wellpoison
Well-known member
I bought this bench grinder last summer at a yard sale. I think I paid 20 bucks for it. I did some research but I can't find anything about it online. I searched this forum and found only a couple bench grinder restoration threads so I figured I would add my own. This is what I started with.
As you can see there's no on/off switch and the one hole for mounting it to the bench is broken.
If you have seen my gallery thread you know I'm just starting out. This is the first thing I have ever restored.
I started with a tear down. Took it all apart and got all the paint off with a wire cup brush on my angle grinder. The old owner had painted yellow. The original color was a deep red. The angle grinder made short work of the paint. I was surprised to see the original grinding wheels on it.
After a complete tear down and cleaning I sprayed on primer and paint. I decided on a two tone color scheme but nothing too crazy. Here is how it looks now painted and reassembled.
I still have to install the toggle switch and power her up. There's a ton that I have learned from this project. Mostly that I'm not good at painting haha. I know that this paint will come off after a while and I plan on getting it powder coated when that happens but this will last until I have more funds.
I always love to learn and I would love any suggestions on what I could've done better. I do enjoy some good old constructive criticism. More pics tomorrow guys!
As you can see there's no on/off switch and the one hole for mounting it to the bench is broken.
If you have seen my gallery thread you know I'm just starting out. This is the first thing I have ever restored.
I started with a tear down. Took it all apart and got all the paint off with a wire cup brush on my angle grinder. The old owner had painted yellow. The original color was a deep red. The angle grinder made short work of the paint. I was surprised to see the original grinding wheels on it.
After a complete tear down and cleaning I sprayed on primer and paint. I decided on a two tone color scheme but nothing too crazy. Here is how it looks now painted and reassembled.
I still have to install the toggle switch and power her up. There's a ton that I have learned from this project. Mostly that I'm not good at painting haha. I know that this paint will come off after a while and I plan on getting it powder coated when that happens but this will last until I have more funds.
I always love to learn and I would love any suggestions on what I could've done better. I do enjoy some good old constructive criticism. More pics tomorrow guys!
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