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Dear all,

I have also just acquired a Herbert Junior grinder. It is covered in gloopy white paint including all the operating wheels/levers (why paint that lovely chromed table lever?) and a significant quantity of grey gunge (?grinding dust and oil) but seems in passable condition. Readjusting the table jibs seems to reduce the table hight variation to 1 thou on table movement. But there is nowhere to properly mount a magnetic base for the indicator (yet), so that may or may not be true. I think I could extend the table movement beyond the standard 8 inch by extending the rack on its left hand side as the grinding wheel is still 3 inch from the end of the table when the rack runs out, whereas one inch from the right at full travel.

I am trying to find a manual: all I can find is the promotion literature on the lathes.co.uk website. The motor is wired for 440v so is going to have to come out to change to delta as my VFD only outputs 310v. I have a more powerful (3/4) hp and physically smaller single phase flange-mount motor from a forecourt petrol pump I could fit but it has ventilation holes -would that be a problem with grinding dust? My hood over the grinding wheel has an airscavenging fitting but no air pump so the dumpy Hoover may be pressed into action eventually for dust collection duties.

I would welcome any comments or advice. I live in Preston, Lancashire. Other kit in my garage includes a Heavy 10 Southbend and a Zay45 clone mill in quite good nick, squashed around a 1936 Alvis car and model steam engines.

Stephen Laurence.