Thread: What Kind of Grinder Shall I Get?

Hi guys. I was just wondering what type of grinder I should get? I live in the UK and I was wondering if anyone knows a good grinder I can get here.

After reading threads here, I will need a variable thingy one. But they are expensive? What about a belt sander?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

For making razors? It honestly sounds like you want more than you can have. Choose two:

Works well

Cheap

Long Lasting

Originally Posted by Philadelph

Choose two:

Works well

Cheap

Long Lasting

+1! Truer words have rarely been spoken.

Not sure what you mean. Do you mean two belt sanders? Thanks.

And yeah, I want to have a go at making razors

Originally Posted by Darren T

Not sure what you mean. Do you mean two belt sanders? Thanks.

I think Alex meant to choose a belt grinder that conforms to at least 2 out of his 3 suggestions. If you are going for a quality grinder you'll have long lasting and works well. Definitely not cheap. Unless you make your own.

Oh ok thanks. But a normal belt grinder isn't suitable? I would need one that I can change the speed? Sorry for the stupid questions.

A variable frequency drive is really the bees knees. You can make the grinder run at crawling speed.

Here's a grinder available from Germany. Not to many US companies will ship you a grinder. I know KMG doesn't. You could always have someone ship it for you. You'd have to calculate import duties and freight charges from the US.

You will also need to make sure it runs on your voltage/hertz. Although the UK claims to have a 230V electricity supply it is still the same old 240V 50hz. Unless it has improved by now. Best would be to talk or find someone from the UK who own and uses a belt grinder.

Sadly that's a little bit out of my price range at the moment lol. So I will have a look around and see what I can do. Yeah, I'm going to see if some of my friends have something that would work also.

Thanks Max.

If you're a really handy type, like Charlie, you can build one really cheap: http://www.straightrazorplace.com/fo...er-v2-0-a.html