MarkDennehy
Established Member
Hi folks,
My old lidl parkside bench grinder, which was being used for sharpening turning gouges along with everything else decided that immediately after fitting it with a shiny new Tormek jig setup was the perfect time to start letting the wheels come lose and vibrate like a potentially lethal washing machine, so deferring the purchase till later this year is something I'd rather not do now for fear-of-dying-to-flying-rocks reasons.
At the moment Creusen 7500TS slow speed grinders seem to be out of stock everywhere, and most of the places that carry them are in the UK which - for reasons being shouted about elsewhere - is not a viable option for me in the short term (I'm in Ireland). So the lovely red box isn't an option, sadly.
Given all that, has anyone tried Dictum's own brand of low-speed grinder? This one: DICTUM Low-speed Grinder DS 150 L | Grinders / Accessories | Dictum
To me, it looks okay but that's in the pictures on the interwebs rather than "I've seen it and it's a nice bit of kit" which I could say about the Creusen (because they used those in the school where I did my turning course and I learned to make a mess of sharpening gouges on one). So appealing to a wider audience in here, does anyone have one and is it a solid bit of kit or is it a pricier parkside?
Thanks...
My old lidl parkside bench grinder, which was being used for sharpening turning gouges along with everything else decided that immediately after fitting it with a shiny new Tormek jig setup was the perfect time to start letting the wheels come lose and vibrate like a potentially lethal washing machine, so deferring the purchase till later this year is something I'd rather not do now for fear-of-dying-to-flying-rocks reasons.
At the moment Creusen 7500TS slow speed grinders seem to be out of stock everywhere, and most of the places that carry them are in the UK which - for reasons being shouted about elsewhere - is not a viable option for me in the short term (I'm in Ireland). So the lovely red box isn't an option, sadly.
Given all that, has anyone tried Dictum's own brand of low-speed grinder? This one: DICTUM Low-speed Grinder DS 150 L | Grinders / Accessories | Dictum
To me, it looks okay but that's in the pictures on the interwebs rather than "I've seen it and it's a nice bit of kit" which I could say about the Creusen (because they used those in the school where I did my turning course and I learned to make a mess of sharpening gouges on one). So appealing to a wider audience in here, does anyone have one and is it a solid bit of kit or is it a pricier parkside?
Thanks...