On Feb 6, 6:53 pm, jon_banquer wrote:
To me the 3/4 inch grinding wheel hub size is non standard.
I've had good luck with their wood working tools. The president of
Grizzley uses what he sells in wood working. But for metal working, I
bought a 18x40 inch lathe in 2004 from them. I'm convinced came from
a very good Chinese manufacture that used every incorrectly made part
for exported lathes. I fix them as I find them, but initially, the
tailstock had the MT4 slot hole so that a bit would not seat, they
sent me a new quill, but it was 0.003 larger then my tailstock
machined casting would take (there goes universal part manufacture,
same for the 4 bolt pattern on the tailstock thrust plate 90 degree
bolt pattern?), then you feel inside it's bore and find that it is not
straight. Lot's of other issues (D1-8 cams were all bad, cross slide
where the gib could not be adjusted) that their excellent customer
support folks replaced. But clearly they needed such support, for the
junk that I can only assume they sell in their low volume metal
working machines.
My guess is that their higher volume small (10x24, 12x36) lathes are
OK, but this surface grinder is not a 6x12, and you may find to be
problematic.
The lathe I bought only existed on their web site (in retrospect) and
they don't support it now.
What's interesting is all the crate labels had Grizzly self stick
labels over the original ones which were J & W Machinery & Equipment,
they don't exist from a web search. so what was Grizzly doing?
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Do you or anyone else wish to recommend a good alternative for a
surface grinder and have the personal experience to make that
recommendation? Does anyone sell rebuilt surface grinders at near the
same price that has a great reputation for quality?

Jon Banquer
San Diego, CA

Here is the link the recent thread on this
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.c...ng/browse_frm/
thread/13ee316ef2184a40/283a61daec8f8613?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=surface
+grinder#283a61daec8f8613
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