Skil bench grinder needs a hand to start turning ...
· I recently acquired a used Skil Bench Grinder Model 287, Type 4, 1/3 HP, 3,600 RPM. I was shown that the grinder, when switched on, needed to be helped in starting to spin by giving it a 'shove' or begininng the movement of spinning (sorry, I don't know the nomenclature yet), by hand. It started to spin slowly but after it got past a certain RPM it sped up to its operating RPM of 3600. Since ...