Zarcher@lemmy.worldtoI Made This@lemm.ee•I fixed my dad's angle grinder with a ball bearing I salvaged from my gerbil's old excercise wheel a few years back.
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7 months agoIts a mass produced bearing type. Most likely the cheapest option for both devices. Optimizing a bearing for a gerbil wheel seems like the real overengineering in my opinion.
Pretty creative problem solving!
Nice bonus that the hole you needed to drill was sized similarly to the central hole for the bar.
Sometimes making things is not about the most fancy stuff, just making something fit for your purpose can be great too.