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    Default Grizzly grinder for razor making?

    I need a grinder for my shop anyhow so I statted kicking around the idea of trying to make a razor. Just wondering if anyone here used a grizzly belt grinder? I know it's not as good as a KMG or other better brands but will it work?

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    I used a chicago combo knife buffing/sanding belt to make one out of an old file a long time ago. I had a real hard time keeping it straight. My blade didnt turn out well. I did not anneal it like you should. I have witnessed some impressive blades made on a belt sander like that grizzly I think it just takes practice. If you youtube charlie lewis he "shows" alot of good information on how to make a razor and he even shows some of his setups. Good luck friend-

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    Thanks, I was just checking out the Coote Belt Grinder and it looks even better than the Grizzly just without the motor.

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    I bought that chicago for the buffing attachment. We all know we need to buff on an Ebay razor every once in a while, but its nice to have the belt sander aslo. I have had to grind on a couple blades and it really comes in handy. If you plan on making a hollow grind. Really look at a couple of set ups. You can view a few on youtube and google. A hollow grind tends to be tricky as seen in most of the videos on the web. I have seen a couple of machines that have two wheel setups moving in the same direction. This makes it a uniform grind. We were posting on this about 6or7 months ago, but I cannot find the link. Most of the machines I have seen the people made their own wheels out of wood. I do not have the time to do this, but am so very interested to see what you come up with.

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    It can be done. But it's not the best option. Which, of course, you already knew. Here's my little Frankenstein. The expandability and off the shelf options of a "dealer built" model, are worth the expense in my eyes. That's probably just cause I don't have one though I guess. This is a Buffalo sander/grinder with home made attachments. Or rather, scrounged and bolted together parts of other things, that seem to give me a nice little wheel to grind against. It works great for a lot of things. But I'm saving for a real grinder now.

    I'm really out of sorts today it seems. Grizzly makes a decent grinder don't they. You must be talking about this one http://compare.ebay.com/like/2711748...Types&var=sbar and not this one http://www.righttoolusa.com/p/Grizzl...FaI-MgodGyQAWg
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    I think maybe this Coote would be better though.

    Coote Belt Grinder - Prices

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    sounds fun let us see what you make. If I had the dough i would be right there with ya!
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    Ok I thought you were talking about 1x42 initially. Mine is 1x42. You're way ahead of me.

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    Got some more research to do but we'll see what I decide

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