Boris Beizer wrote:
I just don't like to use grinders for anything but sharpening tools or if
available, for high-precision finishing. Grinders just aren't for hogging
metal off.

Well, to be perfectly accurate, I think I used a belt/disc sander rather
than a grinder. Whatever, it's worked well enough that I have not
replaced it, though I now have a milling machine as well as a lathe
milling attachment.