"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:HfsAb.83066$xV6.40427@lakeread04...
I have been getting by for years with a Grizzly bench grinder and a
couple of homeade tool rests. My neighbor has the Baldor bench mounted
tool grinder. I think he paid a bit under $500 for it. I go over to his
shop and use it when I need a bit that is dead on like for Acme threads
etc.

I don't usually buy machines from HF but they do have good prices on
some motors. I went in the other day to get a 1 HP TEFC motor and
forgot my blinders. On the way to the cashier I spotted a tool grinder
that looks for all the world like the Baldor for $169. Now, as Jimmy
Carter once said, "I have lust in my heart" for this thing.

You can't run machines in the Macon HF so I have a big question as to
the quality. Does the HF tool grinder run quiet and true? Will it last
in a home shop?

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Glenn Ashmore

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There was a huge thread about this back in June. The subject was "Tool and
Cutter Grinder fm Harbor Freight Tool and Cutter Grinder fm Harbor Freight
". Do a Google Groups search.

Here is one quote from it:
That isn't really a "tool and cutter grinder". A real tool and cutter
grinder
is a very different machine. That thing is mainly useful for touching up
lathe bits and other single point tools. It is not suitable for sharpening
end mills, dovetail cutters, Tee slot cutters, etc.

I bought the one sold by J&L Industrial a couple of years ago (their
price was $159). It is basically a Chinese copy of the Baldor, at about
1/5th the price. It accepts the same plate wheels as the Baldor.

Lane