Trip to harbor freight (grinding)

Wes · 2007-10-26T21:11:57+00:00

I got the itch for a grinder and learned that there was a Harbor Freightplace only 100 miles from work so I headed down there to buy of of these. I got there and from 20 feet away I liked it. At 1 foot I passed.Darn display model had .020 or worse wobble as in flange not square toshaft. Having bought a chinie grinder before that turned out to be lots ofiron and no electrics I wasn't too eager to get burned again. Now likely I could have taken the wheel mounting flanges off and squaredthem up off the machine or even in the machine but at that point I only had16 bucks worth of gas in this thing for the round trip and decided to backaway quickly.Anyway, I'm going to build my own now. I have a 1725 tefc motor, somepillow block bearings, and chunk of ductile cast iron that I am going toturn into a rotary lap that I'll charge with 1200 grit diamond paste tofinish the edges.So what grit silicon carbide metal backed cup wheel should I buy?Wes

Oct 26, 2007 42 Replies

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Prometheus 18 years ago

Not me, I'd make my own *shoes* if there were more hours in the day. I've found more than a few times that even my first half-assed attempts at making stuff I need works out far better than the crap on offer most places these days.

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JayCups 18 years ago

Hey Wes,

I have one and am very happy with it. It is true and runs like a turbine. Even the wheels, which I origally was going to replace, are pretty good and have been doing a good job for the past 6 months.

Jay Cups

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JayCups 18 years ago

Hey Wes,

I have one and am very happy with it. It is true and runs like a turbine. Even the wheels, which I origally was going to replace, are pretty good and have been doing a good job for the past 6 months.

Jay Cups

Wes wrote:

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