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How do you like that grinder? Is it a good jump up from a 1x30?
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oh fuck yes, they are not even in the ball park.
i bought that one to begin with. it can remove metal a a pretty good pace w/ 36 grit belts of proper compound w/o too much heat. the 42" belt is NOT a limitation for a beginner, not at all and the 3/4 horse motor is plenty powerful.
If I was starting out i might look at a 48" Coote grinder with a slower 1 horse regular induction motor, a little bit of a DIY job but I believe there is more selection in 48" belts than 42s.
I did have one of those HF 1x30 grinders, I made it into a sharpener. It, of course sucked, wheels out of round, always too tight for 30" belts, weak as motor that is loud and too fast. I guess you could make like little 4" skinning knives w/ it if you were desperate but that Jet grinder is a great turn key set up for not too much money.
The disk grinder, I ended up taking it off, even cutting off the L side shaft so I could turn the unit sideways and get close to it turned either left or right for certain beveling operations so i can see the side of the blade being cut, but it was kind of handy, but mostly the belt was the main thing I did w/ it.