Hand Powered Grinders

[d42jeep]

Duplicate post.

 

[AreBeeBee]

My wife spotted this hand grinder at a garage/yard sale yesterday. I wanted to find one that looked like one used in WW2 and this one is pretty close. I’m grateful that Outlaw was nice enough to leave it behind.
I added a stone to it today that I pulled off of a Craftsman block grinder. Not correct but better than nothing.

Don, I have one of those "Champion" hand-grinders too. As found mine has a usable grinding wheel, but was missing the tool rest and the cap on the oil hole for the gear. I plugged the oil hole with a 1" length of bamboo chopstick whittled to fit, and the tool rest is a strip of not-very-stiff aluminum with a slot cut by me. Seeing yours I'm going to look for a better rest that I can mount on the arm.

Had no idea these were GI issue, but of course it makes sense.

 

[d42jeep]

I have a couple of the hand grinders mounted in my basement and my 7 yr old granddaughter thinks they are pretty fun to get spinning as fast as she can get them to go. This is a still from a video I took.
Another image of the WW2 grinder.



-Don

 

[MrJeep]

I recently found one at a local Habitat Restore. It's a American Grinder Mfg. Co. Model 3 I believe. The wood handle was missing so I made a 3" wood handle.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

I’ve picked up quite a few hand crank grinders over the years. An unmarked sickel bar with two stones is kind of neat. Also several of the smaller single stone models. Two American brand and a few other light duty types. At a garage sale the other day I found what is the largest of the type I’ve seen.

This one can take an 8” wheel and is badged MarsWells 256D. It is from the Marshall Wells hardware company. I doubt Marshall Wells made many of their own tools so likely from another manufacturer, but I haven’t found one quite the same yet. Finding this one did inspire me to line up a few grinders that would fit on a stick of wood for a group shot. Ed.