Can anyone identify this grinder?

[Simpo Two]

Years ago (maybe 1980) my father bought a rotary grinder. The stone was a hollow ring and rotated in the flat plane. It had a circular reservoir around the outside from which water was pumped up over the stone in a little metal loop for cooling. It was absolutely brilliant for sharpening chisels and plane blades, but I can't find the model anywhere.

The only reference I have is this - ignore the plastic thing on top!



Does anyone know what make/mdoel it is and whether it is still available?

[993AL]

Cant ID your model but a couple of others below.

http://alatest.co.uk/reviews/power-tool-reviews/ma...

http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psProdSrch.cgi/@...

[Simpo Two]

Thanks very much. I tried one much like the Makita a while back (from SCrewfix) and it was pretty useless - the stone was like cheese and I sent it back. The other one is interesting, though about half the size of the one I knew, and uses air to cool (!). However having watched the video it does seem interesting so if nothing closer comes along I may give it a go. Ta!

[freecar]

Don't judge a whole machine by the stty stone that comes with it.

I never rely on the factory stone on a grinder, other people make far better stones, the motor and bearings on the other hand are not really easily changable!

[Simpo Two]

Fair point - though I suspect these grinders don't use standard size stones so you may be stuck with what the maker sells.

BTW the original machine was very heavy cast metal and maybe 15" high.

[freecar]

Simpo Two said:

Fair point - though I suspect these grinders don't use standard size stones so you may be stuck with what the maker sells.

BTW the original machine was very heavy cast metal and maybe 15" high.

You'll be surprised, the manufacturers just buy in the cheapest stones they can supply, like skinny interconnects with a high end hifi seperate, it just gets the equipment operational.