Solid, reasonably-priced belt grinder?

[silver_pilate]

As a Grizzly owner, I'd recommend building the NWG with a good step pulley setup. The Grizzly runs very fast, and as a direct drive, there is no way to slow it down. It is manageable with practice, but very difficult to precisely control for smaller work. The buffer is handy, but I only find myself using it for brief handle buffing and to polish my edges.

They say if you can grind on a Grizzly, you can grind on anything, but it's a longer learning curve for sure. Plus, with the stock size wheel, there is not enough clearance on the motor side to hollow grind.

I'd definitely consider the Coote or a NWG or other KMG style grinder.

Just my $.02

--nathan

 

[Dennis Paish]

Greetings,
The last time I spoke with Knut, from Suremak Industries, he was selling these grinders for $600.00 cnd. With the strong US dollar, it would be much lower. I have one and ran it beside a Coote and I think these grinders run smoother and are built much heavier. Rumor has it he has done some mod's to improve the small wheel....but you should confirm all the above info with Knut.

http://www.suremak.com/grinder.html

My thoughts.
Dennis

 

[knifemaniac]

They say if you can grind on a Grizzly, you can grind on anything, but it's a longer learning curve for sure....
--nathan

Try to grind on this! :barf:

http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aV1eDNOA

 

[oldold442]

if you have a lincoln ac welder available, its a whole lot easier to weld one together, than to bolt.....

 

[Bill DeShivs]

The Grizzly is the same speed as all the single speed grinders. The Grizzly can be used as a contact-wheel grinder or set up with the platen for flat grinding. It also can be used vertically or horizontally-just like the Coote. The Coote MAY be more precise, but....
Let's see- a Grizzly 2 x 72 with a motor (and a buffer) for the same price as a 2 X 72 WITHOUT a motor. Man, that's a hard choice!

 

[Munky88]

How much can the NWG be built for assuming you have no scrap metal, with no motor included?

aha, found it on the site...

 

[Phil Dwyer]

There are some pretty thorough cost breakdowns for various configurations here, http://www.usaknifemaker.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=59&products_id=723.

 

[trentu]

I mentioned this on the other thread but after 3 years I am rebuilding the motor and putting in new bearings on my Grizzly. I swore by it until the motor and bearings went out.