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Reynaldo Garza

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Need opinions on this grinder made by Tx grinder in Dripping Springs, Tx. Listed on ebay item# 173121754457 hope this helps. Thanks, Rey
 
Looks like a decent machine, looks well built and sturdy design. Accessories sold separately I take it.
Personally, if its not a machine you will have dedicated to one task, I wouldn't get one without a variable speed control motor.
 
danbot said:
Looks like a decent machine, looks well built and sturdy design. Accessories sold separately I take it.
Personally, if its not a machine you will have dedicated to one task, I wouldn't get one without a variable speed control motor.
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Thanks
 
$800 +99 shipping almost 900 , for 1,400 you can get 3 speed KMG (dont know shipping cost),
if you planning on using it for work skip it ,you will replace it sooner or later why not just getting better one from start .
 
I can't seem to find a website for tx grinderz. I would feel better buying from a company that will provide service and accessories made for the machine. Otherwise you can make your own or adapt other manufacturers stuff to fit, but thats a real a pain in the butt!
 
It looks like a small operation. Good news is, it does appear to be a legitimate product and not just a rebranded aliexpress grinder.

Since the seller is in Dripping Springs, if you have to make contact with him, ask him if he knows where QTRMSTR Knives' space age factory and museum are.
 
Check that motor - isn't it an open frame motor? Not going to be very good with all the metal dust flying around during grinding operations. There are several MUCH better options out there.
 
Ken H> said:
Check that motor - isn't it an open frame motor? Not going to be very good with all the metal dust flying around during grinding operations. There are several MUCH better options out there.
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Second this... Motor will get full of metal dust and not last very long. For slightly more money you can have much more of a grinder considering the motor it basically junk for knife making.
 
ExtremAddiction said:
$800 +99 shipping almost 900 , for 1,400 you can get 3 speed KMG (dont know shipping cost),
if you planning on using it for work skip it ,you will replace it sooner or later why not just getting better one from start .
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There are a lot better options close to that price range. However with all the QC issues I keep hearing about, KMG would not be my first, second, or third choice.
 
You can get a Pheer with flat platen for $850 and add your own motor and VFD and have fully variable speed on a great machine
 
I would avoid it. Tubing work arm, open frame motor, plastic switch box, .... and I don't like the tension spring arrangement at all.
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
I would avoid it. Tubing work arm, open frame motor, plastic switch box, .... and I don't like the tension spring arrangement at all.
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I must say, if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't use tubing, however if you do it right and leave the weld on the left hand side when tightening up your tooling arm it tightens against a flat surface on the right and has worked good for me on both of my grinders. You do have to use a file and take down the weld some on the inside to get them to fit inside of each other. For less time in labor it does work good, but def not the "best" option. My next grinder will be the same as my second except will be built with plate and flat bar to make an exact square tooling slot. But as far as the rest of the grinder I wouldn't change anything. It works very well for me.
 
I believe I've seen that same grinder on etsy (though I think the motor was flipped around for some reason). Used to be able to find them for about $550, though after somebody linked their etsy page, they jacked the price up. The grinder is actually based of this design:
http://dcknives.blogspot.com/p/2-x-72-belt-grinder.html
If you want to build it yourself, you could likely save few hundred, though there are better designs out there IMO.
Personally, I don't see a benefit of a vertical tension/tracking arm, unless you're using something like a pneumatic cylinder. Just seems like any spring you could easily push down would be too week, and anything that would give sufficient tension (and more stable tracking) would be a pain to have to reach up and over and try to pull down.

At any rate, there are better ready built or kit options around that price point.
 
Drew (and all)
So, what better kits or options would you guys recommend? Getting a little confused here. Seems like all negative comments and looking for the upside. :-)

Thx in advance
 
Not able to see the eBay listing, but looking at the drawing in the other link, I would vote the price seems high.

I'd say look at AmeriBrade. I took mine to a hammer-in this weekend and had a lot of folks interested in it. I used the small wheel attachment for the first time and it tracked perfectly true the moment the switch was flipped on.

The current price for a chassis with a flat platen, minus a motor, is $554. Mine has been a freaking solid workhorse.

The proprietary tool arm was a question mark for me when considering my options on which grinder to upgrade to, but they're half the price of the standard 1.5" solid tool arm for my other grinder, and are very heavy wall tubing. They have video of their machines running with a coin balanced on the tool arm.
 
Emgee said:
Drew (and all)
So, what better kits or options would you guys recommend? Getting a little confused here. Seems like all negative comments and looking for the upside. :)

Thx in advance
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What’s your budget? There are tons of options out there now days. Oregon Blade Maker, Pheer, Esteem, Ameribrade, Reeder, Wilmont, etc...
Polar Bear Forge makes some good kits as well if you want to put a little more work into building one. I also wouldn’t rule out something like a NWGS, depending on what tools you have, though since it’s inception, there have been a number of other plans put out there, such as the plans for the machine in the first post, which, for the record isn’t a terrible design, I just think it could be tweaked a bit, and certainly be made for quite a bit cheaper than the eBay link was selling for.
 
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