The Coote Belt Grinder

[Tarl_Cabot]

Well I have the coins and am really ready to buy a coote as my first grinder, I have a 1.5hp 1745rpm tefc motor already. I am in a quandry over which contact wheel to buy, the 8" or 10". Can anyone help me? I want to learn hollow grinding as well as do flat grinds. Thanks in advance!

 

[Robert Hankins]

Tarl, I have one with a 10" get the 8" more versatile
be sure to get a 1" as well you won't be sorry.
Robert

 

[rlinger]

I also have the 10 inch and kinda wish I had gotten the 8 inch. You can get both, you know, and just change them out.

RL

 

[ddavelarsen]

Well, I wouldn't give up my 10 inch for anything; next I'm getting a 14, and I've made a 2.5-ft radius platen for those blades that need just the slightest hollow...

See? You can't go wrong.

Dave

 

[Mike Hull]

Coote will set it up for BOTH for just a few $ more, if any. That would.IMO, be the way to go.
I only use an 8" wheel on very small knives, the false edges on larger knives, and for grinding the hollow in tangs preperatory to tapering them, but do use it.

 

[Tarl_Cabot]

Thanks for all the recomendations, I may ask Norm if he can set it up with both 8" & 10", I have an interest in Bowie forms so the 10" may come in handy!

Mike