New 2X72 a Disaster...

Let me up date and reply to a few questions. First the seller has been very adamant that I will be happy or he will return my money including shipping. So that part is positive.

On the stalling. The whole thing comes to a stop. Not just the belt. I watched for that. The motor was pre wired by the seller for 110. The stalling issue is not a belt tension problem.

I noticed that the pictures on the auction and my machine are different on the tracking mechanism. It is assembled differently. This part was pre assembled so it wasn't something I put together wrong. On the auction pictures the shaft that the tracking pulley is on comes off the assembly on the bottom. Mine comes off the top. I think it was assembled wrong. One of the things the seller said was he had tested this machine with a different tracking assembly than the one he shipped it with. I will see if changing the shaft fixes the problem. Also I am going to take the motor and pulleys off my other 2x72 grinder and see how the machine runs with a decent motor. At the very least I am sending the motor back. I don't mind tweaking the grinder to see if it works. I like the design. If it works correctly I'll keep it.
 
I took the motor off my other grinder and made the changes to the tracking that I thought would help. The results were much improved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9wjvL2wxKo

Then I rough ground a large blade to see how it works. It was capable of doing the grind. It will take a little getting used to and I will make another angled rest for swedges. A few tweaks and I think I will like it.
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I'm glad it worked out for you. I'm also glad that the seller is making good on his products inadequacies. Nobody's perfect and I hope the next one he sends out the door has better QC on the welds and better packaging. He might even take a little time to print directions for assembly or link you to a web page with directions/pictures. He sounds like he sticks by his product so a little extra time spent on his end could save himself a lot of headache. I got my wheels off ebay from vwjackstraw and his wheels came packed tightly, each one separately wrapped 3x over, taped in-between layers like they were being smuggled in illegally from columbia... I would've felt comfortable throwing that package off a fast moving vehicle...

And for those looking for a quality build it yourself deal. I originally ordered a platen from polar bear forge and I was so impressed by the quality of the piece I went on to place a second order for the entire GIB. I'm definitely the DIY type but in this case the quality took me by complete surprise.
 
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