Coote or Procut belt grinder?

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I've seemingly read all past archived threads and cannot find a good direct comparison between the two beyond brief mentioning. And so I thought I would ask...

Is the procut buffer wheel option worthwhile, or can one accomplish polishing with the appropriate belt (with Coote) alone (Or would it be better to invest in an independent workbench buffer with the $100 price difference)?

Does the serrated wheel of the Procut offer significantly better belt running over the smooth wheel of the Coote grinder?

The Coote seems to have the work rest below the platen where the ProCut is below the wheel. For larger blades and the hogging off of more material (i.e. grinding an aluminum waster to final form) the Coote workrest seems to be better placed. True?

In a final hands-off observation, the Coote seems to offer better angle adjustment and with the option of step pulleys on both motor and grinder, better speed options. OTOH, the ProCut seems like it would be easier to securely mount (wider footprint)... As you can see, I'm being indecisive and perhaps over analytical, and so I would appreciate opinions. Thank you. Ryan
 
I own a Coote and I like it very much. There are a couple annoying things about it (like sometimes I run the belts into the frame, which is aluminum, because the tracking went out of alignment while using a different attachment...), but for the money it is great, in my opinion.
 
I had the same prob with my coote..... soon as I tossed the J-flex belts.. the problem of the belt hitting the frame went away......

so.. use the heaver backing belts..... ..... and i'm still using the coote... it a good machine..


Greg


i'm not sure bout the other one..... it must also be ok
 
Thanks for the replies.Do you do most of your grinding on the wheel or platen? (Hmmmm...I'm not hearing much from the ProCut guys). Ryan
 
I do as much profile grinding as possible on the 10" wheel and the small wheel attachment. For actual blade grinding I do 99% of my work on the platen, either as flat grinds or with a pad on the platen for convex grinds (man, that was the best advice I've ever gotten!). The platen is aluminum, which most are, so you'll need to resurface it fairly regularly so that it actually stays flat. If you have a disc grinder then you'll be in like Flynn, but I have to draw file mine, which sucks.
 
Just flip the platen over the coote it is drilled and tapped on both sides.
I hollow grind I have a coote also,Norm has really updated the small attachment,I think the coote is a better all around machine than the Procut
IMO,,,,and it is cheaper,I did some mods on mine and had a custom wheel made for it a 8 inch wheel 1 inch wide.

Norm is easy to work with I bought the six inch model and had it drill for the 8 and ten inch contact wheel......bottom line it comes down to the maker
I have ground on a KMG and a Coote to look at two of the same pattern knives ground out you can't tell which machine they were ground on.
 
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