It's often a hard pill to swallow, but there's a reason there's such a price difference. Ya get what you pay for.

I own both, and in my opinion the Beaumont (KMG) is the "better" of the two. It's just built heavier, more rigid, and is much smoother to operate.

I'm VERY gunshy of HF, just like you are of Grizzly. I was really frustrated with Grizzly when my G4000 went down. I order replacement parts, and th...

Can you post a link to the lathe you're looking at? That way I could take a look at it and give you my thoughts. I've owned two of the Grizzly...

I've read, and re-read your post, and am not sure I fully understand what you're situation is, or exactly the question....but I'll give it a shot........

My recommendation is to search Ebay. Most of the time when I'm looking for something that I know is a hard to find item, I go straight to Ebay, and i...

I use a 7" angle grinder. After annealing everything goes to the overhang on the back of the shop, and gets all the scale removed with the angle grin...

Good! Glad you got things "better" without having to build/rebuild. I think your post should be a learning lesson to many.....just goes to show...

If I understand correctly, you're talking about placing the castable next to the forge body, then lining the inside of that (the forge interior) with ...

Something else that came to mind, that I thought might be helpful.... I would be wary of buying a grinder from anyone who has "jumped on the bandwagon...

Hi Dean! Let me start out by saying that a Bladesmith's grinder is probably the most "personal" piece of equipment we own.... each of us ha...

Karl..... sometimes even a blind pig finds an acorn!