POS 8" VS Grinder

4/27/05, 12:33 PM #1

tdaniel
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POS 8" VS Grinder

tdaniel

>Yesterday I helped set up a Wolverine jig on a new Delta 8" VS grinder. Being used to the old 8" 1800 grinder which weighs about 100 lbs I did not like the VS from moment one but it got worse. After sharpening one 1/2" bowl gouge the motor began pulsing like the power was going off and on. After a few minutes of fooling with it the guy decided to take it back for a refund and he finished sharpening his gouges on my old style 1800 rpm Delta. He left here with a new 1800. Someone please tell Black and Decker that the VS isn't going to fill the shoes of the old 23-725. The 8" VS has to be the biggest POS on the market, bar none.

TD

Re: POS 8" VS Grinder

4/27/05, 1:50 PM #2

Clem Wixted
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But what do you really think of the grinder? :-)

Clem Wixted

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Re: POS 8" VS Grinder

4/27/05, 2:33 PM #3

john lucas
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Re: POS 8" VS Grinder

John Lucas

>Terry

I have to chase my old Sears grinder around the workbench to use it but it runs consistently and has for the last 30 years.

Re: POS 8" VS Grinder

4/27/05, 4:43 PM #4

RevDoug
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Re: POS 8" VS Grinder

RevDoug

>Sounds like a trip to get that cheap-o slow speed grinder at Woodcraft is in order. Mine sure does run well.

Turn 'em round,

RevDoug

Re: POS 8" VS Grinder

4/28/05, 1:04 AM #5

Stacey S
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Stacey S

>I wonder if it was a defective one. I have one of the 8" vs deltas and it has worked wonderfully since the day I got it. I've only had it a year. Either that or maybe I got lucky and got the only good one they had :)

Re: POS 8" VS Grinder

4/28/05, 2:22 AM #6

Peter Teubel
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You got a lemon...

Peter Teubel

>I have one of those cheapie Deltas...only because its my traveling grinder and I wanted something as light as possible. Once I put the Oneway balancing system on the wheels, its super smooth...even at high speed. It doesn't have the heft and feel of the big Delta grinder, but it works fine.

POS 8" VS Grinder

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