Photo Index - Black & Decker Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - 74 Type G

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Manufactured/Badged by:
Black & Decker Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Towson, MD

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Grinder, Bench
Machine Size:	8" x 7/8" x ?"
Submitted By:	Roy Mackey

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	74 Type G
Date of Manufacturer:	1947 ish
Serial Number:	2982923
Last Updated	4/29/2014 3:38:47 PM

Comments:

Scored this 3/4HP Black and Decker off a cool model boat builder. He had a very well organized shop but this was just overkill for his needs. This of course was my lucky/unlucky day since I could not afford it yet being an artist/metal sculptor don't have much common sense. This thing runs butter smooth and once shut off keeps spinning for an unreal amount of time, almost hard to believe. The base has a little lip that seems like it might have once held a cooling tin of some sort. I just recently picked up a 1947 Black and Decker tool catalog and this exact grinder is in there. Of course since they did not change tool designs ever six month back then in order to obsolete them it could be newer than 47. This grinder fits in very well with all my other vintage junk here and definitely get used. Though the base on this appears to be cast iron it is actually steel. The one drawback here is someone slopped acoata paint oner at one point. Not that big a deal but I am really a fan of original finishes. Martha Stewart said I should slopa coata paint on the base to maker match. I might just do that. It is nice that pretty well all the parts and pieces are still on it.

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Comments: About 50" high to the top of the light/guards
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Comments: This has a great steel base.
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Comments: On the left side I replaced the normal stone with a cut off blade. Works like a dang for those times you have to grind metal in tight areas. As you will see below I replaced the right stone with a belt sander.
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Comments: 115 Volts, 10/975 amps 3000/3600 r.p.m 3/4 hp serial # G 2982923
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Comments: Very cool eye guards/lights
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Comments: Here is the grinder now with my belt disc sander I scored from tricktools.com. Short of cncing one part it was a bolt on procedure. I still have to extend the one sheild. This works incredibly well. The left side has a cut off wheel instead of a stone. As
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