Hi Chaps,

I need to replace my knackered Chinese bench grinder and at the same time have got a larger lathe that uses 20mm square tooling so it seems sensible to splash out on a better model to grind this tooling.

What spec should I be looking at? I guess no universal motors but what wattage of induction motor is adequate? Although 20mm square HSS will sap some power its only for short periods to allow cooling down. I also have a selection of solid carbide tooling which I have never sharpened before is this harder on the grinder motor?

Another concern is the bearings which foobarred very quickly on the cheapo grinder - are these replaceable on better models and so which ones.

Any recommendations based on experience would be much appreciated.

Cheers!

[Edited on 25-2-16 by v8kid]

Not an expert by any means but buy one with a lamp fitted we have a couple of Clarke things at work and a large wet stone for the chisels but would look at Axminster next time. Green grit wheel for lathe tools

Stakesys have a promotion on the femi range of bench top grinders, there is a discount code for 10%

GRINDER10

I believe they are pretty good

David

I have a record power bench grinder and it's very good. It's probably 7 or 8 years old now and still going strong.