PBCampbell
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After many years of wanting a decent bench grinder, today one falls in my lap. A "Heavy Duty" Milwaukee, model V-101, 1 HP, single phase, dual voltage monster of a grinder. 10" wheels, 2+ feet of width, and a good 100+ pounds my sore aching back says. Now for the questions. It needs a new power cord, as the "welding cable" sized one on it has serious cracks. At 11 amps on 120v it will need a dedicated circuit. I'm pondering as to just go ahead and rewire for 240v, any reason to go for that extra expense? I'll have a 40+ foot of run to add in for this new circuit, so not a huge extra expense. There is a slight RPM difference according to the tag if I'm reading it right, (1425/1725), or is that maybe related to the cycle as it also lists 50/60 hertz. That makes more sense, but just to be sure...
Needs eye shields and rests, so if anyone could point me to links showing what these may have looked like, I'd appreciate it. The right rest bracket looks original, but everything past looks cobbled up. Left rest bracket is broke off. Eye shield brackets are different and neither look original given the extra holes in the guards. Good point is the wheel guards appear original and intact and the monstrosity does run.
serial number is 103-1230-cx-c if that helps. Frame is e66s and number below that is 14n or 11n, I can't sort out what that is for as tag is difficult to read.
I appreciate all and any replies. My apologies for no pictures, hopefully in the near future I'll figure out a way to do that.
Thanks, Pat
Needs eye shields and rests, so if anyone could point me to links showing what these may have looked like, I'd appreciate it. The right rest bracket looks original, but everything past looks cobbled up. Left rest bracket is broke off. Eye shield brackets are different and neither look original given the extra holes in the guards. Good point is the wheel guards appear original and intact and the monstrosity does run.
serial number is 103-1230-cx-c if that helps. Frame is e66s and number below that is 14n or 11n, I can't sort out what that is for as tag is difficult to read.
I appreciate all and any replies. My apologies for no pictures, hopefully in the near future I'll figure out a way to do that.
Thanks, Pat