWESOME , 10 ON THE SCALE ! THANK YOU AGAIN !!!
I have something similar. I just put some really strong neo magnets on a cam controlled by a lever under my metal top workbench. I flip the lever, raise the magnets, and it sticks. Lower the lever, magnets release.
Crap ya figure me being an electrician and working with them door locks in schools all the time I woulda used them. Aint like my stupid self hasn't wired hundreds of them up.
I just started using my new Crossfire Pro, and this will be a huge help! Mike, I want to say watching you inspired me to get the plasma table and start recording my builds and putting them up on RUclips. Your channel is great and I like your low key approach in your videos.
Right on! Thanks for checking out my videos, I really appreciate it 🙂👍
Such a clever Idea, I'm definitely going to steal it 😁👍
Another job well done Mike, they use that in manufacturing commonly, thanks for showing how it can be used at the home shop, along with another great tutorial👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for checking out my new video! It’s definitely going to be handy in the shop 🙂
Nice quick and easy build, saves a lot of hassle with the little bits!!
That is easy enough to build. Cool idea
Love your videos my friend
Great idea, love your channel
Great build. Need to make one of these this winter go for sure
Very awesome build I can defenitly use one of these you rock brother @Mike Festiva
Great idea, cool design. I think you could use that in so many ways, and make a bunch of different fixtures to hold it for holding different pieces.
They said 350# magnets, I’m curious how they do holding on to large, or any size pieces really. Maybe an additional bit of info in an upcoming video would be cool.
I just built on of these too I also used the door lock magnets from amazon. mine were the ones rated at "650 Lbs" holding strength but I did find that if you get any little bit of grit between your part and that magnet it has barley any hold at all. this has resulted in many small parts shooting across the shop at light speed.
how did 90% of subscribers miss this video??
simple! youtube never told us about it!
i get that on a lot of the shows i follow .. might be 30 mins too 3 hrs later or even a few times days later .. you tube sucks for letting you know shows are out but they bomb you with the adds
Cool project.
Very nice but think it would be nice if bench had a spot to fit it into flush
OH! Make one to mount on the drill press... Great idea!!
AWESOME! I gotta build one of these now man!
I really like it, quite useful in the shop 🙂
I definitely recommend building one 👍
Great idea, love it.
love that, well done
Brilliant idea man
Thanks 👍 I appreciate it!
nice, just a thought, adapt it for 3 to 5amp 20v cordless tools. The 2 amp can handle it and lithium ion batteries have protection. You could run them in series to get more Volts if you need the extra grind time. nice video, simple to build and very useful.
Or you could mount some of them unser your drillpresses bench so you can easily fix the vice im every Position and not screw around with clamps
How did I miss this video? But glad you mentioned it in the other. 😃👍👍👍👍
That is really cool.
Very good job and idea,.
Very very cool! Thank you for sharing! I am going to attempt making one! You could rig one of these up in lots of places.
Thanks for checking out my video Christopher 👍 I really appreciate it!
I just assembled my own version of this using the parts you suggested from Amazon. The only difference I made was I cut my wood 11 x 15. I thought a little bigger base would give it more stability. Works great. Thanks
Awesome! I’m happy to hear you built one 👍 I used mine last night, it’s great for holding down small CNC parts to clean up with the angle grinder. Take care Jeff.
regards from denamark , inspiring to see your cool projects , keep it up ..
Right on! Thanks for checking out my videos 🙂
That's a handy little unit ;-)
Dude I just subscribed to your site and must say you my friend are one smart cookie.
Thanks! I really appreciate it 🙂👍
The electromagnetic strips are used to hold a fire door open. In the event of a fire power shuts off and the door goes shut. These are a good strip for your project Mike as they are meant to stay powered up for a looong time. I actually thought you would recycle something like the clutch coil from an ac compressor, or parts from a microwave oven transformer.
Nice project Mike.
😊 good job Mike
Cool idea.
Thanks 😊
I've been using permanent magnets to hold parts at my work station for a long time. 5" cup magnets have a 90 lb. pull and hold parts securely for grinding. The work station is a 4 foot long 3x4" angle iron held in a heavy vise at 40" height (my perfect working height). I can grind edges of parts on 3 sides from the end magnet position of the angle iron. So long as parts extend past the magnet 3 or 4", I have enough leverage to just twist them off and flip them or switch parts (a helper sometimes switches the parts while I can just keep going with the grinder running in my hand). We process batches of parts quickly in smooth flow with no clamping. Also use the cup magnets for making special jigs and squares, etc. They hold down straight edge straps I drag the plasma torch along. The strong magnetism does mess with the mig welder somewhat, so I don't weld close to the magnet.
Brilliant!
Thanks Oliver 🙂
We should talk later today 👍
Appreciate the video Brother grabbed what I needed to make one thanks @mike festiva
Good job
This is cool Mike. Definitely a must build. I think I'll put a sheet of aluminum or copper on top of the plywood just to keep it from the sparks. Nice work man.
I would put a thin piece of steel, I think the magnets might actually magnetize the entire surface that way.
Love this..I don't know how I missed it... I been wanting a magnetic vise or chuck ever since I watched some 42fab videos...but they are spendy..do you think could you put a thin metal plate over the the entire thing if you wanted to go big and add a few more magnet locks.. just thinking it might distribute the magnetic force throughout the entire metal plate..but I don't know..just sitting here getting inspired.
Awesome design and instructions. Thanks for all the links. I'll be building one this fall....... 👍👍😎👍👍 As you showed - sometimes the glue gun is the perfect solution.
