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Originally Posted by MBAtarga

I'd be looking at FB MP or Crglist for something old but local.
Lots of them at garage sales, etc that are much better then new from HF if you ask me.

Originally Posted by LWJ

I have some ancient low quality grinder. It works great.

I would advise to check out craigslist or similar and buy one for pennies.

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

You might get lucky on CL or FBMP and find an old Sears block grinder, for cheap, but they have a big fan club and most owners 'know what they have', so to speak.

Yeah, that's the problem. Folks in Houston don't sell cheap, at least, when they list stuff, they don't list it cheap. I saw one of the $180 HF models up on FB for $150. No fargin' way I'm paying nearly retail. I'd rather have new and not have to worry about what some knucklehead did with it. And I'm not going to offer half price either. Checking FBMP, I found one or two that were really cheap and either looked thoroughly used or like they were probably super cheap to begin with and are ancient.

But the big problem is that anything that I try to buy from Houston will end up being a 1-2hour drive (one way).

That's what I had was some good old stuff, and I wish I still had it, but the odds of me running across it are slim to none around here.