[Jewelry making - Article 01129] - Re: [Orchid] Bench Grinder and Polisher

[Alberic]

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Greetings:

    Given the way you spell Jewelry, and your mention of an A&A grinder,
    I'm assuming you're in England somewhere? 

    I'm in California, so my suppliers won't be of much help to you, but
    hopefully this will. 

    I started out many moons ago in a style similar to yours. What I did
    then, and have done again since, was to by a fairly cheap 6" bench
    grinder, one of the generic Chinese type sold at your typical
    home-improvement store. Remove the wheels, wheel guards, tool
    rests...pretty much everything except the motor itself and the base.
    (It's nicer if it's one of the ones that has a little task light on
    a bit of flex: makes great buffing light.) Then you get a set of right
    and left handed buffing mandrels (The threaded bits) to fit the motor
    shaft. (Typically 1/2" in the US, but in the UK....?) Mount them, and
    you've got reasonably decent little buffer for about $50. (Here in
    the US anyway. UK prices will be different.) The reason I say use a
    cheap import grinder is that they're plenty good enough for this. The
    first one I did this with lasted about 10 years that way, and finally
    died because the on-off switch broke, and I didn't feel like
    rebuilding it. The motor was just fine. Much of what makes a good
    grinder is in the guards and the tool rests...which you're going to
    throw away. Don't waste any money on them. 

Best of luck,
Brian Meek.

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