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    Default Finally bought a grinder / It arrived!

    Yesterday I paid for one of these, with additional 20cm and 10 cm wheels, a dust collector and a load of belts.
    Bandschleifer Modell 2-S

    This is probably the most money I've ever spent on anything for myself.
    Now I just have to wait 6 to 8 weeks. And I can finally make knives more efficiently.
    Currently I can forge a couple of knives, and I need several weeks to do the grinding and polishing.
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    Gonna be a long 6-8 weeks! Looks nice Bruno, looks solid. Should make your life a lot easier & what time it does free up...you can be creating more dust or hammering away, sounds like a win-win for sure.
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    That's the idea. Several people have asked me to make a knife for them, but until now those have always been long term projects, for the simple reason that grinding and polishing currently can take days / weeks. And I much prefer hammering to grinding, and grinding to finishing To me, making scales and handles is like doing the dishes after making and eating a good meal.
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    Congrats Bruno! From what I understand that's a very nice machine.

    As for polishing....I've owned a belt grinder for a while now...still polish pretty much everything by hand. Maybe you'll to better than me. But most of the time I just don't like a finish straight off the belt grinder. (Could just be that my grinding sucks though)

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    The grinder looks very nice, it will bring years of entertainment.

    Happy grinding

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    That's a very versatile grinder. Solid build and a very decent price for what you get. Enjoy your new toy

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    I'll send you a piece of titanium. Grind on that while your wife watches for the first time. She'll either have you in the psychiatrist's office or you'll be banned to the shop permanently...

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    That is a very high tech looking belt sander, it looks very versatile with all of the configurations shown in the pics. I like it may it bring you many years of faithful service.
    Aloha,

    ED

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    I'm very jealous.
    I hope you have fun with it.

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    That is a very nice belt grinder. Lots of versatility and control. You will find it useful for much more than you think. Great choice.
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