Belt File From Old Mixer And Junk Bin Components

Making one’s personal energy instruments generally is a rewarding method to upcycle components, and [bluesyann] does precisely that with a belt file made from an old mixer. We like how the enclosure for the outdated mixer is preserved and acts as a deal with, so there’s no want to fret about motor mounting and wiring individually. It seems to be completely usable, and all of the {hardware} wanted is the form of factor one finds in a scrap pile.

[bluesyann] stretches the sanding belt between a 3D printed pulley connected to the mixer motor, and a bearing fitted into the top of some aluminum U-channel. Scrap wooden and extra nested U-channel make up the remainder of the meeting, and there’s even a pressure adjustment made out of a threaded rod.

There’s a invoice of supplies and a 3D mannequin for the pulley, however a construct like that is extra about sharing the broad strokes relatively than the precise design. Whenever one modifies or integrates an present piece of apparatus (the mixer, on this case) right into a challenge, many of the work is about working with and across the bits one can’t change.

Watch it in motion in a quick video, embedded slightly below. If you want the thought however don’t have a mixer just like the one [bluesyann] used, allow us to level you towards an analogous DIY attachment to get a similar result from a common angle grinder.