Surface Grinder - Elliott 618 - Any Good?

[Chaz]

Considering this at the moment, looks to be a lot of good things that can be done with a semi decent grinder.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELLIOTT-618-SURFACE-GRINDER/232363689204?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649

Very little info about them. The Jones & Shipman 540 is a lot more common.

Thoughts?

[EddyCurrent]

In case you want to automate it somehow, I once worked on a large grinder that used a microphone to detect when the wheel touched the workpiece. It used a notch filter to detect a small band of frequencies that occured when grinding commenced.

[Colin Barron]

Go for the 540. plenty to choose from on ebay and spares available. Rebuild info on internet.