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  1. J

    Cincinnati No 2 Cutter Grinder Restoration

    Hi Brent, Still a couple of weeks before I get the Cincinnati delivered, but I did grab all the loose accessories and brought them home. The work head was in pretty bad shape and wasn’t rotating very well. I stripped it down enough to give it clean and noticed there wasn’t any grease in the...
  2. J

    Cincinnati No 2 Cutter Grinder Restoration

    Thanks Brent, the easiest suitable motor to source here is a 3 phase. All the single phase ones that I could find are only 1400 rpm unless I go 2HP or bigger. We have a very small market in Australia so our choices are always limited.
  3. J

    Cincinnati No 2 Cutter Grinder Restoration

    I think TonyK was after the belt. My motor is hard wired 400/440 volt in star configuration. It’s cheaper to buy a new motor than to get a motor rewinder to chase the windings to get 240v delta.
  4. J

    Cincinnati No 2 Cutter Grinder Restoration

    Hi Brent, I won’t have the grinder in my possession for a few more weeks. My first priority will be to strip the whole machine down and inspect all the components. It is currently wired for 3 Phase but I only have single phase 240v so I will be re wiring the machine to run off a VFD. This will...
  5. J

    Hello from Down Under

    I’m up in Queensland
  6. J

    Cincinnati No 2 Cutter Grinder Restoration

    Hi Brent, it appears a lot of your photos are not displaying, do you still have them to update the thread?
  7. J

    Hello from Down Under

    Hi All, Hobby machinist from Australia. I joined up after finding a thread on restoring a Cincinnati Tool & Cutter grinder here. I’m about to undertake the same thing.
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