BUCKTOOL 8" 3/4HP Low Speed Bench Grinder fit CBN Wheel,Wobble Free Wheels

I began my search for a new 8" bench grinder with a good deal of pessimism. My history with these important tools has been mixed. I have a couple of well-made 6" grinders, but they are underpowered, and I really wanted one with 8" wheels for grinding my turning tools. I am replacing the equivalent model made by Rikon. Right out of the box both wheels of the Rikon wobbled badly. I took it back to the retailer, who insisted that the grinder itself was fine and that the wheel collars were a little asymmetrical. All I needed to do, he said, was to fiddle around with them until the wheels ran true. That didn't work, nor did turning the collars flat, or replacing them with precision-ground ones. Finally, I checked the grinder itself with a dial gauge, finding that both arbors have significant runout. The grinder has sat mainly idle for several years now. Having recently bought several high-dollar items for the shop, I decided that I couldn't justify buying a name brand like Jet or (gasp!) Baldor. Turning to reviews, I saw that the Buck (which I had never heard of) was highly rated. I managed to suppress my skepticism and ordered one. Being about 70% certain that I was going to end up returning this grinder, I decided to check everything before even switching it on. I was dumbfounded to find amazingly tight tolerances! The arbors (shafts sticking out from either end of the motor) are within 0.0002" of perfectly round, and the steps against which the collars rest are within 0.0004". The collars themselves are another matter. Although robust and apparently well made, they are not machined, and near their edges (they have a diameter of just under 2") they wobble by 0.006 to 0.008". That doesn't sound like much (about the summed diameters of 2-3 human hairs), but where it counts, on the periphery of the 8" wheel, that translates to about the 0.025" that I recorded there. I switched out the collars with the aftermarket, machined ones (made by Raptor) I had on hand from the Rikon failure, which wobble only by 0.001-0.002". I consider this to be really stellar performance for a bench grinder in this price range! The Buck grinder is nicely finished. I was delighted to see that the wheel covers, although stamped and not cast like a Baldor, are of heavy construction, probably about 1.5 mm thick (about 16 ga). This is a really high quality grinder for the price, and I highly recommend it.

Good grinder, I use it everyday! runs true and quiet and smooth.

It's great to receive a product and right off the bat during unpacking you know it was made with high quality in mind. There are a few things that I felt could have been better but for the most part I am happy with my purchase. I added a variable jig along with this purchase so a lot of the accessories that came with this grinder were unnecessary for me. And to be fair except for the foot pads I don't see the use for most of the other stuff that came with it. The wheels aren't very good either as they are the typical oxide variety that seems to be on all of these grinders on Amazon. So I went ahead and bought a hurricane grinding wheel to go along with it and besides some difficulty getting it mounted (the tolerance on the hurricane grinding wheel is extremely small so make sure you lube up the spindle and clear it of any kind of debris) it spins perfectly. There is no wobble that I can detect. it has sufficient power and it never seemed to slow down during any kind of grinding that I threw at it. The light on it is kind of pointless though but it does its job well enough. Honestly I kind of wish that they just got rid of all the accessories, the light, and the wheels and just sold it as a base grinder at a cheaper price and it would have been an awesome buy then. I know that doesn't make sense probably for some people but considering I didn't put on most of the accessories because of the variable grinder accessories I purchased and the new wheels I bought I now have a bunch of pieces just lying around. I think you would be fine buying this and will not have any issues installing different wheels on it if you choose to do so. It's a great grinder, well built, heavy duty, and I feel it will last me a long time.

Grinder looks built to last. Well packaged and very easy and quick assembly. The light is a nice touch. Tables and eye shields look better built/quality than experienced with other brands. All in all a nice grinder for the price.

Heavy!! Simple assembly. Super smooth and quiet. No noticeable wobble or imbalance on the grinding wheels. The only issue was a chip on the edge of the 1" wheel. This was not a manufacturing issue. Someone put the shipping labels on the bottom of the box, so it was shipped 1200 miles from Texas upside down. The grinder arrived with small parts protruding slightly through the box. I believe the chipped wheel was the result of this improper handling.

The grinder works great and is doing a great job of sharpening my turning tools, eventually I will replace the oxide wheels with CBN wheels, but for now the 80 and 120 grit is going a great job. I love the 1.5 inch wide disk, but wish it was the 80 grit. My disappointment is that the threads for the vision guards were not threaded properly, I had to chase them both with my tap and die set and replace one of the bolts that came with the grinder with one of my own.

This is my first time owning a bench grinder but I was surprised at how quiet it ran and with virtually no vibration. I've used it about 4 times without anchoring it down. I did eventually anchor to a 3/4" plywood base so I could also anchor a different tool rest that I liked for sharpening chisels and plane irons. Nice aluminum oxide wheels (my opinion) I planed to replace the 1 1/2" with a CBN wheel eventually.

Works well.

Wow! Amazing torque in a compact package! This low speed buffer does what all others fail to do (even baldor), maintain torque at lower speed. I use it to sharpen rasps amd knives. And qhile most low speed buffer work perfect for knives, they all failed to maintain speed when sharpening rasps, leading to poor performance. This Bucktool buffer excels at sharpening rasps! It didn't even break a sweat when i pushed harder. Heck, the motor didn't even seem to even notice the extra resistance. Highly recommended! Extra info: the wheels it come with seem to be really high quality but I didn't use them. I replaced thwm with a sisal wheel fpr the rasps and a felt wheel for knives. So unfortunately, I cannot evaluate the stock whes performance besides that they're perfectly balanced.

Muy buen, pero muy buen producto de calidad, recomedable

Smooth running, no vibration, quality built.

Great tool Great balance ,quite and works as it should

silencieux stable et meules parfaites , aussi pour aiguisage à sec.