Hey All, I needed to place an order with Enco recently and decided to order one of their Pencil Die Grinders part # 801-1665 for $34.95 that had been the topic on the list a few weeks ago. If it didn't work ultimately for milling boards I figured I could always use another small grinder in the shop. Here's a break down of RPM's I got at various air pressures- 40 psi- 34,000 rpm 50 psi- 36,000 rpm 60 psi- 38,000 rpm 90 psi- 50,000 rpm My top rpm was lower than the 56,000 advertised which could be attributed to manufacturing tolerances, my using a heavier lube oil than the manufacturer did or maybe break in time... it did pick up rpm's after running a few minutes. Runout on a 1/8" dowel pin clamped in the collet is zip, though there is 2 thousandths of lateral slop in the front bearing. I not sure at this time if the slop can be adjusted out, I tend to doubt it. Personally I don't think the grinder looks too bad, especially for the price, time will tell how it works for milling. Denny PS. Enco can be found at- www.use-enco.com
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Enco Pencil Die Grinder Update
2002-06-11 by milwiron@terrorbydesign.com
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