Posted by Gary Dodge on July 11, 2002 at 23:47:49:
In Reply to: Re: grinders/saws posted by Angel on July 10, 2002 at 03:30:55:
The mistake you made was buying an Inland Grinder. Invest in a Glastar grinder and you'll have years and years of carefree grinding.
Of course don't forget that you have a 5 year warrantee on that machine and they'll fix it for free. That may be a good thing, but you'll still have an Inland machine after it's fixed :-( Oh well...
A glass saw is anything but a necessity and a poor replacement for a grinder, and as Angel has said, if you can't cut it by hand, you probably shouldn't.
GaryD
: Forgoodnesssake....don't let a bad Inland grinder drive you out of doing glass! If it's new, send it back for repair or get a refund. If you can afford to replace it, get a Glastar Allstar (G8) grinder. It's a marvelous piece of equipment.
: Save your money on the saw. I have a Taurus II and could write volumes on why you don't want one...and certainly NOT to replace a grinder which is an essential piece of equipment. Most saw owners use them at first, then put them away. I haven't hauled mine out in about 18 months. The Taurus cuts OK. There's a lot of routine maintenance and part changes necessary. It's slow, noisy, spits water and glass pieces at you, cuts too close...cuts small pieces so badly that they don't even wind up vaguely resembling the pattern and if you use a template for cutting, you will have a very hard time getting it to stay put unless you're quick....and there's NOTHING quick about the Taurus or any kind of saw. Marks tend to wash off too. You'll still need to grind to finish shaping and smoothing edges that turn out uneven when your eye wanders away from that edge for a split second (and it will....that's the nature of eyes and the brain's attention span)
: There's a tendency to make cuts with a saw that were never meant to be done in glass. They LOOK ok until you start to solder, turn, wash, frame and otherwise handle the panel and then you notice the cracks. If you can't cut something with a hand cuter, it probably shouldn't be cut with a saw. Takes a fairly experienced glasser to recognize these pitfallds.
: Replace that grinder and get back to having fun with glass.
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: : the grinder I have (and will never own one of this type again) has decided to lock up again, what I mean by locking up is, it just quits!! I have the correct amount of water in, then added the coolant, turn it on and it will run for 18 seconds (yes, we timed it) and then just stops! This grinder (Inland Wiz jig or whatever, I'm so mad at it right now!!) Anyway, I was considering getting the Taurus II ring saw as I've heard it grinds as it cuts, would this be the item to consider?? I am almost to the point of getting out of the glass hobby, even though I love it so much. Thanks for your help.