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9th September 2024, 08:07 PM #1Member
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What Bench Grinders, Wire Wheels, Polishing Wheel, Sanding Belt etc to buy for home
Hi
I have a std bunnings grade Bench Grinder and Wire wheel sort of like this
Bench Grinder.jpg
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
Did see this for 200mm
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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."
I want to add in something like this
Bench Grinder - Belt Linisher & Disc Sander.jpg
Any links, opinions on sizes, spindle size etc
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17th September 2024, 10:08 PM #2Senior Member
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this maybe??
https://www.carbatec.com.au/carbatec...03&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/...avy-duty-415v/
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18th September 2024, 11:35 AM #3Member
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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...8yUTXMtkXWPCk8
I guess its not selectable speeds, what do you miss out on when your at 1400 vs the higher rpms
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18th September 2024, 02:11 PM #4
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 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
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.56 Rock n Roll rebel....... Too old to die young and too young to be an old fart. Guess I'll just keep on rockin' and refuse to grow old gracefully.
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