Big Grinder Yay or nay

J.Marsillo

J.Marsillo

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I had a friend of mine who does glass work offer me a 4x104" wet grinder,shop space is very limited does anyone think this is a good thing to have,If anything itll be good for parts right?
 
While a wet grinder could be useful,the problem will be space and belts.I could only find 80 grit belts listed for this grinder.With some modification it could be made to use a different length and width,but you still would have a limited belt stock.If it isn't an auxiliary grinder,you might be best to pass on it.
 
As much as I like machinery, especially free machinery, I would tend to pass on this one. Having the same belts fit all your grinders is more efficent and less costly.
 
I'd snatch it up (if it isn't too huge). At a very minimum, you could probably modify it to run the more common 4x132 belts. Very worst case scenario, think of it as a free motor and steel for the scrap pile.

All of this assumes of course that you have the space and the time to deal with it.

-d
 
I dont want to see it get thrown out but i really dont need it just because its free.I didnt think of it as having to buy another size belt, good call guys:)
 
G.L. Pierce could make the belts, but they'd be aluminom oxide, don't think he handles the cermanics.

I'm with deker, I'd grab it for the motor and parts and scrap and such. Heck, you could probably use the wheels and motor to build a 2x72 out of it, if you have time to work on it.
 
Will52100 said:
G.L. Pierce could make the belts, but they'd be aluminom oxide, don't think he handles the cermanics.
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I'm pretty sure that Supergrit does custom sized ceramics...

-d
 
You could probably have A&H abrasives make up ceramic or zircon belts to fit it for you. If you bought them in bulk it would only be a little more expensive. The real problem with those is the size usually but some I've seen were not all that bad. It would be nice in some applications though to have that cooling effect of the water.

Steve
 
Had one and got and got rid of it. Too big for a small area. I had belts made up by industrial abarsives out of phili, and it worked OK for grinding blades and parts but not as good as a smaller belt grinder set up for blades, or my disc. Parts on the one I had were just too big for any use, I had to replace the motor and it went with it when I sold it.

Chuck
 
valimas said:
I had a friend of mine who does glass work offer me a 4x104" wet grinder,shop space is very limited does anyone think this is a good thing to have,If anything itll be good for parts right?
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Valimas

I just took my old Suma glass grinder apart last year. I had been using it about 10 years. I added a platten to it and used it for rough grinding on blades and a lot for grip material and wood projects. Belts are hard to find. I ended up ordering mine from Industrial Abrasives in PA. Seemed to me the belts ran about $4.80 each in lots of eight. I had to order enough for them to split wider belt material to make the 4 inch wide belts. You can probably modify the grinder to use narrower and shorter belts, but it will take some work.

Jim A.
 
thanks Jim,I already let it walk :( I already have 2 homemade rough grinders I'm gonna hold out for the real deal KMG :cool: someday.....
 
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