Genesis GBG800L 8" Bench Grinder with Dual, Flexible Lights and Eye Shield , Green

In dispute of many of the reviews; this came in properly boxed, intact, and everything assembled easily with lights working, tool rests installed easily, safety shields also work as expected. I use this for cutting and scoring metal golf club shafts. I cut and scored 14 shafts. Installed a cutting wheel on right side, and left the abrasive wheel on left side for scoring prior to epoxying, and cleaning up any metal spurs. The full set of 14 shats only took about 20 minutes to cut and score. This bench grinder worked perfectly for my purposes. If I was going to change anything, I would machine a screw driver slot into safety shields machine scew for tighter fit. Otherwise, this grinder exceeded my expectations.

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The value is perfect for the small workshop and tool capacity

Out of the box, without any assembly, the machine ran reasonably quietly with very little vibration, as others have stated. There was no walking. Two testings scored an average of over a minute for the wheels to stop after power off. To me this shows good bearings. Inclusion of the two lights is a significant plus. I was disappointed to see that the rubber feet are attached to a rather flimsy plastic plate that is held to the metal base by 2 bolts. I question how long the plate will hold up. My initial tests were to grid the cutting edge of an 8 pound wood splitting maul and a 4 pound wood splitting wedge. The coarse wheel handled those tasks well. The only disadvantage, a common one to many bench grinders, is the short distance between the wheels or, if you prefer, between each wheel and the housing. The inclusion of the two lights is a significant plus. Assembly directions were reasonably sufficient for the mounting of the guards and tool rests. There is a host of warnings in the directions, which will be helpful to new users of bench grinders - particularly the rpm rating of replacement wheels. The English language directions seem to be written by someone fluent in English or with English as a first language. I hope that the company found other qualified linguists for the other languages in the manual.

Very nice grinder for the price. Put two quality wheels on it and let ‘er rip! This this has lots of power and runs smooth as glass. Nice finish on all of the painted surfaces.

Terrible, do not waste your time. I opted for this grinder over the DEWALT DW756 6-Inch Bench Grinder because I thought the larger motor/ wheels would be great; I was wrong get something you will actually be able to use.The wheels are completely unusable the center holes are crooked and off center. 25$ each for new ones. The way the guards bolt to the shroud is very awkward on top of being made out of very thin sheet metal.The shroud/tools rest mounts are so thin that it all flexes/ bends when you try to use the tool rests...You cant use the lights, the vibration from the grinder "even with new good wheels" is enough that the lights drift down right between you and whatever your working on. Motor really struggles to get up to speed, bogs down easily. I've worked in shops my whole life and I cant think of anything you would ever be able to actually use this grinder for. Best case scenario if you order this is: spend 50 or so dollars for two new wheels fold the lights back behind it and very gently/ slowly grind small light items that wont tweak the rests... packaging was also terrible bent up when arrived. Overall i'm just disgusted.

Product delivered quickly with Amazon Prime (ordered after business hours on Thursday 4/21/2011 and received Monday 4/25/2011...order # ending in -0418637). There is noticeable run out (wobble) in wheels, but that's not uncommon with inexpensive bench grinders. More irritating is that the 2 flexible goose neck work light's don't work. Have tested the work light circuit from plug to sockets (and bulbs) and there is continuity, but bulbs don't light up when tool is switched on and running as per instructions. Don't know if this is a widespread problem with these units. It qualifies as an irritating defect only...the grinder will still grind. Obviously this feature wasn't checked in a factory inspection (if any). Also deviating from the instructions, my unit was supplied with identical tool rests instead of a v-grooved left side tool rest.

Well made grinder and since it's an 8 inch grinder does a great job of keeping your tools sharp