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Zeroing in on a surface grinder I located locally. Not as small as a Sanford but not as big as some of the other fullsize units. ENCO/MSC 612 that detaches from a base as a standalone benchtop unit. Should be more than enough for my 4" folder blades and springs. Looks to be a clone of whatever this grizzly model is based on:
https://www.grizzly.com/products/grizzly-6-x-12-surface-grinder-w-stand/g5963

MSC still has it as well:
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/09517970

Also waiting for a set of 4X antique casters to arrive, all of which show high contrast rag micarta underneath their black surface. Hoping I end up with a ton of good material.

*edit* Deal is on! Picking this up tomorrow morning. Should be perfect size for my shop and was what I consider a great deal, 1998 machine:
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Machine acquisition success! 6 hours driving plus a few hours logistics and moving into the shop in a storm but my surface grinder is here and installed. Its a 6X12 Enco that MSI was distributing and I think is almost the same as a bunch of other clones that were rebranded/painted. Came with the chuck, a bunch of wheels, dresser, wrenches and such.

Condition seems great, chuck is ground to the machine and barely took a scrape to get there.

Nice size, table is about 36" wide and its only 5' high or so. I'm guessing it weighs in the 500# range based on how my muscles feel this morning dragging it on a dolly through 6" of snow last night.
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I ground a little piece of steel and the machine is more accurate that the micrometer that I had attached which tops out on .0005 increments so I am already just beyond thrilled. There is a 0.0% chance I can do that on my surface plate by hand and this should help my slipjoints quite a bit.

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Clean work, I really like the second one, the red makes it pop.
 
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