Bench Grinder Vibration Test comparing the new Steel City Bench Grinder with one other popular model.
Steel City engineers took a fresh look at grinder wheel vibration. Vibration happens in various degrees in any bench grinder unit, although some grinders will suffer from this problem much more than others. It can never be completely eliminated. But it can be reduced to negligible levels letting the operator concentrate fully on the job at hand.
The Steel City 8" Bench Grinder, which will be officially released at the AWFS Fair 2013, makes it easy to adjust the wheel balance to achieve the lowest level of vibration possible. Three weights secured by a hex head screw to a groove can be moved around until the lowest level of vibration is achieved.
In the video we use the same coin on each machine in the same position on each. Whereas the non-Steel City machine vibrates the coin off onto the table in a few seconds, the new Steel City model is much smoother. The coin vibrates at a much lower intensity and therefore moves over the working surface at a much slower rate. It is not pushed off the grinder and onto the table as is the case with the non-Steel City grinder.
