Another new grinder:D

Sam Salvati

Sam Salvati

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Here is an old style grinder I got over the weekend thanks to Robert(Mete)! Stone is in great condition, only the one little pedal is bent up(easy fix). Gotta rig up a water system to keep the stone wet while using it and fix the pedal and it is good to go. A welcome tool to my shop, been looking for one of these for a long time. Thanks again Robert:). Guess I can just box that kmg back up now(NOT!).

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Very cool! First thing I ever ground steel on was a pedal operated wet-trough large wheel, sharpening axes as a boy in my Grandpa's sharpening shop.

Makes one wonder just what all it has seen over its lifetime and what neat stories it could tell. Thanks for sharing.
 
Cool Mike! My boss at the welding shop told me how he used to sharpen all his father's tools when he was a boy. I sure wish they could talk, i would love to hear of the jobs it has done.
 
very cool! iv been searching for one of these for years. one day i will make one. anyone know a place to get the stone?
-Lou
 
I wish i knew where to get stones this big in some of the higher grits. a 120, 220 and 400 grit set would be KILLER.
 
I have never seen one of these in real life. Ever. But even as a boy I used to really really want one. Me and a buddy even used the old exercise bicycle's front wheel once...and only once after mom found out!!!
 
Thanks guys! I tried it out a bit today and WOW! It works great! I would say the stone gives about a 220 or 340 grit finish, but removes material like a 24 grit! Tom, i'll try a drip and a tray, see which works best. It has a little bar to mount a drip on it already though so i'll logically try that first.

Hehe Soilarch, they are quite a rare tool, if seen it is usually in the form of a garden or yard decoration(SACRILEGE!!!!). If you happen to find the wheel, you can mount them to an old bicycle and use the gearing to get it to run quite well.
 
Neat find, somewhere in my years I read if a tray is used, not to keep water in it when the stone is't in use. The soaked stone, if water is kept in it all the time, will have a softer area where the stone sits in the water and will wear faster in that area making the stone eventully out of round.
 
Gene Chapman said:
Neat find, somewhere in my years I read if a tray is used, not to keep water in it when the stone is't in use. The soaked stone, if water is kept in it all the time, will have a softer area where the stone sits in the water and will wear faster in that area making the stone eventully out of round.
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I was just going to comment on what fine shape the stone is in. It looks to be in perfect shape Sam :thumbup: Great find :) Man I love old stuff like that :thumbup:
 
Gene Chapman said:
Neat find, somewhere in my years I read if a tray is used, not to keep water in it when the stone is't in use. The soaked stone, if water is kept in it all the time, will have a softer area where the stone sits in the water and will wear faster in that area making the stone eventully out of round.
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Thank you very much Gene!!!! The stone is perfect round and i would like to keep it that way, so a drip seems like the way to go(originally it was a drip, so it makes sense). I wish i had a resource for new stones, this is a tool that i think would be a VERY VERY welcome addition to most even modernised shops. I think i might even be using this one almost more than the KMG!

David, i cannot thank Robert (Mete) enough for this! He had it in his backyard and figured i might be able to use it:D.

By the way Robert, i have a nice peice of O1 with your name on it, give me a few days and i'll shape it up into something nice:D.
 
now im really bent on finding a source for those wheels. iv googled allot, and cant come up with anything. what is the official name of this tool? treadle grinder? any idea what the stone on those is made of? im at the point of finding a way to make a stone.
-Lou
 
Lou, outside of antque stores and auctions and yard sales and stuff, i honestly have no idea. Supposedly they are available new but very costly in Japan, you often see them in japanese knife and sword pictures, but they might be left overs from industrial whatevers. A good suggestion on another forum was to cast your own wheels from concrete, and vary the grit through experimentation.
 
i was thinking it would be cool to make somthing like this but use a belt insted of stone. i see these all over the place in peoples yards. what would be a good price to get one of these for.
 
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