Baldor Grinder Questions

Susan_in_SF

Susan_in_SF

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Hi Guys,
I officially think I have too many Baldors, and may put one up for sale. Before I go into detail about that, I have a few questions on my other Baldors.
First, I picked up, for a sweet price, a vintage Baldor and pedestal from the early 70's. It has those expensive light shields (expensive on ebay, anyways) on them. I can't help but think that those bulky light sheilds would get in the way. Below is a pic. Sorry for the quality.
If any of you guys have experience with these lights, please "enlighten" me.
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Also, on my carbide grinder, it is missing the bottom trays/dishes.
Is that a big deal? What were these trays meant for?
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Attached to the carbide grinder is this wheel:
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I couldn't find any info off the Internet from the brand and number listed on the wheel. This looks like it could be a Chinese diamond wheel, but when I touchecked the wheel, it is smooth. Is this just a worn out diamind wheel?

Finally, for anyone in the Bay Area, if you think you would be interested in a 7" wheel Baldor grinder with no pedestal, feel free to let me know. I am 90% positive I will want to let go of one. Will supply pic later when I know which one I would sell, but it would be a deal compared to craigslist prices.

Thanks,
Susan
 
That style grinding wheel is called a Metal Bond Grinding wheel... They are extremely expensive....
 
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The carbide grinders came with a drip cup that mounted on the stud on top of the wheel guard, the drip tray catches the drips; one should not use a diamond wheel without some type of water based coolant. The drip from the cup should be introduced to the wheel from inside the wheel counterbore, the drip cup is fitted with a needle valve and a bent piece of copper tube to direct the coolant accordingly.
 
I recently bought a replacement drip tray for my Baldor carbide grinder. It was around $60 if I remember correctly. My grinder looks newer than yours, but the trays may be the same. You should be able to get one from any Baldor dealer. I got mine from Motion Industries.
 
Susan_in_SF said:
Thank you for the correction, Ulma Doctor :)
Do you know if these wheels are supposed to be smooth?
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the diamonds can be quite fine , it may resemble a smooth surface.
if you scratch your fingernail across the surface, you may detect some grains if the wheel is not a super fine grit.
from the picture it appears to have life left in the wheel.

on my similar grinder i have a CBN wheel on one side and a diamond wheel on the other
the CBN i use for the HSS tooling and the diamond is for carbide
 
I bought a similar Baldor some years ago (2014), also missing drip trays. Checked Baldor (as did T.J.), and got sticker shock. Just for fun, checked Grizzle. Lo and behold, they have a similar grinder. Water trays (item #22, p/n PH7762022) are $14.25. I bought two and was able to fit them!
http://www.grizzly.com/products/h7762/parts (second page)
Photo of a Grizzle tray on my Baldor. The screw indicated by the red arrow keeps the tray in place on the posts (which I drilled & tapped)
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I bought a similar Baldor some years ago (2014), also missing drip trays. Checked Baldor (as did T.J.), and got sticker shock. Just for fun, checked Grizzle. Lo and behold, they have a similar grinder. Water trays (item #22, p/n PH7762022) are $14.25. I bought two and was able to fit them!
http://www.grizzly.com/products/h7762/parts (second page)
Photo of a Grizzle tray on my Baldor. The screw indicated by the red arrow keeps the tray in place on the posts (which I drilled & tapped)
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Omg. I love you! I mean that in a platonic, non-harassing way Lol. ;-) Thanks For sharing!
 
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