Photo Index - Prairie Tool Co. - 8" grinder mandrel

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Prairie Tool Co.
Prairie du Chien, WI

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Wood Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Grinder, Bench
Machine Size:	8"
Submitted By:	Jim Johnson

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	8" grinder mandrel
Date of Manufacturer:	early 1960's
Serial Number:	G 4
Last Updated	5/26/2010 8:22:09 AM

Comments:

Found this on a "local" CL listed as a 'nice grinder' - I think it is pretty nice.
Complete with heavy CI guards, and tool rests.

The 'G 4' tells me it is a Prairie, but nothing on the MS like this (til now).

PO got the mandrel from his father who bought it new in the early 1960's, kept it until he knew he wasn't going to do anything with it. Just a little surface rust on the shaft, everything else is nearly pristine. This is now my largest grinder, and should do anything I need to do.

Photo 1:

Comments: Front of 8" G4 grinder
Source: S600

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Photo 2:

Comments: Front of grinder
Source: S600

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Comments: Embossed mod # on inside of casting
Source: S600

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