Re: Surface grinder on Ebay

On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 19:33:13 +0200, Nick Mueller <muellernick@xxxxxx> wrote:

Kevin wrote:

More useful for large flat areas, as
obviously it covers more area at a time than a more traditional type
of surface grinder.

and can't really make edges or useless trying to dress a profile onto the
wheel. Mostly used for resharpening punches.
Don't you call that a Blanchard grinder?

Nick

No, I call a Blanchard Grinder one with the name "Blanchard" cast in to it
that is 4m tall, uses a 1m diameter wheel and a 2m diameter rotary table.


Other than that, they are quite similar :-)


Mark Rand
RTFM
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