Rubber feet for bench grinder needed

[Mel769]

Hi, Im currently restoring an old Ingersoll Rand bench grinder and am looking for some push in rubber feet. The old feet are perished, but were push fit into a 1/2 inch hole, I need 4 of them. They look similar to the pic below so you can push them in and they wont fall out if that makes any sense !

Does anyone know where I can find these feet in the Uk ? I done an extensive google search but cannot find anything that goes into a 1/2 inch (12mm) hole. Please help if you can ! Many thanks

 

[Mikey]

I found a couple of places that appear to stock the size you require ...

https://www.sinclair-rush.co.uk/cat...6-JieQrZ1PvmWEGYffXkdlb-ByF5xbLUaAs3HEALw_wcB
https://www.vital-parts.co.uk/push-...JqvIzy0lJI08ERIDZ0u3X1DOP325lPmIaArunEALw_wcB

 

[AES]

Try:

Sinclair-rush UK Ltd; (a huge range, both plastics and rubber of various sorts)

or

Banbury Plastic Fittings (ditto above)

or

Amazon (search for "rubber feet").

HTH

 

[Mel769]

Thanks thats great, I did actually look at both them sites but couldn't find listing on the Sinclair site, which has 2 images showing different styles so I will give em a call tomorrow and hope they are keen to help. The Vital Parts foot is a bit too small in its footprint (if that makes sense) so isnt ideal. Thanks again anyhow !

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

B&Q do a range of rubber feet, I glue them on with impact glue.
Machine mart do spares for their Clarks bench grinder if you want the push fit ones.

 

[Fergie 307]

Try searching for 12mm rubber hole plug or solid grommet. I think i used to get them from RS components.

 

[Mel769]

Try searching for 12mm rubber hole plug or solid grommet. I think i used to get them from RS components.

Thanks Fergie thats really helpful; looks like ive found what Im looking for

 

[pops92]

When a 3d printer comes to the rescue. Looks like the pads are now sorted after chatting to Mel769 The TPU printed ones are on the way to him

 

[Mel769]

Yep thanks Pops92, great stuff all round and a sterling service

 

[Inspector]

Another point of view.
I have always pulled the rubber feet off my grinders when I bolted them down to a stand or to a block of wood to hold it in the bench vice. I could see having them if the grinder was to sit on the bench without being bolted to it but they can sometimes vibrate around more than I like that way.

Pete

 

[TheUnicorn]

as per Pete above, I'd assume a grinder is better off bolted to a solid bench, I wonder if you could put a skateboard bushings between the grinder and the bench to dampen vibrations

 

[AES]

As I've remarked before here - in another context - vibration is "funny stuff"!

My Excalibur scroll saw is noted for being a virtually vibration-free as a machine. But in my case it's bolted firmly to a small "ply-topped wheelie table" which is in turn resting on 4 of those "hard rubber ball" castors.

I THINK that's the reason why I do get SOME vibration at the machine. Purely as a stop-gap when first bought I tried mounting the machine to the table on on a variety of different bolt-through "rubber feet" that I had in stock. In each case it made the vibration at the machine notably WORSE.

Purely guess-work, but "one of these fine wet days" I'm going to change the rubber ball castors on the wheelie table itself. I THINK (hope!) that will improve matters. But as the present vibration at the machine is, for me "acceptable" I have not got around to it yet ("It's only 5+ years you know)!

As said, pure guesswork but I think there's some harmonic frequency/ies between the table's castors and the wood/machine table top interface which sets up that vibration.

I do NOT KNOW this, but would simply point out that least sometimes, what seems to be an "obvious" fix can just make matters worse.

Maybe that helps someone?

 

[Mel769]

The grinder has hardly any vibration, and I suspect its a rebadged Baldor, I will post some pics when its completed, now just waiting on a shim washer. I resprayed using Paragon enamel paint which I can highly recommend !

 

[Fergie 307]

A mate has one bolted to a plate which is then bolted to the bench using rubber exhaust mountings, the type with a flat disc with a threaded rod glued to either end of a rubber. Bit OTT I thought but certainly kills any vibration. He can put tools down next to It and they don't shimmy off across the bench