Titan TTB521GRB 400w 200mm Bench Grinder Unbox and Test
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- I unbox and do a short test of my new Titan TTB521GRB 400w Bench Grinder. It has 200mm grinding wheels and an LED work light. Are the initial impressions good or bad?
Thank you for posting this video TOB. It was very useful for me to see someone else doing and commenting on what I also did yesterday. Without personal experience posts like this, we are simply at the mercy of company advertising and/or sponsored posts.
However, I would like to add a couple of 'balancing' comments as I personally did not get the negative experiences that you did.
I'm no expert on grinders but every fast-spinning thing I own would move more than that if not FIXED DOWN. Thankfully mine doesn't move similarly but your video seems similar to Jeremy Clarkson flooring a sports car and trying to say that torque-steer is a terrible problem when the solution of just holding the steering wheel is not normal. Simple fixings to a stable workbench might be sufficient to resist some limited balancing problems?
We assume every product is tested (and balanced) before sale but this might often be a small percentage of products. I would also guess that there would always be some imbalance unless the grinding wheels are of equal size and grit density. Could it be worth swapping the wheels to see if the imbalance movements on an unfixed grinder reverse equally?
Maybe I'm being overly optimistic about this because I bought one just BEFORE seeing your video. I'm very glad that I purchased this model but I wonder if this would have added enough negative thoughts to have made me look elsewhere if I 'd watched this video before choosing the right grinder for me...?
Obviously, we will always need to research any additional guidance for 'balancing' procedures that are not readily detailed in the manufacturer's standard instructions.
Oh, and yeah - the inability to adjust the tool rest shelf angle seems weird. However, additional 'props' can be used on these flat to set particular angles.
Just about every engineering tool you can buy requires setting up. Calibrating and balancing an eight inch wheel is about as normal as it gets no matter how much you spend, never mind for a tool under £50.
I would suggest the ardent DIYer buys one with teeny wheels to minimise their inconvenience.
I looked at buying this Titan model a year ago but a lot of negative reviews on the wheels put me off. I bought a smaller cheap Mac Allister instead and can't fault the balance, maybe I was lucky to get reasonable wheels. Watching your video with interest as I am thinking about buying one now for wire wheel and mop work, which should work a lot better. I think the problem with budget grinders is that the wheels are usually cheap to keep the unit cost low, so I think the way to go is to chuck the wheels and buy some better quality ones. I've spent many hours in the past buffing bike parts, back then I had the luxury of using an industrial floor standing polishing machine.I keep coming back to the Titan because aside from wheel balance, it's a decent machine for the money, still under forty quid.
I think your plan is probably a good one. The unit itself seems pretty solid. It ran very smoothly without the wheels attached, it's just the wheels that are cheap.
@@theoccasionalbiker7732 Does this grinder have seger rings on axis that support the flange? many cheap grinder have such stupid seger solution...
If it wasn’t balanced it would have shook itself of the table in seconds . You clearly don’t know what your talking about so leave it to somebody that does
indeed ......... if he calls that unbalanced ...hes very critical .
I have the exact bench grinder my question is how can you maintain the grinding Angle for a chisel without any jig
Was looking into buying this, but I can't find where to buy replacement discs. Would you happen to know ????
Think I'll go for a daper one then? 🤔 i know they probably all need adjustments anyway but I don't know. It's not going to be used a lot so just trying to get a cheap one
dunno what you want , it will balance itself VERY quickly , nothing wrong with that .........