Zedteq Hunting Knives

Darren Englebretsen, New Zealand

New Linisher

I am starting to build a new linisher using a 10" / 250 mm contact wheel running 2375 mm x 50 mm (108" x 2") belts. Photos will be added as the work progresses.

I generally design and build my linishers at the same time, taking into account the parts I already have available. This machine will be a four wheel machine with the front (contact) wheel being driven by a 1/2 HP single phase motor. At the back will be a crowned jockey wheel, and belt tension will be provided by a sprung swinging arm with wheel. Belt tracking will be via a pivoting jockey wheel using the system described in Wayne Goddard's book "$50 knife shop".

Shown in this photo are a 900 mm high grinder stand and a 1 m length of 180 mm x 75 mm channel on which I will build the machine.

I have bolted a spindle with 3/4" shaft to the front of the channel. The contact wheel will be on the right, and a pulley which will be attached to the left of the shaft will be driven by the electric motor.

This photo shows the tensioner wheel on its swinging arm with spring. The arm is fixed to a vertical stringer which runs from the channel down to the baseplate.

A front view of the tracking wheel assembly. The arm with the wheel moves in the vertical axis to adjust belt tracking.

A front view of the machine showing the motor suspended beneath the contact wheel.

A side view of the completed machine.