Good afternoon everyone. Long story short I started making knives about 3 months ago and have made a few horrible knifes since then, but I'm getting better. A problem I am having is I am limited to a Harbor Freight 1" X 30" belt grinder that I am looking to upgrade. I am having trouble with finding a good replacement for it, however. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for all the help.
Not sure if you have a grinder yet, but I have been looking at this one NRT 2x72 Belt Grinder Mod-E -
http://www.northridgetool.com/grinders/#grinder_mod-e It's $475 shipped to your door without a motor and vfd, which can be had for another $400. So you're talking all in for ~$900
I'm looking at (no motors or vfd):
- NRT 2x72 Belt Grinder Mod-E ($450 + $25 shipping)
- SRG 1.5 2×72 Belt Grinder ($629 + $100 shipping)
- Reeder Grinder Chassis + wheels add-on ($795 + $75 shipping)
- Ameribrade 272 with 7" drive wheel and work rest ($699 + shipping)
Not sure if anyone here has experience with the Mod-E but seems hard to beat for the money. It has a pretty small work rest and their upgraded work rest is $168 so that brings it pretty close to being the same as the SRG and the Ameribrade.
So yeah, idk.... You can always just keep saying, but this one gives you that, and this one gives you this. To me I guess I would rather outgrow a $475 grinder rather than a $700-$800 one, but im still uncertain where ill go.