Thanks for checking my video Joel! This is a handy little hold down, especially for smaller parts cut on my CNC table.
Be cool to use a couple of those to either build into a welding table or a right angle metal clamp.
Mike , Trolls will be Trolls everyone knows Argon is explosive !! ROFL. Great project ! Thanks for sharing!
I see most people use old MOT cores and primary windings. The door locks will work better as the surface area is a lot bigger. You also don’t need mains power to run them.
Great idea, Mike.
Thanks for checking out my new video 👍
This was nice and simple to built especially that all the parts are easily available. Take care
Nice idea, nice build. Thinking outside the box. Where to go I love it man
Thanks Joe 🙂
Moe man snoho
hmmm, would be interesting to use these to create a mag drill out of a hand drill, wonder if any of those hand drill to drill press attachments would be strong enough to do that
Brilliant! I would not have thought about using those door-thingimajigs. How about putting another set on the underside so you can stick it to your workbench/project/flatbed/etc?
That sir is a very good idea, I just ordered 2 more to go with one I had sitting in the shop. I'm going try that and I'll let you know how it goes
@@CB-dx6hy I'd love to know how it works out. :)
Sell some beanie hats. Over here in northern Ireland it is getting cold now. Keep up the good work. Love the videos.
Ok great invention im building it!
Right on! I think you will like it 👍 I was just using this tonight in my shop grinding some CNC parts 🙂
That's awesome
I'll watch later Mike... busy right now.
Good ideal.
damn good idea! adapt for a welding clamp???
Make it with wheels and broo. Handle and battery for picking up nails and sharp stuff in the garage especially around bench gri der and lathe
I think I would bolt on a thin piece of steel so that you don't accidentally hit the magnets with the grinder. Just to help it last longer. It may even magnetize the entire surface, not sure. But I'm pretty certain that it will still hold things down with no issues. Nice build.
You didn't have to use 150$ of epoxy and metal frame and it still works?! For real super nice and really affoardable project, I like it
I wonder if you covered the whole top with a piece of 1mm steel sheet would it still work - as that would protect the locks from getting ground on?
Great project! You make me feel so bad about myself.
Mag lock. I think that's actually a shear lock but I could be wrong. These things are cool, how bad does it collect grindings?
make it a foot peddle so you can keep your hands free when trying to position a part and also mount it to something as that plywood base will just move around for bigger applications and yes argon is a shielding gas that's not flammable but its best practices to keep your tanks free from harm as if a piece of metal from grinding breaks that tank your shop is going to be a unwanted participant of the SpaceX mission
This is a great idea, might use this for a poor-mans mag drill!
Only thing i could think to improve it would be, run it off a battery, and put a electro magnet under it so when its on a metal surface it will hold to both the work pieces and the metal table, tailgate or whatever is under it.
I think having the option to run it on a battery or power supply would be ideal... As for the idea of making both sides magnetic that's flippin genius... Another simpler way might be to make a block on the bottom that would make possible to clamp it into a vise... Since the feet already lift it off the surface, that piece could probably be added without changing anything..
I think the battery would for sure have to be rechargeable and would die fast too for a lengthy amount of time unless you use a cordless battery adapted for the supply power.
@@carmo9693 Ohh yeah, the battery would likely have to be one of those large lipo's that rc cars use, and you would have to also wire in a low voltage alarm for it as draining the battery fully kills it. thankfully those alarms are very cheap and easy to get. the ideal solution would be a old laptop battery or something similar like a power tool battery.
If i were to add more magnets say 4 would the power supply be efficient enough?
AWESOM TOOL
Do you notice any extra gravity when you pick it up off the bench or is it relying entirely on the friction from the rubber feet?
How would you make the magnetic surface bigger? Is that what guys cover microwave magnet's in epoxy for?
Those electromagnetic locks could be repurposed for all kinds of useful stuff.
Yes those look like "mag locks" for high security doors.
What voltage is it. A guy was thinking that would be nice to have battery operated 12v for onsite grinding or repairs on the trail
Yes they are 12 volt so that’s completely possible to do! Take care
Great video. It's always a nuisance having to clamp stuff all the time to get two hands on the grinder.
Thanks for checking out my new video Cody! I think this definitely will be nice for grinding smaller parts especially stuff cut on my CNC table 👍
up next down draft table for catching all grinding dust.
Glue guns are awesome! You can do a lot with a glue gun.
and a beer can, duck tape and bailing wire. Fix just about anything.
To all those people who think a gas or O2 tank is going to blow up because of some sparks - they make those tanks out of thick metal not cotton wool !
I think I would have put a barrel jack in and left the one on the wall wart, but great idea!
That would have been nice but I didn’t have any on hand. Take care
Does it catch any of the metal particles that get grinded off? Shit that would be nice for avoiding cleanup & eye injury hazards
Yes it picks up some, not all of them.
The nice thing is when you turn off the magnets the metal particles fall right off.
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Looks good. Cost is much lower than retail.
Consistently excellent. Do you ever sleep bro?
Thank you. Brilliant. Gratitude regards Gareth Wiltshire UK. Quality
Gareth Wiltshire, stop using your sisters RUclips account 😂
@@WhiskeyGulf71 sorry for the offence, I have caused . It's actually my grand daughter's that she kindly allows me to use to view and comment. Regards Gareth Wiltshire UK.
Gareth Wiltshire, no offence taken or meant 😉
Your poor grand daughter will be getting bombarded with engineering content unless she likes this kinda thing.
I watch these other channels; Bad Obsession Motorsport, Urchfab, The Skid Factory, Watch Wes Work, Mustie1 & Diesel Creek for great engineering content.