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Offline Mike H

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HandyAndy Grinder
« on: December 05, 2013, 11:28:33 AM »
First Post here. I picked up a HandyAndy hand powered grinder.
Made by Pike out of Vermont
It badly needs a replacement grinding wheel. From what research
I've done it seems like an extinct type of wheel.
7/8" Wide grinding surface
2 step raised center 1/5/16" at widest point (arbor hole)
Has a metal sleeve in arbor 3/8" ID of sleeve or bushing
In present condition 3-1/4" Diam.
Any input appreciated
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Offline Ken W.

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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2013, 01:52:57 PM »
How about a pic ?
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Offline keykeeper

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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2013, 03:36:38 PM »
If this is a hand-crank, table mount type grinder, a 3/8" arbor stone should be relatively easy to source, albeit it will not have the metal arbor sleeve. Is the stone held on by threads in the arbor, or a simple nut holding it??

2x on the picture request.
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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2013, 05:49:03 AM »
OK, I will have to fess up
How do you insert an image in this forum
Tried typing in file location between the img tags and hitting Preview
That did not work
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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2013, 07:02:29 AM »
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Offline Mike H

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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2013, 05:43:24 PM »
Attempting picture post
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Offline Mike H

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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #6 on: December 06, 2013, 05:45:22 PM »
OK it's not the wheel but I'm making progress
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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2013, 06:11:05 PM »
Norton, the giant company that makes grinding wheels for everybody bought Pike in the 1930's and renamed it Norton-Pike co...
The name exists at least to the 1950's...
The stone was made by  J. A. Chaillaux Quarries at West Baden, Ind

Betcha a standard profile Norton grinding wheel somewhere fits that thing....
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Offline Mike H

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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2013, 04:37:57 AM »
Ended up buying a wheel from Harbor Freight; not what I wanted to do but was having no luck
finding anything even close to a match for the wheel that was on the grinder. Since a restore
is now off the radar I am wondering whether I will try to strip remaining paint, make new decal, repaint, etc. or just find a better place for it and use when applicable.
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Offline international3414

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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2013, 06:20:40 AM »
can you make a new decal?
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Offline Mike H

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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #10 on: January 02, 2014, 07:20:52 PM »
Yep I believe making a decal is within the range
of desktop PC capabilities
However, would have to remember where I found the particulars
of how on the web.
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Offline Nolatoolguy

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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #11 on: January 02, 2014, 07:47:16 PM »
Check out MSC Industrial Supply. They stock all sorts of grinding wheels, its were I picked up one for my Niagara hand grinder.They are not the cheapest around but one of best. We use them at work for a lot of different stuff.
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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2014, 03:34:39 AM »
Nice tool, Dose it work good? wheel balanced? cranks smooth? looks like a modified tool rest..
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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2014, 08:11:07 AM »
As nice as the old decal is, keeping it original is a good option. It is only original once.
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Re: HandyAndy Grinder
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2014, 05:41:55 AM »
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Yeah it works, there is a fair amount of in and out play as you turn the wheel. I am thinking about putting a short sleeve on the housing side of the wheel to see if that will take that motion out without throwing any "binding" into the gears.
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