If you often have to engage in engraving in a home workshop, then this idea will definitely come in handy - how to make an engraver from an angle grinder with your own hands. Why is this even necessary?
It’s just that there are situations when you execute an order with the help of an engraver, and it suddenly breaks, and the deadlines for the order are tight. Then, with proper skill, you can temporarily replace the engraver with a angle grinder (grinder).
To do this, you need sheet metal scraps, an old drill chuck, a few bolts with nuts of various diameters and a grinder.
The main stages of work
We remove the casing from the angle grinder and with the help of a strip of metal we go around the gear ring, making a clamp. We drill holes in the "ears" of the clamp and insert a bolt with a nut. We weld the nut to the clamp and cut off all the extra length.
In this case, the supporting frame is made for the type of clamp. We bend according to the preliminary drawing of the eyelet and weld cross-shaped clamps to the edges. We drill holes for tightening and insert bolts with nuts.
Next, prepare a cartridge for clamping a flexible shaft. We weld a nut on a cartridge sleeve with a diameter equal to the angle grinder shaft. We fix our cartridge on the angle grinder. We collect all the parts of the homemade work together and enjoy the continuation of the implementation of your order.
It is extremely important to observe safety precautions when working with this homemade product. Using clamps, fix the angle grinder on a work bench away from the working space (a flexible shaft will help to avoid various kinds of dangers from moving parts of the angle grinder).
Carefully read the passport for angle grinder (number of revolutions per minute) and the passport of the engraver (number of revolutions per minute), if the revolutions of the angle grinder are greater than the revolutions of the engraver, collect this homemade product at your own risk.
