Beaumont Disk Grinders

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As some of you know I have been trying to look to buy a 9" disk grinder. I thought to get a rest and the Beaumont looks like a solid unit. I have read they had some problems with them being straight but what I like about it is it is easily removable. Appears to slide in a receiver on arms. The Tru Grit and Pheer require removing bolts to get the rest loos.
Thought I would ask if anyone has good/bad to share about it
Also I tried to call Beaumont and they are down for the week, does anyone know if the unit has a 5/8 shaft as I want to get the Nielson removable plates as well.
Anything you could share would be most helpful.
Thanks and best wishes.
 
i sent them an email a few hours ago thru the website contact form and they responded in a few hours, you should try that also
 
golfer1 said:
As some of you know I have been trying to look to buy a 9" disk grinder. I thought to get a rest and the Beaumont looks like a solid unit. I have read they had some problems with them being straight but what I like about it is it is easily removable. Appears to slide in a receiver on arms. The Tru Grit and Pheer require removing bolts to get the rest loos.
Thought I would ask if anyone has good/bad to share about it
Also I tried to call Beaumont and they are down for the week, does anyone know if the unit has a 5/8 shaft as I want to get the Nielson removable plates as well.
Anything you could share would be most helpful.
Thanks and best wishes.
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The Beaumont discs come standard with a 5/8" bore, and the drive/motor packages they sell for their disc grinders are 56c frame motors which all have 5/8" shafts as standard. If you're planning on the neilsen sytem, you don't need the Beaumont disc, just a motor and drive, as the neilsen hub replaces the disc altogether.

FYI, you can get drives and motors for a little cheaper than Beaumont sells them, though from what I understand, they provide some pretty good support, as well as wiring kits and such that you'll need. That said, you can get wiring kits else where, or source your own materials for about the same cost or a little cheaper as well, depending on where you get them.
 
Not sure what you mean when you say the Pheer and Tru Grit disc grinders require you to loosen a bolt to use the rest.. :confused:

I bought my disc grinder from Pheer, and it came with a blue anodized disc (which he gets from Tru Grit) and it works great. I then found a guy selling his, pretty much brand new KMG work rest for a great price so I now have that and it works great.

If you have any specific questions let me know.

~Paul
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I have a KMG disk grinder and it work great!
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Here is my 9 inch disc grinder. It is a 3 phase 1hp 230 volt motor with a typical and common 5/8ths shaft. I shopped the internet for the motor and bought this one for about $130 incl shipping if I remember right. The drive is a Kbac 24 D for 1 hp motors and I bought the "Glans" or fittings which hold the wiring tight to the Drive case and the hole in the motor wiring box from home depot. I used a 12 gauge extension cord and cut the female end off it to wire the drive to the outlet. You will need a piece of 12 gauge 4 wire so I bought 18 inches of it from Graybar electric in my town. The motor is a 56c face mount motor but also has a foot to mount it to a piece of 3/4 inch plywood . The expensive part was buying the Beaumont rest which cost me a little under $400 with shipping. This is another one of those tools I hated spending the money on and now cannot live with out it. You can buy a good 9 inch lathe turned wheel that is balanced and will fit a 5/8 shaft for about $80. I hope this helps you. Larry P.S. I also bought a reverse switch from KBAC and wired it to the VFD...easy. LL

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Gentlemen: Thanks so much for your help and suggestions. Although I am able to piece together a system, time does not allow me the privilege this time.
I ordered the Beaumont grinder and rest. Cost was more than I wanted but it will allow me to plug and play so to speak. I chose the Beaumont because of the rest which looks easily removable and adjustable in and out for different thickness disks.
I am going to order the Neilson magnetic disks today, talked to Rod, a great guy in Canada. I would have used his grinder, but getting it from Canada to Kansas was pretty costly.
Thanks again for your help and advice I really appreciate your help.
Best wishes to all.
 
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golfer1 said:
Gentlemen: Thanks so much for your help and suggestions. Although I am able to piece together a system, time does not allow me the privilege this time.
I ordered the Beaumont grinder and rest. Cost was more than I wanted but it will allow me to plug and play so to speak. I chose the Beaumont because of the rest which looks easily removable and adjustable in and out for different thickness dicks.
I am going to order the Neilson magnetic disks today, talked to Rod, a great guy in Canada. I would have used his grinder, but getting it from Canada to Kansas was pretty costly.
Thanks again for your help and advice I really appreciate your help.
Best wishes to all.
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Golfer, I think you did the right thing buying the grinder from Beaumont already set up. You eliminated the wiring problems and will "plug and play". Also buying the Neilsen discs and hub will make your use easier. I also use the Neilsen hub and his thick and thin discs. You will like using the 45 degree stop on the table if you would like to make dovetailed bolsters which look cool on a knife. Good for you. Larry

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Thank you Larry, I would rather work on a knife than a machine right now. That is a gorgeous knife by the way and yeh I too like the dovetail bolsters.
I appreciate the help from all of you and I've already got more questions I'm trying to answer.
Best wishes.
 
Josh, you got me good. Where is spell check when you really need it. Had to correct that, LOL.
 
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