Thread: Axminster 8" slow grinder ???

Is this the one you mean? I have had this for 18months or so and can't find any major fault with it, other than that the bearings could be a little noisy, but this could be just me. The slow speed means that the wheels wear very fast when used for normal grinding. Really great for sharpening though.

Went to buy one of these a couple of weeks ago and was told there was no stock anywhere in Oz, no more till late September.

Been using the std 2850 dry grinder with the Tormek jigs and it seems to work very well. Haven't had any overheating issues, probably because with the jigs there is more control and overall grinding time is shorter.

Time will tell.

Vern, have never had any probs with a 'fast' grinder on HSS. Like Fred. Never blued a tool tho a fella called did that honour on a parting tool of mine and despite all the hoo ha in some quarters about the horrors of colouring, I've not found it any the worse for wear.

I use a consumer 8" Abbot and Ashby. The switch has carked it but the wall switch is nearby.

But I would say, as have so many others, that a dressed wheel runs cool as I'm sure you know.

Originally Posted by specialist

Is this the one you mean? I have had this for 18months or so and can't find any major fault with it, other than that the bearings could be a little noisy, but this could be just me. The slow speed means that the wheels wear very fast when used for normal grinding. Really great for sharpening though.

That's the one! Do you think it was good value or would you go to something else if you had another shot???. Won't be using it for normal grinding - in fact I want to try the black wheel I've got stashed on one side for carbide cutters.

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Went to buy one of these a couple of weeks ago and was told there was no stock anywhere in Oz, no more till late September................

Story of my life

Originally Posted by rsser

Vern, have never had any probs with a 'fast' grinder on HSS. Like Fred. Never blued a tool tho a fella called did that honour on a parting tool of mine and despite all the hoo ha in some quarters about the horrors of colouring, I've not found it any the worse for wear.
I use a consumer 8" Abbot and Ashby. The switch has carked it but the wall switch is nearby.
But I would say, as have so many others, that a dressed wheel runs cool as I'm sure you know.

I'm aware of the HSS resistance to heat factor but I've tried both and prefer the half-speed for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that the tool doesn't burn your pinkies when you start turning again . I also use it to sharpen some older carbon-steel tools (non-turning). I've already got an 8" A&A loaded with a grey wheel and a wire wheel on my metalwork trolley and a 6" generic loaded with a mop and a buff as a polishing station and I don't want to pull either apart to replace the washine-machine rig.
I'll have to get on the blower tomorrow and see if I can stir things up at C'tec - must have one somewhere

I should've known you'd have it figured out Vern.

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Originally Posted by rsser

Vern, have never had any probs with a 'fast' grinder on HSS. Like Fred. Never blued a tool tho a fella called did that honour on a parting tool of mine and despite all the hoo ha in some quarters about the horrors of colouring, I've not found it any the worse for wear.

I use a consumer 8" Abbot and Ashby. The switch has carked it but the wall switch is nearby.

But I would say, as have so many others, that a dressed wheel runs cool as I'm sure you know.

Using it or sharpening it?

Sharpening as it happens; can you blue with high pressure on abrasive timber?

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I like to practice using my spindle tools and all the parting tools get used.

The 1/8" gets used to open paint tins.
The Firmager, to take foil seals off bottles.
The fluted, to scribe lines on bowl bottoms
The thin wide parting tool, as a paint scraper.

So there.

If someone wants to hijack the topic further I'm willing to talk about how I avoid bluing High Carbon Steel on a full speed bench grinder.

I would go again for an exclusive sharpening machine, but as I don't have a full speed one, it gets used for things it shouldn't. Maybe for me a fast one would have been better.