Was gifted a grinder today

Jeff B

Jeff B

Thanos was right
Joined
Dec 23, 2006
Location
Lincolnton N.C.
Brand new in an old box. Friend at work found it in an attic.

This is a fricken beast! After 30 years of welding, I dont fringe much. But when I do, this monster is going to eat hearty!
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Back when Black and Decker made real tools.
 
Something that’s actually serviceable and worth repairing, but old enough parts might be hard to come by by the time it needs them.
Get a good pic of the data plate (as save it somewhere) then go find brushes and a switch, maybe handle halves and store those in a safe place, those were the most common parts on those type tools. It’ll out last most home gamers if not slung around like a battle ax.
 
I have one just like it I have used for over 25 years no issues. It will wear you out using it.

I remember when I got it I had a employee use it with a wire cup brush on it he always let his shirt hang out and un buttoned. I told him to tuck his shirt in he didn't. Well it caught his shirt and went up his chest and around his neck while he was running trying to get away from it. It remove quite a bit of hide from him it never bogged down till he ran out of cord and un plugged. It finally stopped in the middle of his back in a big wad. We had to cut his shirt out of the grinder to release him from it. He had a thousand little cuts allover him we washed him off with a water hose to see how bad he was he was. He was whining worse than a baby we couldn't stop laughing at him after we seen he was ok. Seeing him running like he was being eaten alive by that grinder was one of the funniest things I have ever saw. He never would use that grinder again. Be careful with that beast they like to eat.
 
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Will you still be using your purse to hit it with!?
 
I like how the tiger is biting the handle of the tool in the pic! My pops has one similar. Scares the crap out of me when he slaps a no guard 9" disc on there because I just know I am going to "bump" something I shouldn't.
 
Even came with safety book, part number and IPL break down. Do you think it's to late to use the owner registration card?

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That last pic on your first post looked like you were threatening that cylinder head with it's life lol
 
Scooter402 said:
That last pic on your first post looked like you were threatening that cylinder head with it's life lol
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I started porting that head and haven't gotten back to it. It's destined to have LS valves to go on top of my 4.7 stroker..
 
Jeff B said:
I started porting that head and haven't gotten back to it. It's destined to have LS valves to go on top of my 4.7 stroker..
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Color me jealous! I miss building engines...maybe one day I can get back in the garage and strip mine down to do over (such is the theme of my build thread...lol)
 
In the late 80's I worked for a steel building erector and we had a 1" electric drill that I think was a Black&Decker.
That thing was a monster.
Vertical wasn't to bad, but horizontal took 2 people to operate.
We would wrap a chain around it and hang it from a beam ..... one person push and one aim it and pull the trigger!
We set it up so the electric cord was tight ..... if it caught it WOULD flip you ...... we would let go and let it unplug itself.
 
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