From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 10/31/2024 3:40 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vfuj2p$2cfsh$1@dont-email.me...   
   > As I have mentioned I used the 1x30 Harbor Freight belt grinder for   
   > years.  I could have just bought another one and financially it would be   
   > just fine.  Instead I bought two other bench top belt grinders.  A 1x30   
   > from Wen and a slightly more powerful 1x42 from Buck Tools. ...   
   >   
   > ----------------------------   
   >   
   > My second-hand Delta 1x30 has been trouble free.   
      
      
   I suspect if I didn't use it every single day my original 1x30 Harbor   
   Freight belt grinder would have lasted a lifetime.   
      
   I'm not a big fan of Delta.  I spent a lot of money on a brand new 220V   
   commercial 14" radial arm saw from Delta some years back, and now it   
   sits outside.  The power was okay.  Adequate would be the best   
   description.  The automatic brake SCREAMED at all times under power.  I   
   had to remove it to use the saw, and now I have to jam a piece of wood   
   into the blade to stop it from spinning for a crazy long time when   
   powered down.  I guess that means its got good bearings at least.  The   
   safety hardware was always in the way and would bind when trying to use   
   it properly by pushing it out of the way with the work piece as you   
   moved the blade.  Delta Rockwell might have been good once up a time,   
   but I'd buy a higher end cheap import before I'd buy another Delta power   
   tool.  When I've talked about this on other groups the consensus seems   
   to be, with the exception of a few "well mine doesn't do that" fan   
   boys," Delta is no longer a premium brand.  Some take the extra effort   
   to say, "and that's being polite."   
      
   Usually when I "need" a tool I don't have the luxury of perusing yard   
   sales until I find a used one from back when the company used to be   
   decent.   
      
   I would actually buy another HF 1x30 if I needed one today.  I probably   
   wouldn't buy another Wen.  I'd definitely buy another Buck Tools 1x42.   
      
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