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Originally Posted by EricWil
Caswell does not sell a 2hp buffing machine which one are you referring to.
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They used to. I (think) the reason they may have stopped carrying it is because it requires 220V to run, and has a European style plug. I run mine using a 3,000watt 110V/220V AC/AC converter with a plug adapter and circuit breaker.
If you scout around for other buffing machines I think you'll see that in this horsepower range 220V is pretty much the standard. When I first started polishing, my first bench grinder was an itty-bitty 1/4hp Delta. From there, I worked my way up to, (and in two cases burned through), incrementally higher hp bench grinders until I finally arrived at the Caswell one. I can tell you that in retrospect, if I had started off with 2hp from the beginning, there are a few projects I've done that I would not have had to agonize over nearly as much and know for a fact that I could have gotten better results from had I not been using lesser equipment.
You might try PM'ing or calling Caswell and see if they could possibly special order the 2hp version for you. If I remember right there wasn't a huge price difference between it and the 3/4hp version. (Like $50-$75.) If not, just scout around and see what you can find. Good luck.