Nathan the Machinist
KnifeMaker / Machinist / Evil Genius
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For the last 15 years this miserable piece of sh*t surface grinder has been the bane of my existence. Now it can be the bane of yours!
Learn about:
Overheating metal!
Warping!
Potentially deadly wheel grenades!
Annoying surface finish problems that make no sense!
Dust!
Noise!
Incredibly tedious manual cranking!
Not only that but this is a particularly sh*tty surface grinder because:
If run for hours it will get hot!
It only makes 3/4 HP!
The original three phase motor burned up and instead of taking the opportunity to replace it with a single phase motor I used another three phase motor! Ha Ha Ha Ha!
That plug and switch don't go to anything and it doesn't even have an on-off switch!
I'll post pictures to this thread from my phone in a minute
This is an old Delta Rockwell 5X10 tool room surface grinder. It is not capable of the beautiful precision ground surface finish you see on the side of Chris Reeve's Mnandi. No grinder in this price range is. What it does do is grind stuff flat accurately. We use it frequently to resurface platens that have grooves worn in them. I used it to tune the sear in a gun and to size some keyway stock and other small precision grinding jobs like fixturing etc. If you need a small surface grinder cheap this is it. It's actually a pretty good grinder for what it is, a lot of these are wore into canoes but this one is flat. We're getting rid of it because we replaced it with a much bigger equally POS surface grinder and there is no room.
220 three phase
B&S permanent magnate chuck
kinda heavy
$350. You have to come pick it up in Mooresville NC. We might be able to lift it onto your trailer with an engine hoist.
Learn about:
Overheating metal!
Warping!
Potentially deadly wheel grenades!
Annoying surface finish problems that make no sense!
Dust!
Noise!
Incredibly tedious manual cranking!
Not only that but this is a particularly sh*tty surface grinder because:
If run for hours it will get hot!
It only makes 3/4 HP!
The original three phase motor burned up and instead of taking the opportunity to replace it with a single phase motor I used another three phase motor! Ha Ha Ha Ha!
That plug and switch don't go to anything and it doesn't even have an on-off switch!
I'll post pictures to this thread from my phone in a minute
This is an old Delta Rockwell 5X10 tool room surface grinder. It is not capable of the beautiful precision ground surface finish you see on the side of Chris Reeve's Mnandi. No grinder in this price range is. What it does do is grind stuff flat accurately. We use it frequently to resurface platens that have grooves worn in them. I used it to tune the sear in a gun and to size some keyway stock and other small precision grinding jobs like fixturing etc. If you need a small surface grinder cheap this is it. It's actually a pretty good grinder for what it is, a lot of these are wore into canoes but this one is flat. We're getting rid of it because we replaced it with a much bigger equally POS surface grinder and there is no room.
220 three phase
B&S permanent magnate chuck
kinda heavy
$350. You have to come pick it up in Mooresville NC. We might be able to lift it onto your trailer with an engine hoist.
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- Yeah - what he said ^ ! 
