Used & Second Hand Surface Grinder Machines for Sale

Used surface grinders provide flat reference faces, parallel stock, and tight thickness control across toolroom dies and wear plates. Inventory spans build years from 1996 to 2008, featuring horizontal reciprocating and rotary table formats. Proven brands include Jones & Shipman, Okamoto, and Blanchard, offering stable cast-iron beds and reliable hydraulic or mechanical table feeds for industrial workshops.

Surface grinders finish flat metallic parts using a peripheral or face-grinding abrasive wheel mounted on a rigid spindle. Toolrooms use them to grind hardened die inserts, mold plates, and shear blades flat after heat treatment. Horizontal reciprocating machines feed the table back and forth beneath a horizontal wheel, indexing across on each stroke for fine flatness. Rotary table grinders use vertical spindles and cup or segmented wheels to strip material rapidly from broad plates, castings, and circular components. Key technical specifications include magnetic chuck dimensions, maximum table traverse, spindle motor horsepower, and vertical wheel clearance above the chuck face, which dictate workpiece sizing, allowable grinding wheel diameter, and single-pass depth capability.

Check the guideways across the saddle, bed, and vertical column for uneven wear, scoring, or step-wear from localized short-stroke work. Handwheel dials and fine-feed leadscrews must move without excessive backlash so downfeed graduations remain predictable. Inspect the spindle cartridge for excessive end play, radial runout, and bearing roughness that could cause wheel chatter or surface burning. Test the magnetic chuck face for planarity, heat swelling, and electrical coil isolation to ensure it holds flat stock uniformly. Hydraulic reciprocating cylinders, reversing trip dogs, and valving need inspection for fluid bypass, erratic reversal shudder, and table drift. Finally, confirm the lubrication delivery lines keep slideway oil separate from contaminated grinding swarf slurry.

The yard holds horizontal reciprocating machines alongside heavy rotary table surface grinders. Notable names include Jones & Shipman, Kent, Reform long blade grinders, Okamoto, Blanchard, Lumsden, and Blohm. Equipment includes manual toolroom formats, hydraulic reciprocating tables, and angled spindle CNC setups. Where manufacturing dates are documented, machines range from 1996 through 2008. Units can be inspected at the Nashik yard before purchase.