HandyAndy Grinder

[Mike H]

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

[Ken W.]

How about a pic ?

[keykeeper]

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.

[Mike H]

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

[Papaw]

Read here---> http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=61.0

[Mike H]

Attempting picture post

[Mike H]

OK it's not the wheel but I'm making progress

[rusty]

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....

[Mike H]

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.

[international3414]

can you make a new decal?

[Mike H]

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.

[Nolatoolguy]

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.

[oldtools]

Nice tool, Dose it work good? wheel balanced? cranks smooth? looks like a modified tool rest..

[johnsironsanctuary]

As nice as the old decal is, keeping it original is a good option. It is only original once.

[Mike H]

Old Tools
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.