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DEWALT DW758 8-Inch Heavy Duty Bench Grinder | List Price: $199.77
Discount Price: $117.95
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Brand: DeWalt
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Features: - 8-inch heavy-duty bench grinder with machined, adjustable tool rests
- 3/4-horsepower, 4.2 amp induction motor runs at 3,600 rpm; 12-1/2-inches between wheels
- Durable cast-iron base and motor housing; aluminum tool rests
- Includes grinder, eye shields, spark deflectors, adjusting wrench, 36-grit and 60-grit wheel
- 6-inches long; 39-1/2 pounds; 1-year warranty
Bench grinder [Posted on 2007-07-05]
This was bought for my son, who finds alot of uses for it. He is very pleased with it.
Two Are Better Than One [Posted on 2007-10-11]
I was so pleased with the performance of the first that I bought another. I run brass-wire and steel-wire wheels on one and use the other for grinding. After the first year of use, the balance on both remains perfect. No complaints whatsoever. I do not use them daily, maybe once every two weeks, so they should last for many years.
Bad product [Posted on 2007-11-28]
I fell for this one. I thought the 8"DeWalt Bench Grinder was going to live up to the DeWalt name, guess again.
Firstly, It arrive with scratchers all over the exterior of it. I thought no worries it will get scratched with me using it. Then I tried putting it together. Forget about the instruction, they were written for some thing else not a bench grinder.
I then realized I did not have all the parts. Both the eye protection screens were missing, along with the two 1/4 bolts to mount the grinder to a work bench.
This is were my blood presser went up. I tried to call for help. The only help I could get was to ship it back at my expense, no go. Then I finally got hold of somebody at DeWalt to find out Black and Decker now owns them. Therefore I paid for a product with DeWalt's name on with Black and Decker's quality. Had I know that I could have gone it Wally World and bought some cheep product there.
So then I decided to use my own bolts to mount it. No go either. If you want to mount this to a wooden work bench with 2x6's as the working surface you will have problems. You can't get a bolt through the holes as the main motor is in the way. I had to strip it down, put my bolts in, then reassemble the base unit.
The finally straw was once I had it all bolted down and did a power check, I decided to change the one disk to a wire wheel. What bad engineering, you have to loosed four screws on the side cover and to do that you have to turn the machine on its back to get to two of them. To do that you have to loosen the bolts, disassemble the base and then turn it over just to get the cover off. NOT a 5 min quick change.
Do I like it now, Yes. Had I know this before hand I would not have bought a Black and Decker bench grinder with a yellow DeWalt name on it.
Day 2.
So after yesterdays problems I thought a new day would lead to better results. You guessed it, nope.
I put the wire wheel on and could see it does not sit in the center of the housing. Therefore the tool rest is useless as the grove in the tool rest does not line up with the wheel. Also because the wheel sits further to one side it now rubs on the housing. And finally the vibrations and wobble are so bad I can't use it.
I call customer care and they have asked me to take it to the closest service center. So I now have a 30min drive to take this piece of junk and have some expert take a look at it. I'm not holding my breath on this one.
Would I recommend it now. NO
Decent grinder with poor wheels [Posted on 2007-12-12]
My grinder has the same problem many others have reported. The wheels are far out of true. This leads to high vibration and will certainly shorten the life of the grinder. I'm still trying to decide what to do. Exchange it for another from Amazon, ship it to a Dewalt service center for exchange, or just get a refund and buy another brand. There's another option that might also work - buy higher quality wheels from a different company. The latter would likely be the best option if it wasn't so costly.
Good heavy duty grinder. [Posted on 2008-07-17]
The D758 is a good heavy duty grinder for general purpose work. Great price and overall very worth the money. I swap the wheels to have the corse wheel on the left side and notice some wobble after the wheel swap. After experimenting I found that the wobble comes from holding the wheel from turning when tighting the nut. Of course, the directions tell you to hold the nut on the oppsite end of the grinder. Doing this removed 95% of the vibration.
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