chrispyny
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I posted this on the one and only other website i visit, but i had to stop by and show this off here.
I'm really batting a thousand on these auction scores. It takes time to find these scores, and patience is not one of my virtues, but it pays off. This grinder is in mint condition.
THIS grinder as it sits, retails for $1,978 new. Model 8107WD. (With cast iron stand)
Won it for $230. After fees etc, $280. I have another like it but its half hp, and this ones 3/4. Gonna sell the half hp for $300+ on clist i hope. I'm in the half hp for about $260. The half hp i restored retails for $760+ on ebay.
This ones a beast. I always wanted a factory baldor pedestal for my 1/2 hp and have been scouring local clist and websites to no avail. When i found this one i had to have it. So its a BIG score for me. A quarter hp upgrade AND matching pedestal. Only Just washed it down and made minor adjustments. Swapped out the incandecent bulbs for the LED's i installed in the half hp, and I'm gonna replace one of the wheels with a wire wheel. The one on the left is more coarse than on the right. Not sure which i'll replace with the wire wheel.
The only thing missing is the water pot. The grinder should also have come with a tool tray for the right side. However, the holes in the grinder which accomodate the bracket for the tool tray aren't tapped. So I assume it never came with one.
Hey, anyone wanna recommend a fabric or otherwise i can slip over the exhaust ports to catch grindings and dust? Needs to be at least fire retardant. The factory baldor dust collecting vacuum that slips over the ports is huge and costs more than the grinder new. It's like $860 on ebay. Over a grand on any other retail site. I don't need that. This is in my garage. Just shade tree mechanic stuff. No production stuff. I love restoring things. It's my passion.
I just got done grinding my garage floor and painting it with military grade epoxy last week. It was a 3 week peoject. What a pain in the ***. But insanely awesome results. Also placed garagedeck tiles under the Kubota so as not to ruin my floor. Painted my workbench etc. just finished that project last night. This was a great finishing piece to my man garage. I'll start a thread on the flooring project in the flooring section once the remainder of my garagedeck arrives tomorrow and i take some final pics.
If i had more room, i'd confiscate my dads lablonde lathe and purchase a nice mill to compliment it. Dads a retired machinist so i get the 'tinker bug' from him.
The last thing on the list is a plasma cutter(Hypertherm or nothing!). I'm saving my sheckles for that. SIGH.
Can't wait!
I'm really batting a thousand on these auction scores. It takes time to find these scores, and patience is not one of my virtues, but it pays off. This grinder is in mint condition.
THIS grinder as it sits, retails for $1,978 new. Model 8107WD. (With cast iron stand)
Won it for $230. After fees etc, $280. I have another like it but its half hp, and this ones 3/4. Gonna sell the half hp for $300+ on clist i hope. I'm in the half hp for about $260. The half hp i restored retails for $760+ on ebay.
This ones a beast. I always wanted a factory baldor pedestal for my 1/2 hp and have been scouring local clist and websites to no avail. When i found this one i had to have it. So its a BIG score for me. A quarter hp upgrade AND matching pedestal. Only Just washed it down and made minor adjustments. Swapped out the incandecent bulbs for the LED's i installed in the half hp, and I'm gonna replace one of the wheels with a wire wheel. The one on the left is more coarse than on the right. Not sure which i'll replace with the wire wheel.
The only thing missing is the water pot. The grinder should also have come with a tool tray for the right side. However, the holes in the grinder which accomodate the bracket for the tool tray aren't tapped. So I assume it never came with one.
Hey, anyone wanna recommend a fabric or otherwise i can slip over the exhaust ports to catch grindings and dust? Needs to be at least fire retardant. The factory baldor dust collecting vacuum that slips over the ports is huge and costs more than the grinder new. It's like $860 on ebay. Over a grand on any other retail site. I don't need that. This is in my garage. Just shade tree mechanic stuff. No production stuff. I love restoring things. It's my passion.
I just got done grinding my garage floor and painting it with military grade epoxy last week. It was a 3 week peoject. What a pain in the ***. But insanely awesome results. Also placed garagedeck tiles under the Kubota so as not to ruin my floor. Painted my workbench etc. just finished that project last night. This was a great finishing piece to my man garage. I'll start a thread on the flooring project in the flooring section once the remainder of my garagedeck arrives tomorrow and i take some final pics.
If i had more room, i'd confiscate my dads lablonde lathe and purchase a nice mill to compliment it. Dads a retired machinist so i get the 'tinker bug' from him.
The last thing on the list is a plasma cutter(Hypertherm or nothing!). I'm saving my sheckles for that. SIGH.
Can't wait!