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ThanksSeriously overpriced.
Are you constrained by size and weight? Power requirements?
A small K.O. Lee might be an option.
Thank you for sharing ,Around 1970, I visited Campbell Tool in Springfield, OH. They were doing a mail order small tool and steam engine kit business out of a basement shop. I was impressed by the tiny Sanford surface grinder in their tiny shop.
Around 1980. I owned two of the little Sanfords, not at the same time. In both cases, they did not work when I got them, but they were cheap. After getting them home, I was not willing to start tearing into them to do a proper rebuild and make the missing parts. I ended up selling both for a small profit over the $100 or so that I had paid for each. I was not impressed with the design or quality, though both had probably been abused.
I ended up with a Brown & Sharpe No. 2 surface grinder, a 6 x 18 that weighs around 1200 pounds. I did a complete rebuild on it and it has proved to be an excellent grinder.
I was in another small shop in Chicago around 1985 that was full of Hardinge Cataract lathes and mills. The owner was using one of his little Cataract horizontal bench millers as a surface grinder. The travels and weight were kind of similar to the little Sanford. The milling machine's ways were not suited to that use, but he probably treated it as a disposable machine, since there were still a number of them in Chicago for low prices back then.
At $2500, I would expect an absolutely perfect Sanford complete with magnetic chuck and extra wheels. And I would not expect an old Sanford to be in anything close to perfect condition.
Larry
Here's a link to several sales brochures on the Vintage Machinery website.
Sanford Manufacturing Corp. - Publication Reprints | VintageMachinery.org
As for the grinder I believe it's referred to as an SG 48 (surface grinder 4"x 8"). They seem to be popular with the knife makers set although I believe the MG is a much better machine. I looked at several SG48's before purchasing an MG. The MG seems to be a much more capable machine with a small footprint. The SG's also seem to go for ridiculous prices compared to the MG's. I bought an MG in like new condition about 10 years ago for less than 1/4 the asking price of the SG48 you're looking at.
Don't buy a grinder where someone has robbed the chuck off it. Extra wheels mean little if they are used (diamond wheels are the exception). Some auctions will try and sell the used wheels, other's will give the potential killers away.
Hi everyone,
I spotted a used Sanford sg-10B on EBay a few days ago.
Asking 2500., local pick up only.
Any advice ?
Thanks
Looking at the magnetic chuck prices alone are over $1300. at Travers tool co.Around 1970, I visited Campbell Tool in Springfield, OH. They were doing a mail order small tool and steam engine kit business out of a basement shop. I was impressed by the tiny Sanford surface grinder in their tiny shop.
Around 1980. I owned two of the little Sanfords, not at the same time. In both cases, they did not work when I got them, but they were cheap. After getting them home, I was not willing to start tearing into them to do a proper rebuild and make the missing parts. I ended up selling both for a small profit over the $100 or so that I had paid for each. I was not impressed with the design or quality, though both had probably been abused.
I ended up with a Brown & Sharpe No. 2 surface grinder, a 6 x 18 that weighs around 1200 pounds. I did a complete rebuild on it and it has proved to be an excellent grinder.
I was in another small shop in Chicago around 1985 that was full of Hardinge Cataract lathes and mills. The owner was using one of his little Cataract horizontal bench millers as a surface grinder. The travels and weight were kind of similar to the little Sanford. The milling machine's ways were not suited to that use, but he probably treated it as a disposable machine, since there were still a number of them in Chicago for low prices back then.
At $2500, I would expect an absolutely perfect Sanford complete with magnetic chuck and extra wheels. And I would not expect an old Sanford to be in anything close to perfect condition.
Larry
That is a typical Ebay "asking price" situation, ...Here is one that sold at auction in Michigan for $410 last year.
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