Do you like DEWALT DW758 8-Inch Bench Grinder Had to fix wobble.By Allan LloydThe price was the best on the Internet, especially with the Amazon super saver shipping. Delivery was faster than expected. However, when I received the machine and turned it ON, I was seriously disappointed with its performance. The course (36 grit) wheel mounted on the right had a very bad wobble to it. Visually, it looked like 1/8", but a close measurement showed it to be little under 1/16" total side to side, enough to vibrate the machine and the bench it was sitting on. I thought about shipping everything back, but then looked at a possible $28.89 shipping charge, and decided to see if I could fix it myself. I removed both wheels and moved the wobbly right-hand (course) wheel to the left hand side. It made no difference in the wobble, so I figured it wasn't the mounting hardware itself. I experimented with a few layers of black electrical tape shimmed on the inside of the wheel under the mounting washer and found that four layers of tape removed the wobble almost entirely. I also mounted two layers under ... » More Information about DEWALT DW758 8-Inch Bench Grinder.Sunday, June 26, 2011
DEWALT DW758
Do you like DEWALT DW758 8-Inch Bench Grinder Had to fix wobble.By Allan LloydThe price was the best on the Internet, especially with the Amazon super saver shipping. Delivery was faster than expected. However, when I received the machine and turned it ON, I was seriously disappointed with its performance. The course (36 grit) wheel mounted on the right had a very bad wobble to it. Visually, it looked like 1/8", but a close measurement showed it to be little under 1/16" total side to side, enough to vibrate the machine and the bench it was sitting on. I thought about shipping everything back, but then looked at a possible $28.89 shipping charge, and decided to see if I could fix it myself. I removed both wheels and moved the wobbly right-hand (course) wheel to the left hand side. It made no difference in the wobble, so I figured it wasn't the mounting hardware itself. I experimented with a few layers of black electrical tape shimmed on the inside of the wheel under the mounting washer and found that four layers of tape removed the wobble almost entirely. I also mounted two layers under ... » More Information about DEWALT DW758 8-Inch Bench Grinder.
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