here it is. I looked at it yesterday. I believe it not to be hydraulic. the guy said that he lowered it when he brought it home and never fooled with it since. everything moves fine. not sure if I want to take on the rebuild. its not too far from me. about 20 minutes.. I need a surface grinder but is this one a good one?
http://muncie.craigslist.org/tls/3814053010.html
NEED HELP! G&L surface grinder.. to buy or not to buy?
Re: NEED HELP! G&L surface grinder.. to buy or not to buy?
I'd say keep looking.
It looks pretty tired and neglected, and a decent mag chuck added to that price will bring it up to where you could find something complete that is a lot newer and nicer for about the same money.
It looks pretty tired and neglected, and a decent mag chuck added to that price will bring it up to where you could find something complete that is a lot newer and nicer for about the same money.
Glenn
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Re: NEED HELP! G&L surface grinder.. to buy or not to buy?
It also appears that G&L uses a 4.5" taper per foot wheel adapter, rather than the more common 3.00" taper per foot adapters that many other small surface grinders use.
May or may not be a factor.
May or may not be a factor.
Glenn
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Operating machines is perfectly safe......until you forget how dangerous it really is!
Re: NEED HELP! G&L surface grinder.. to buy or not to buy?
I have never seen one like it before. With that said it looks like a knee mill with a grinding head on it. I wonder about table rock in the knee when moving the table back and forth. This may cause the work on longer parts to have a slight banana shape when checked on a granite surface plate. I would tend to shy away from it just because of the way it's built.
Richard W.
Richard W.
Re: NEED HELP! G&L surface grinder.. to buy or not to buy?
I did just that, I ran after further investigation!! thanks for the help guy