JET 8-Inch Industrial Bench Grinder, 3600 RPM, 1 HP, 115V 1Ph (Model IBG-8)

I do blacksmithing as a hobby and in that time, I used a 35 year old Delta grinder for some of the work. While the grinder was ok, it would easily get stalled if I got aggressive at all on the grinding. So I looked around and went with this grinder because of the reviews and because of the HP.My initial trial runs seem very positive. It spins up to full speed in just a few seconds. I tried a bit of grinding including pushing a larger piece against with a modest amount of force. It handled it very well with no sign of slowing down. So far, very happy.A few minor issues. Not enough to keep from buying it but things I think they could improve. And this first one is very minor. The anal retentive side of me wishes the safety glass was better centered over the wheels. They are offset by a bit and I'm not sure why. I'll look later to make sure I didn't do something wrong with the setup.The other one which is actually kind of annoying for me is the lack of a courtesy wrench for tightening and adjusting the grinder. Yes, I have more than enough wrenches around the garage but it would have been nice to have a dedicated one that just stayed with the grinder. I had the one that came with my old grinder and it stayed attached to the front of the grinder using a magnet. I never had to go grab a wrench when adjusting. I will probably pick one up but considering the cost of this grinder, either toss a wrench in for free or bump the price up just a few dollars to cover it.Once again, neither issue would have caused me to not buy this grinder or downgrade the review. I highly recommend it (so far).

I've had it for about a month now, I bought this to use with a Trick Tools Multitool Belt & disk combination tool. My other grinder was an older Clark 8" 3450 rpm 8.0 amp 3/4 HP rated bench grinder. it could not handle the 2" x 36" belt sander for much in the way of metal deburring or corner shaping of anything over 1/8" in thickness gauge without bogging down. The work I planned to do with the trick tools multitool was too much for it so after much researching about I came to the Jet model IBG-8 1 hp 8 inch bench grinder model. Upon receiving, unboxing and assembling the Jet IBG-8 with the Multitool mounted in the process I have to admit I was impressed with the fit, finish, and build quality of this unit. I have run and worked with some really old Baldor heavy industrial bench grinders in the past when I work in a couple of different fabrication shops years ago, so I am familiar with what makes a better quality unit. This Jet unit comes across as a quality unit, runs smooth and fairly quite with power to spare using my new Multitool as well as a small bit of use on the remaining 60 grit 8" grinding wheel on the other side.The retainer/mounting plates for the grinding wheels are a thicker heavier milled set of plates as you would expect to find on a quality industrial grinder, no cheap pressed out basically oversized washers here, but the real deal. I did need to fiddle with the wheel set up and balance a bit, but followed their directions on it and did fine. Setting this unit up with the 8" 60 grit wheel on one side and the Multitool on the other after tuning up the wheel has it running very smooth, and quite. I have as of yet to do any deburring, sanding, or grinding with either the Multitool or the 8" wheel that showed the slightest strain or slow down on the grinder motor or speed. I have to date worked with 11ga. through 1/2" bar plate mild carbon steel on the belt grinder without so much as a bog down or motor strain of any kind during the operations. The motor comes up to full speed nearly instantaneously when you switch it on with no hesitation winding up to speed and maintaining it through out your work.Overall I would highly recommend it to a small shop operation, this one's a keeper! Maybe later I will edit and add a couple of photos!

Recieved the grinder well packed with no damage and a well written owners manual. I was surprised it came with a dust collector set up. I mounted on my old Harbor Fright pedestal wondering if would viberate around like my old grinder, but smooth as can be! Didn't like the rough, small work rests. Made and mounted 2 larger steel work pads, les bulbas power switch and grinder wheel cover supports, already drilled and taped for 3/8 nc-now perfect! Made in Taiwan not China, a big plus. Buy it, you won't be disappointed. One more comment--if Jet would have cut a square or hex at the mounting shaft end tightening/balancing of wheels would help so much!

When I received the bench grinder, I needed it right away. It was packed very well. I unpacked it and set it on my bench without fastening it down because it is bigger and has a larger "footprint" than my old one. I am replacing an old JB Tools 3/4hp, 6" grinder that my Dad bought 50+yrs ago. It was awesome, until the 50+yr old motor caught on fire while using. Anyway, I decided to see if I could use the grinder with it just sitting on the bench. It is rather heavy and I wanted to see how smooth it ran. I turned it on and it was very quite and smooth running. I used it for for the small job and it didn't move on my bench. I chose this heavier duty grinder hoping that I won't have to buy another one and can pass it down to my grandson. I plan to swap on a wire wheel, but haven't yet. I still need to finish assembling everything. I like that most everything is metal. I would recommend this piece of equipment, especially for home shop use. When I say home shop, let me be a little more clear. My shop has 2 vehicle lifts, thousands of dollars worth of tools and tool boxes, specialty tools, test equipment, etc. I do a lot of fabrication work for myself, so when I buy a new tool or piece of equipment, I buy a good as I can afford. Sometimes I buy more than I can afford because I know its worth it in the long run. I would recommend this tool, no doubt.