Do you have any sources for used ones?you can buy some nice 18" used in that price range. They're a fairly simple machine (easy to rebuild if necessary).
Hard to beat for establishing a straight edge (unless you have a mill)
I'm pretty sure a surface grinder isn't in my budget.I have one and to be honest it doesn't get much use.
But I also have a surface grinder. When I want something flat a SG can't be beat.
I installed a switch so that I can use the same VFD for the 2x72 grinder and flat grinder. Saves some money on adding an additional VFD.
Man if I had your money I would burn mineI'm pretty sure a surface grinder isn't in my budget.
I'm pretty sure a surface grinder isn't in my budget.
Where did you get it?I got my surface grinder for ~$1200 plus $100 for a chuck off craigslist. It's made in China and is a table top unit. Works great. I can hold a couple 1/10th with it. More than adequate for my needs.
That said, there's times where my disk sander is just quicker and more convenient to use.
A SG requires set up where a disk sander only takes a flick of a switch.
Disregard the mess on my bench. I swear I'm going to clean my shop soon.
Many of us seem to share the same interior decorator...I like to call this commonality the "creative explosion" movement....Disregard the mess on my bench. I swear I'm going to clean my shop soon.
Many of us seem to share the same interior decorator...I like to call this commonality the "creative explosion" movement....
That is about the coolest little surface grinder I've seen. I have a Chevalier 6-18... I rarely use (good candidate for belt mod)...I also have an Apex 16 inch Disc Sander...I rewired the motor to be 110 and it kick the breaker every time i fire it up...so I am thinking of ditching my tempering oven (just an old electric range and oven) and rewiring the sander to 220. But then I have to come up with ANOTHER tempering oven.
I need the disc sander worse than the surface grinder. When I was a toolmaker I would sometimes spend days finish grinding jigs/fixtures/inspection tools....I loved it....I think this is why I like belt grinding...it's the same "mental groove" though one is accuracy and the other more aesthetics.