On Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 11:35:45 AM UTC-4, Bill Leonhardt wrote:
One of the most valuable tools in my shop, is an arbor with a wire wheel on one side and a coarse grind stone on the other. (sorry, but I am trying to explain this without pictures).

Currently, the arbor is mounted at the end of an old workbench and is driven by an even older refrigerator motor. Extremely handy for cleaning off rust, screw threads, etc.

To save room, I need to get rid of this old workbench and remount the arbor/motor on a "stand alone" stand, as small as reasonable. This seems straight forward, but, I suspect there are many clever approaches to doing this..

I am asking the group if they could please point me to pictures/images of motor/arbor setups like this that I can use for inspiration.

Thanks, Bill

PS, I actually have two arbors and would consider a set up where each could run with their own motor or share a single motor.

DerbyDad03,

Sorry for my confusing response. I'm never sure whether to top post or bottom post. I know it was important to some in this group, but whenever I think I have it straight, I go through several senior moments and forget.

Yes the single grinder motor with grind wheel and wire wheel makes sense. It is a lot more portable and space efficient. For me though, I have two of these arbors and several motors I have collected over the years. I am old enough now to either use these motors or throw them out since I have more projects and ideas than time left in my life (or at least I think that's true).

Since I have two arbors, I thought I'd rig one up with one or two buffing wheels. I've never had that before and it could be handy.

Regarding my use of the wire wheel, over the many, many years I have had a shop, the wire wheel has brought life back to many rusted objects. Having it on the arbor (I believe) allows me to get the wire wheel into more corners, etc.that I could with the close-in mounting on the grinder motor.

Still, my fantasy is that the "perfect" set-up (as I imagine it) exists with someone in the REC and he or she will say: "Oh yeah, I mounted one years ago. Here's a pic."

All the suggestions people have posted are good (and appreciated). I think I probably didn't explain exactly what I was after.

My current thinking is to have the arbor out on a horizontal 2 x 4, with the motor hung far beneath. That way I could get the wire wheel into nooks and crannies of good size objects (maximum access).

It occurs to me that readers may not know what I mean by an arbor. I found one on Google Images:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthoped...or-belt-driven

Thanks every one for your interest and patience with my posting.

Bill