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Got it cheap and only 20 miles away.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWN:IT


Eric C. Joseph
James River Armoury
San Diego
www.jamesriverarmoury.com

Wonder if that will pass SCA inspection

sweet toy

I hope you can feel the burning piercing jealousy I'm dirrecting at you.....

Sweet toy, makes me hate my little 2x42 craftsman even more

brian

Not a bad little grinder, though I've never been real fond of burr king. For armour it should be great. For blades, it'd be a little less than ideal. (Although it'd be better than a 2x42 craftsman....

Jamie

ERIC,
Nice belt grinder.

knitebee,
I started with a Sears 2X42..... It only has the drawback of not being able to use the rubber contact wheel.

I now use a Grizzly 2X72.....One heck of a machine.

Hal

Looks like a pretty nice machine, though at 3/4 HP it is probably a bit underpowered.

I looked a a bunch of grinders before I decdied to build one. It ended up being a lot of fun, works MUCH better than the Grizzly I've used in the past and was significantly cheaper.

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3/4 should be fine. I have never had an issue with one being underpowered.

Nifty machine :):)

The burr king and Grizzly are both great belt grinders. I just cant see how you can beat the grizzly, the thing is also a buffer.

Bah, you get nice weather in San Diego, and fun toys :/ Stupid Ohio..... ;->

I've used the Grizzly. In my opinion, it doesn't turn fast enough(NOT enough SFPM), nor does it have good belt tracking. It was designed for knife grinding, not grounding rounded surfaces and it shows. The tracking could probably be rectiified by taking the top wheel out crowning it slightly. The one I used had a perfectly flat upper wheel.

Jurgen

The....ahem....BURR-KING ?

Well....ahem...."have it your way !"

Tjelvar wrote:Bah, you get nice weather in San Diego, and fun toys :/ Stupid Ohio..... ;->

Heck, I started my armour career on the back porch of a house in Erie, PA in 1982. Just keep thinking big.

Eric

Allright, I realize you "tool guys" are gonna laugh and call me a "silly girl", but I'm gonna ask this question anyway. What is the difference between this machine and a belt sander? I'm sure it must have advantages considering the cost of that machine versus the cost of a belt sander, but what are they? Is this type of machine safer than a regular bench grinder? I REALLY don't like bench grinders. I'd rather file by hand for hours than put a sharp piece of metal up against a wheel that wants nothing more than to throw the metal back at you.

Cat

Cat wrote: What is the difference between this machine and a belt sander?

No difference really. This is technically a belt sander. Somewhere in time, somebody thought that people got it confused with one of the portable belt sanders and started calling it a belt grinder. Is it safer than a bench grinder? For the most part, but alot of that depends on the user and the task at hand. The debris and grit is usually flung downwards rather than at you with this basic design.

Personally, I build my own. If I were to purchase one, it would be in the following order, KMG, Bader, Burr King/Hardcore, Coote, Grizzly.

Jamie

Basically, I'd prefer it over a grinding wheel if for nothing else than the fact you are working with a flat area rather than a rounded, and can make use of more surface area at one time.