What Bench Grinders, Wire Wheels, Polishing Wheel, Sanding Belt etc to buy for home

[DaleBlack]

Hi

I have a std bunnings grade Bench Grinder and Wire wheel sort of like this

537687

but one side is a wire wheel. I use it for basic home repairs and car modifications, like i make a bracket and need to soften an edge , or wire wheel a rusty bolt.

its about 20 years old though and I need to check the watts, I did see this comment under the reviews on the AEG above


Should have purchased this instead of the smaller 250 watt Ryobi. 500 watt is probably the minimum required for a decent bench grinder. Ryobi would constantly stall even on light duty jobs i.e sharpening mower blades. Grinder is well balanced with rubber mounts and a decent on / off switch block. Six year warranty means AEG is confident in the reality of their product


certainly i have had it stall on me due to not enough power. So maybe a new bench grinder in 200mm? though it seems there is alot more available inc buffing pads in 150mm? plus what about the 16mm (5/8) spindle? another comment mentioned not as many options available.

Did see this for 200mm


"
If you're going do any sharpening like chisels and such, get the 8 inch. The 8 inch will have less curvature per inch than the 6 inch will."


Addition 2

I want to add in something like this

537688

Any links, opinions on sizes, spindle size etc

[wozzzzza]

this maybe??
https://www.carbatec.com.au/carbatec-200mm-bench-grinder-1450-rpm-slow-speed?SearchID=15276303&SearchPos=2

or if you are worried about stalling, get one of these, you'll never stall this and still be alive.
https://www.capitalmachinery.com.au/product/brobo-waldown-pg350-pedestal-grinder-large-heavy-duty-415v/

[DaleBlack]

this maybe??
https://www.carbatec.com.au/carbatec-200mm-bench-grinder-1450-rpm-slow-speed?SearchID=15276303&SearchPos=2

or if you are worried about stalling, get one of these, you'll never stall this and still be alive.
https://www.capitalmachinery.com.au/product/brobo-waldown-pg350-pedestal-grinder-large-heavy-duty-415v/

with the carbatec one, you reckon that is better then the above linked AEG 200mm?

I see the 750w Carbatec says its low speed 1400rpm better for sharpening vs AEG 550w 2850 rpm

https://www.bunnings.com.au/aeg-550w-200mm-bench-grinder_p6230133?srsltid=AfmBOoqI7vOgyoPxIaDwbtlSa7jPaOsUAheKOPlcbh8yUTXMtkXWPCk8

I guess its not selectable speeds, what do you miss out on when your at 1400 vs the higher rpms

[Neil]

I have had a number of bench grinders over the last 45 years and my best one was by far the cheaper one which has been in use since 1976 and the only one I still have today although it's been on top of a container in the factory fro the last few years since we stopped demonstrations

The bulk of the grinders were 1hp - 2hp motor and either 8" or 12" wheel dia as much of the work they did was in woodturning classes and for sharpening turning tools I preferred the 12" which gives a less curved bevel on the tools and the 8" being used mostly for plane blades, and flat chisels.

My carving tools were never sharpened on a grinder but on an inverted belt sander to keep a flat bevel and work with much fined abrasive grits.

For an 8" (200mm) grinder I reckon this one (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/185456576138?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D273568%2C272189%26meid%3Da87fff95205f46cd9980070e1a356fb0%26pid%3D101196%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D152024240329%26itm%3D185456576138%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bAndUBSourceDemotionWithUltimatelyBoughtOfCoviewV1&_trksid=p2332490.c101196.m2219&itmprp=cksum%3A185456576138a87fff95205f46cd9980070e1a356fb0%7Cenc%3AAQAJAAABMJh9BGsXvPG03pKg78mUhLLErCJ%252BXOEYDkzTGJ85B4rSRXG6DGHfiL9UFpXuaOk%252FmuXW6x51j8YJMfy7doeYuyk9WZaRPkl%252FLlHN84X3%252FeYgVG3iucUQjkVp9Lf5uEN8Ttua%252BZQji9wQSq4rhL%252B6pq5%252FjD10C8Y88kFunfydCn3gODaLEkZvg62K2YoP8QkArt48Sz8qJeOLD%252BloXZ1AbDj9ekbqBcwoAR75Q8ByZIyM%252Fzxom6pR2deVQ6RYU%252FYOcNiIbm7DvuNS0BZDrGZFLMq8xxdV2oEu53uReax%252FUOpe7%252FfFCpWdhqsqcbqkSEDL9BKDCa%252FX%252BZLDZcknpPUcuObI%252FJoBCrKZ6paQ1ua%252BU%252FmLh3SfxpWskcPjpxZdUHDi2IB9x6F6ikWCudZOwLKYB5Q%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01J81H58E0CY3VVBNW615YTQS9) could just fit the bill and serve you well for many years to come and at $104 and $120+ with free shipping looks the goods for a 2nd bench grinder. Have a look for similar on ebay and the price for identical one goes up from 104 to $116 to $120 and a bit more. Tool rests are a bit on the light side other than that it looks to be reasonably good value. Gotta say that the C/Tec one looks pretty good with decently solid tool rests, but t almost 3 times the price you could get better tool rests for the cheapy.

I made my own and they have served me well over the years. Plus with tool sharpening I use the tool rest as a hand rest rather than for the tool.

Hope this is of some help.

Cheers - Neil :U

PS I would have loves the bigun from Capital Machinery in the above post had the 3 phase power to run it. But back then I could have retired for a couple of years on what it would have cost to buy.