help choosing a bench grinder/buffer

[grommit]

cheers john much appreciated,i will order it after my dinner.cant wait to get it.
catchya lata
brian

[mikekozura]

Ya I was going to get the same one. But for all the polishing I do I got the grinder/buffer combo. I also needed a bench grinder. I tell you what the polishing big boys told me, be careful with that bad boy it will hurt you. LOL I lost my respecfull fear one day, I have it against a wall and it took the tube bumper from my sons quad right out of my hands and was banging against the wall before I could get to the switch. With 10" wheels your going to be rockin and rollin. Get a shop-vac ready for when you fire up those new wheels and try to get compound on them hahaha. Wear a clear shield but the compound is still going too glue your eyelids together. Have fun. I fired up my course wheel with no safety glasses or shield wow I'm lucky I din't loose a eye those pieces of rope where flying every where all you here is whap whap whap bawing. With 10" wheels your going to be @ 9000sfpm. Thats hi test dude. You'll be fine, just tying to let you know what I went through at first. Just drink more and laugh. I'm no pro, the big boys will help ya.

Dude Harbor Freight is a tool guys heaven. I know Caswell frowns on us talking about it on here but come on all of us don't do this for a living and those tools work fine. You should be over here they have stores you can go to, I got one a half hour from my house, today I Bought $50.00 worth of stuff even at there regular price it would have been only $90.00. H@ll I saved $40.00. My wife gave them my picture and said if they ever see me in there again to throw me out. ha ha ha I love it there.

Hey I love Caswell for all there great products and this fantastic forum. But us poor causal dudes need somewhere to buy tools. But I thing even the pros have to buy something there.

[grommit]

helo m8,
well talk about crapping myself after readin ya reply...ha ha it is great reading the experiences all you guys have been through during ya time,it hits home the safety factor,thanks to work i have all my safety kit stashed away,and as luck has it 2 of our metalsmiths can assist in getting me 8'' wheels all through the sytem of course,which is a big help and of course his buffer bearings are going to go and he can get a new one and i have the old one.sweet!
i have sent harbarfreight an email to see if they can ship the buffer i want but bein in the UK it will takes some time,but its worth the wait.
well its off to my garage to strip something else of the Enfield,
catchya all soon
brian

[grommit]

hello all, well the buffer i was after on ebay,i let go and was outbid,the main reason was the distance to travel, overr 200 mile and he said the bearings need replaced etc,i just didnt want the dissapointment.so until i save up for the one from caswell,i have bought a buffer for the small items only 350w Motor 2850 RPM. the one thing i am taking notice of is the advice you guys give us and that is in the long run a better buffer is needed,that is why i am not going to burn the motor out on harder items.
in due course i will have polishing advice on silver wear....ha ha got alot of it at work the boss keeps asking,so i tell him untill i get experienced its a NO GO AREA.
regards,
brian