Reply To: Tool Request
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If you plan to purchase a powered grinder, I assume every grinder with grinding wheel diameter between 5″ (~125mm) and 8″ (~200mm) will suit your need. Here in Germany they are very common second hand on ebay or ebay classifieds.
Hand powered grinders are less common here, but perhaps nearer to the mind set of hand tool people. 😉
On a hand powered grinder I prefer a larger (6″ (150mm) and up) grinding wheel for it’s bigger inertia.
More important than the kind of grinder is the awareness that the grinding dust tends to creep everywhere. So do grinding outside your workshop if possible or at least cover up your workbench, tools etc. That scratchy noise between the plane sole of your finest smoothing plane and the final surface of your work piece isn’t something you want to hear…
E.