Ironman
Ultra Member
happy to pay for it if there is someone
-
Scam Alert. Members are reminded to NOT send money to buy anything. Don't buy things remote and have it shipped - go get it yourself, pay in person, and take your equipment with you. Scammers have burned people on this forum. Urgency, secrecy, excuses, selling for friend, newish members, FUD, are RED FLAGS. A video conference call is not adequate assurance. Face to face interactions are required. Please report suspicions to the forum admins. Stay Safe - anyone can get scammed.
Brown and Sharp – No. 2L Surface Grinder, $950, Dundas, ON
- Thread starter JustaDB
- Start date
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
So For such an investment, it should be examined under power before finalizing the deal.
Do we have anyone that knows Surface grinders, that is near Dundas, to look at the machine? I've asked @Ironman to see if the current owner can power it up, and if there is a grinding wheel on it. The perfect short test is to hear it running (after 5 minutes) and then grind a small coupon on it - about 1-1.5 inches wide by 1.5 -2 inches long, both sides, and then check for parallel with a micrometer. No need for a 5 block test, or anything more exotic. 20 minutes will tell the tale. Any takers?
The listening is for noisy main spindle bearings. The parallel test is to see if the middle of the ways is true.
Almost anything else is fixable on this machine. Fixing the ways - scrap the machine. Spindle bearings - over 1500$. New bearings for my B&S are about 2400$, 5 years ago.
Do we have anyone that knows Surface grinders, that is near Dundas, to look at the machine? I've asked @Ironman to see if the current owner can power it up, and if there is a grinding wheel on it. The perfect short test is to hear it running (after 5 minutes) and then grind a small coupon on it - about 1-1.5 inches wide by 1.5 -2 inches long, both sides, and then check for parallel with a micrometer. No need for a 5 block test, or anything more exotic. 20 minutes will tell the tale. Any takers?
The listening is for noisy main spindle bearings. The parallel test is to see if the middle of the ways is true.
Almost anything else is fixable on this machine. Fixing the ways - scrap the machine. Spindle bearings - over 1500$. New bearings for my B&S are about 2400$, 5 years ago.