Bench grinder

[Pullstart 70,766]

I found my old grinder today.  Yes, I used it in this shape as a teenager.    That power cord has been like that as long as I can remember.

 

 

 

 

[SylvanLakeWH 31,767]

[gwest_ca-(File Mod) 12,371]

Possibly manufactured by this company

https://archive.org/details/prairietoolco2002catalog/mode/2up

[squonk 47,422]

I had one like it. Still had the rubber on the cord and the same plug end. 

[ebinmaine 79,737]

16 minutes ago, squonk said:

I had one like it. Still had the rubber on the cord and the same plug end. 

 

I'm thinking there's one here like that too. 

I ain't got the sand to plug it in though!!

[ri702bill 12,511]

Mount it on the workbench with a foot switch. Near the Band-Aid dispenser & eye wash..... The belt guard looks to be a mite short!

Edited yesterday at 10:20 PM by ri702bill

[Pullstart 70,766]

49 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

 

I'm thinking there's one here like that too. 

I ain't got the sand to plug it in though!!

Yes, I plugged it in today.  And yes, it groaned and slowly took off, just like I remember about 25 years ago!  

[wallfish 20,231]

Curious, why wouldn't it be easier and make more sense to turn the motor 180 instead of the figure 8 on the belt?

[Pullstart 70,766]

1 minute ago, wallfish said:

Curious, why wouldn't it be easier and make more sense to turn the motor 180 instead of the figure 8 on the belt?

I have no idea, but if I want to be able to use it again, I’ll need a new belt.  And maybe a cord.

[John2189 595]

13 hours ago, Pullstart said:

I have no idea, but if I want to be able to use it again, I’ll need a new belt.  And maybe a cord.

Two speed?

[JoeM 10,100]

16 hours ago, Pullstart said:

And maybe a cord.

your close to "old man" thinking, I seem to cut the old cords off of any appliance I am throwing away. Just this spring I took a box of "I might need it" cords to the scrap. 

 

that old belt driving era must really have been something, the old man had a table saw he ran with a an old motor. of course attached to a 2x10.

[Pullstart 70,766]

1 hour ago, JoeM said:

seem to cut the old cords off of any appliance I am throwing away

We tossed a fried TV last week, and my buddy snatched the cord off of it before it landed in the dumpster.  That cord is sitting on my bench!

[Pullstart 70,766]

17 hours ago, wallfish said:

Curious, why wouldn't it be easier and make more sense to turn the motor 180 instead of the figure 8 on the belt?

 

3 hours ago, John2189 said:

Two speed?

is the ability to move the belt side to side enhanced by the twist?

[Handy Don 16,972]

20 hours ago, Pullstart said:

it groaned and slowly took off

Thinking the starter winding (if indeed it even had one) is shot. 

[Pullstart 70,766]

17 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Thinking the starter winding (if indeed it even had one) is shot. 

I think the belt was so old it was holding on in the shape it obtained.  Once the belt slipped off the driven pulley, the motor ran great.  It’s all got some fresh oil in the dripper bins, and needs a cord and belt.  In that order