I needed a good paper shredder after I knew better and tried a cheap Harbor 3/4 HP Transporter. They barely touched the grinding wheel and the speed dropped and the machine stopped. Just not with this meat grinder. Picks up speed quickly. And it's very quiet. Really surprised how quiet it is. And I have no vibration and no play. So far, so good. So I took a horseshoe to test. That is amazing. I pressed hard on the wheel and she just chewed through the steel horseshoe. I'm sure it must have slowed down a bit, but to be honest I didn't notice any change in RPM. Or it accelerated when I took the pressure off. I no longer have to grind a bit and then wait for the grinder to spin up again. This thing worked even when I actually put some pressure on it. It was between this and Baldor and I'm very glad I saved all that money and went with the Jet 1 HP 8". You won't find a better grinder and I'm willing to bet it outperforms some of the extremely expensive ones Grinder I couldn't be happier with this thing.