Grinder stand ID

[M J Peters]

This grinder stand has been under a Baldor 328 buffer out at the farm for as long as my Dad can remember. The buffer itself appears to be a 1957 Vintage.

Looking at baldor publications on vintage machines, I don’t see any stands that look like this. However, I did find a page with a 1920’s vintage Dillon stand that looks just like this. Searching for Dillon stands doesn’t return anything useful beyond this.


Curious if anyone might have some other resources I could check out to more precisely identify it.

 

[The Cobbler]

no help to your question, but it's a nice looking stand there

 

[txvwnut]

I think you found your answer, that stand looks identical to the on in the advertisement.

 

[Provincial]

Where was that page you found published? It looks like a recent ad with the dates being the opinion of the person who posted it.

The stand itself isn't particularly designed for a motorized grinder/buffer. The open frame and wide mounting surface may be for a piece of totally different mechanical equipment.

Nevertheless, it would make a good grinder stand if the height is appropriate. Nice find.

 

[M J Peters]

Where was that page you found published? It looks like a recent ad with the dates being the opinion of the person who posted it.

The stand itself isn't particularly designed for a motorized grinder/buffer. The open frame and wide mounting surface may be for a piece of totally different mechanical equipment.

Nevertheless, it would make a good grinder stand if the height is appropriate. Nice find.

Agreed, it’s just the description for a sale item. I would really like to see one in a catalog to confirm what the year and manufacturer actually is.

original c. 1922-25 american made vintage industrial "dillon" buffer and/or grinder cast iron machine base with brushed metal finish

dillon electric co., canton, oh.

www.urbanremainschicago.com

 

[Provincial]

Yes. A grinder/buffer in the early 1920's was likely driven by an overhead belt from a line shaft, and this base looks like it was made for that. There are lots of bases out there from line shaft-driven machines, and they tend to be quite decorative.

 

[RTM]

Off to a slow start, these all look like truncated cones

American Machinist & Automated Manufacturing

books.google.com

Machinery

books.google.com

 

[Tarnished]

M J, Not of much help, but I had the same question back in 2015 and here is the thread.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/interesting-old-grinder-stand-in-need-of-id.304194/

Not much help, but that's all I have. Here is a pic with the stand in use with a delta buffer on it. My belief I that it was always intended as a grinder stand. One of my favorite pieces. Looks like yours may not be the same, or the tray & cup may be missing. Cool piece anyway!

 

[M J Peters]

Off to a slow start, these all look like truncated cones

American Machinist & Automated Manufacturing

books.google.com

Machinery

books.google.com

Thanks for the links. Spent quite a few minutes just scrolling through.

 

[M J Peters]

M J, Not of much help, but I had the same question back in 2015 and here is the thread.

https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/threads/interesting-old-grinder-stand-in-need-of-id.304194/

Not much help, but that's all I have. Here is a pic with the stand in use with a delta buffer on it. My belief I that it was always intended as a grinder stand. One of my favorite pieces. Looks like yours may not be the same, or the tray & cup may be missing. Cool piece anyway!

There are bolts on both sides of the open sides thsh I presume held trays. Haven’t found those in the shop yet.

My grandfather retired from farming around 1978 and passed away in 1988. The shop got very little use and over the past 30 years basically just was used for storage. We’ve been cleaning it and some bins out the last few weeks and literal tons of scrap have been taken out (about 3500 lbs so far). I’m keeping my eye out for the trays though. We’re down to the last couple of areas, so I have my fingers crossed.