ashland bench grinder?
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Packard V8
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The Ashland tools I've seen were good Made-In-USA homeowner quality, but not industrial quality.
jack vines
jack vines
It's for home use.
garagefanatic
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I gave one of those Ashland grinders to my Dad for a birthday present in the early 70's. He gave it to me when I bought my house in 1988. I still use it all of the time, it's a good tool.
torqueman2002
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Hey! I have that same grinder! I think - model 1782.
My brother and I each got one as presents on Christmas from Dad about 30+ years ago.
I use it every week, more often than my other grinders - 1/3hp Dayton from Grainger 2LKR6 and a sturdy old Craftsman 1/3hp grinder, a $20 CraigsList buy.
I use it as a wire wheeler for cleaning parts, so it gets a lot more use than the grinders /buffers.
It is a little down on power (making it a safe wire wheeler, bogs down more than it flings parts across the shop!) and has a 7/16" arbor (hard to find wheels).
I think it's a good light duty grinder - $5 - $7, based on what is available on CL in SE Michigan.
My brother and I each got one as presents on Christmas from Dad about 30+ years ago.
I use it every week, more often than my other grinders - 1/3hp Dayton from Grainger 2LKR6 and a sturdy old Craftsman 1/3hp grinder, a $20 CraigsList buy.
I use it as a wire wheeler for cleaning parts, so it gets a lot more use than the grinders /buffers.
It is a little down on power (making it a safe wire wheeler, bogs down more than it flings parts across the shop!) and has a 7/16" arbor (hard to find wheels).
I think it's a good light duty grinder - $5 - $7, based on what is available on CL in SE Michigan.
Packard V8
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I'd buy 1/2" ID wheels and make an adapter sleeve from plastic or copper tubing.
jack vines
Kirbot
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I've never met an old made in USA bench grinder I didn't like.
Even the cheaper ones from back then will beat the snot out of most any that you can buy now.
Even the cheaper ones from back then will beat the snot out of most any that you can buy now.
sebastian612
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Yes, the wheels are EXTREMELY hard to find. Where do you obtain them??? Thanks for ending my search ... Home Depot (no); Tool Shack (no) etc., etc. etc.
jeb42
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I had a craftsman block grinder do that earlier this week and I just replaced the starting capacitor and it fixed the problem. I also have an Ashland like the one showed that was given to me. It has a flexible drive cable that holds a dremil type bit that I have not tried. It is a good little grinder for small parts but low on power.
I just joined this thread because I've also been trying to replace the wheels on my little Ashland grinder. I saw someone "adapted" larger holes to the 7/16" holes with a sleeve but I want to get the right size for the unit. Is there any place to buy replacement wheels that are the right wheel size (5") and shaft hole size (7/16")? Please advise. Thanks!
Dreamweaver1619
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Did you ever find a way to fix this? I was just given one today and it's doing the same thing. I cleaned it and it spins freely, but when I apply power it just hums. Rotating the shady with a power drill while on didn't help at all either.
I have never seen one and make a sleeve to adapt it to a 1/2 hole using the 7/16 shaft is doing this correctly. It’s not like you would be hacking it up or anything. There are grinders the the lock nut has a built in sleeve so
Either a 5/8 or a 7/8 disk could be use on the same arbor. Your just adapting current made items to work with older tools. Also I don’t know of any other bench grinder that uses that size arbor so they may have been the only place to buy them when they were new
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