Mr.Green
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2011
- Location
- NE Indiana
If this is in the wrong section, I apologize and would appreciate it being moved to the correct location.
I have currently moved into the world of rebuilding woodworking machinery for customers. My small local welding and machine shop can handle 90% of the parts I need made/replaced.
Recently I have come across the need for large scale grinding. Largest piece so far was 36x36". I had got a reference for a grinding shop in Cincinnati from a buddy, about 4 hours from my shop in NE Indiana.
I had a main table from a bandsaw, side table, two tables from a jointer and a bed off a planer surface ground. They were suppose to grind the jointer fence and a pressure bar for the planer as well.
I picked two skids of parts up, they were oiled, papered and shrink wrapped. I unloaded them in my shop and didn't touch them for a few weeks until I was ready to put them back on the machines.
They did not do the fence (other than screw up a corner of it)
They also did not touch the ledge on the jointer table. When asked, they said nothing about the fence and their excuse on the ledge was that it wasn't surfaced like the rest of the table (it was originally planed just like the table, only the table had wood pushed over it for 70 years)
My questions are these:
Anyone know any place close the NE Indiana that is a competent grinding shop with a fairly large capacity?
Second:
I found one place close, but their price was so high I knew that they didn't want to mess with it, I get that.
Why does it seem this kind of work is all but gone, or that there is no one left that actually knows how to do it?
Makes me want to find a planer and large grinder.
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I have currently moved into the world of rebuilding woodworking machinery for customers. My small local welding and machine shop can handle 90% of the parts I need made/replaced.
Recently I have come across the need for large scale grinding. Largest piece so far was 36x36". I had got a reference for a grinding shop in Cincinnati from a buddy, about 4 hours from my shop in NE Indiana.
I had a main table from a bandsaw, side table, two tables from a jointer and a bed off a planer surface ground. They were suppose to grind the jointer fence and a pressure bar for the planer as well.
I picked two skids of parts up, they were oiled, papered and shrink wrapped. I unloaded them in my shop and didn't touch them for a few weeks until I was ready to put them back on the machines.
They did not do the fence (other than screw up a corner of it)
They also did not touch the ledge on the jointer table. When asked, they said nothing about the fence and their excuse on the ledge was that it wasn't surfaced like the rest of the table (it was originally planed just like the table, only the table had wood pushed over it for 70 years)
My questions are these:
Anyone know any place close the NE Indiana that is a competent grinding shop with a fairly large capacity?
Second:
I found one place close, but their price was so high I knew that they didn't want to mess with it, I get that.
Why does it seem this kind of work is all but gone, or that there is no one left that actually knows how to do it?
Makes me want to find a planer and large grinder.
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