Shop Fox W1840 Variable-Speed Grinder With Work Light, 8 Review

Grinder was damaged even though the factory box was perfectly fine. Due to an unforeseen surgery I was not able to unbox and inspect for almost 3 months. During that time it stayed in the original Ebay box that it was shipped in. Wheel was broken, shroud and shaft were bent. I contacted Woodstock customer support and the "lead" technician Andrew strongly advised me not even to turn the grinder on due to safety concerns. After sending them pictures of every side of the box, and all the damage to

Shaft bent returned damaged carton missing parts. Had been dropped box was soggy from getting wet. Delivered by USPS to heavy for them. Reordered a new one just received.Set up new grinder turned on both stones broke.called customer service very polite not really very inoformative. Would not recommend to lfriemdJust received new wheels I ordered form Ebay China. Crap grinderOnce I installed the new wheels worked great. However the customer service still has not returned any suggestions on…

Light quiet working second time I turned the grinder on! That's ridiculous! And customer service said they would call me back 2 different times now , but they never did! Horrible customer service!

It's just OK. Now be forewarned, in my shop I have four Baldor 8" grinders/buffers, a Makita wet grinder, an old Craftsman bench grinder, and a 10" 5hp three phase pedestial grinder in the barn. Each is set up for a specific purpose. I'm very fussy about tool work and I bought the Shopfox to replace the old (45 years) Craftsman grinder. I thought I'd put a CBN wheel and cup on the Shop Fox for light sharpening at low speeds. I should have bought the Jet variable speed. The shop fox…

I’ve gone through a lot of grinders as it is my favorite tool in the shop, this tool not only is a tool but it makes tools. This is Shop Fox grinder Hass to be the best one I’ve ever used for the value that it cost. It has an LED light that doesn’t blow out with vibration like every other grinders . the lights construction is also well made it in that it stays where you put the light again from other models the vibration makes the light bow down but not with this one. Right out of the box I…

Does exactly what I wanted it to do: high torque, low speed sanding and polishing with a 24" belt sander attachment. I took me tries to find one with enough torque that didn't cost an arm and leg.

I'm impressed. I've heard good things about the shop fox brand so I thought I would give it a try. Runs smoothly with a little vibration at high speed. Could use a break, takes over 3 minutes to come to a stop. At least you know it has good bearings. I put it all together with no parts left over. Started it up and after 15 seconds a small nut went flying by me. Then a bolt. Shut it down and there was some sparks. The small bolt holding the spark shield came loose. This was already bolted…

Really a nice grinder considering the price and you do have to consider the price! It has a bit of vibration, not a lot. It was caused by the stamped steel washers used to hold the wheels. I trued them on a lathe and it runs great. It has great power, more than I expected and the variable speed is a good feature.

It performs well. The grinding wheels are cheap. My unit was also missing hardware. I still like the product though. I wish it was USA made ,but thats hard to find in any product these days

This product seems like it will be a good tool but was shipped with damaged grinding wheels. I would like for the manufacturer to send me new grinding wheels that are not damaged. If I were to dress the wheels that came on grinder they would be 50% worn out.

I purchased this grinder to use with a Oneway Wolverine grinding jig system. Unfortunately, the motor base of this grinder is unusually wide, which prevents the jig bases from being placed properly. I simply am unable to use the grinder for the reason I bought it.Nice grinder. It runs smooth and the light is actually usefully bright. The lamp's gooseneck also works well.If you have no plans to use a Oneway or similar grinding jig, then this should be a good grinder for you

This was purchased for me as a gift by my lovely girlfriend. As other reviews mentioned the wheels were extremely out of balance but not just the wheels there were a lot of things that were bent or warped and knowing what I know now as I struggle to straighten various pieces of this machine I can see that almost nothing that came with it that needs to be straight is straight at all. The tool rest were extremely bellied I had a flatten those. Luckily they're cast of aluminum so it was easy to…

Just the same as all the other offshore made stuff. 3/4 HP, 5 amps? That is the input power! The output is what counts. These advertised 120vac 3/4 HP grinders are actually 1/2 HP output due to the actual efficiency of a/c motors, which at best are 65% efficient! Some of the manufacturers out there will honestly tell you that their 5-amp grinders are 1/2 HP. Those are the brands to buy from, et al., Metabo, Craftsman, Jet, and Baldor, label their 5 amp grinders as 1/2 HP. I use an old 1965…

Shaft was bent the left stone wobbled 1/2 inch. Shield was missing and the side covers were completely warped! If your going to buy this buy it NEW

When I first got it, the wheels were way out of balance. I should have stopped, balanced and dressed them. Instead I persisted with my task. At a certain point the speed control quit. the engine was burning hot. I stopped and ordered some dressers. They worked like a charm. The machine stopped vibrating and now it works smoothly. The speed control works again and the engine doesn't get too hot.The instructions say (in somewhat broken english) that one should return the machine if there was an…