My new favourite machine - vintage surface grinder working

[tom2207]

 

[6ply]

At last I have finished fettling the old Brown and Sharpe I acquired.
I have never used a surface grinder before. I love it! Working very well - not bad for 90 years old!
I could watch it all day.

Very nice to watch and clearly easier work than my Eagle surface grinder. Out of curiosity, do the wheels mount directly on the spindle or are they fitted to balanced hubs? Mine mount straight on the spindle but I have a balancing going unused. Do you plan to grind that magnetic chuck?

 

[6ply]

There's a cheap Eagle surface grinder for sale on Marketplace if I remember correctly. I'm very happy with mine.

 

[500e]

Know for one that is rusty in a lean too,
Can make inquiries if any one interested scrap value maybe

 

[fizzy]

Very nice to watch and clearly easier work than my Eagle surface grinder. Out of curiosity, do the wheels mount directly on the spindle or are they fitted to balanced hubs? Mine mount straight on the spindle but I have a balancing going unused. Do you plan to grind that magnetic chuck?

Straight on the spindle I think.
I also have a lovely Eagle but not used it yet. Capacitors need changing.
That was just a test of the Brown and Sharpe. Need to put a new wheel on it and grind the chuck. After truing the wheel of course.
I have been offered an Elliott/Excell no3 which is much bigger and hydraulic drive. Not sure if I will bother as it won't have the charm of this one.

 

[skotl]

At last I have finished fettling the old Brown and Sharpe I acquired.
I have never used a surface grinder before. I love it! Working very well - not bad for 90 years old!
I could watch it all day.

That's lovely

 

[fizzy]

Mine is 3 phase, so I converted it from star to delta and run it from a cheap VFD.

I am careful not to exceed the wheel speed, but the VFD allows soft start and the possibility of using smaller wheels (with higher speed requirement). I am told that running a wheel at reduced speed will alter its grinding characteristics, which may be a useful in the future.

Most Eagles were likely one HP. Mine was fitted (original equipment) with a 1 1/4 HP Motor, so just a tad more oomph.

Smaller wheels give a lower surface speed. Less metal removal but also less heat into the part. One old chap I talk to says always use a smaller wheel for truing the chuck.

 

[Farside]

Queen Victoria had such a lathe.

I'd never figured her for a mechanical type.

you normally see when you look at the front of a mincer