The vast majority of vintage grinders you’ll find now are from Baldor or Doerr, with Doerr responsible for the iceberg bulk of those.ĭoerr, like Dayton, was acquired by WW Grainger in the late Sixties. Both of them did private-label work as well for companies like Dayton, Leeson, and many (many!) others.
Together, Baldor and Doerr are responsible for the vast majority of well-built grinders in 20thC American history. The Doerr family was involved in the founding of Baldor in Missouri, thus the second half of the portmanteau name, but the son went off and founded Doerr Electric in Wisconsin. After doing some research, I discovered that the manufacture of bench grinders in the USA has always been a fairly recherche and centralized occupation. If the dollar crashes or China decides to reintegrate Taiwan despite Sleepy Joe’s balloon-busting histrionics, things like electric motors and cartridge bearings will be absolutely critical to rebuilding this country.Īs it is, however, I’m not making big purchases at the moment, so I needed to look in the, ahem, pre-owned market. Truthfully, were I currently employed I’d buy one, because they’re very handsome and I believe that the continued production of basic machinery in the States is even more important than the production of clothing or electronics. A half-horsepower, 7-inch wheel model can be had for just south of $1700 including shipping. The fine people at Baldor are still making bench grinders in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Well, it depends on your definition of “reasonable”. And how hard could it possibly be to find a good one, made in the USA, at a reasonable price? Particularly when his crew chief more or less demands the installation of one in the race barn. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a good workbench, must be in want of a bench grinder. Relax, boys, it’s just a pb swiss tools allen key set in the background, i’m into grinders, not “grindr”, and even if i was into dudes i’d be saving myself for patrick dempsey, i love his smile and the way he looks at me, like there’s just the two of us in the world and let’s face it only one of us can drive a race car for shit and it’s not him
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