"Michael Faurot" wrote in message
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Bill wrote:
Any decent choices I'm overlooking besides Delta's 8" variable speed
(1725-3450) bench grinder (Model #GR450). I'd buy this one one blind
except the reviews I read were sort of disappointing. I believe I want
the slow speed option to help me avoid burning anything up.

I have that grinder, and like it. I use it for putting initial grinds
on plane blades, chisels and lathe tool sharpening.


I read your message and took it as a prompt. I went out and found "one
left"
at my second closest Lowes store--my usual store had already cleared them
out.
For $118, I don't think it has competition. I didn't like the tool rests on
the new Porter-Cable
model because they have "fixed positions", also the Delta unit is 5 Amps,
instead of 4 Amps for the
Porter Cable. I suspect this unit will last me a long while. I will look
into the Oneway balancing
system if necessary (thanks for the suggestion!).

On the way home I was thinking about how I was going to rationalize my
purchase of
this tool to you folks... and when I stopped to realize what I was thinking
it made me laugh!
I hope you don't mind that I splurged a little! ; )

Bill



Out of the box you may be initially disappointed though. When I
fired mine up the first time, it practically shook everything off the
bench. The fix for this was to use the Oneway balancing system to get
the wheels balanced properly.