Craftsman  Variable Speed 6'' Grinding Center (21154)

First time I used this tool it was great. I have 2 Zro-Trn mowers and it worked great at sharpening the blades. Also used it for my gardening tools and I used the variable speed. Great Feature.

Purchased this on sale a few weeks ago and used it to sharpen all my dull drill bits, two lawn mower blades, and an axe; so it's probably paid for itself already. I also purchased a 100 grit wheel for finer honing of some woodworking tools. The brass wire wheel that comes with unit is kind of cheesy, but worked fine for cleaning rust off of some long bolts - now I don't have to replace them. I put a compact 15W compact fluorescent bulb in the lamp fixture- plenty of light. For the price and all the features on this grinder it's a great value. Btw, I looked at the cheapo HF Tools grinders - don't waste your time or money - they have nothing that comes close to this. Some reviewers mentioned low power - mayb if you're doing heavy metal grinding you'd need something with a bigger motor but for me, i has plenty of power for all my sharpening and light grinding jobs, and is a nice size for my small workshop. Bucketman

I haven't used it for everything yet. It has a lot of power. The wire wheel is noisy with the wires hitting the sides. I guess i'm gonna have to trim the wild ones off.

a good hoby tool. It needs more power. I find it easy to stall with only light buffing.

Versatile tool that performs many tasks with ease; sharpening, cleaning, descaling, buffing, and many more. The variable speed allows me to setup the speed to match the particular material I'm working. Looking forward to many years of trouble-free work.

Picked it up on sale and have done some light grinding and wire wheel use so far. Will give it a good test shortly after doing some welding to see how well it does. I'm sure it will be more than adequate for what I will be using it for. I really like the variable speed option. The wire wheel doesn't seem like it's going to last very long. Will changing it out to a sturdier one when it's finished.

What can you say, it works.

No power. Takes 15 secs to get up to speed. Either out of balance or shaft not completely straight, so it wobbled/viabrated pretty bad once it got up to speed. Set it up, started it, saw that it was not up to my equipment standards and should not be up to the craftsmen brand standards and immediately returned it. I am concerned about craftmen putting their name on this. I am huge fan and hope this is not a sign of things to come.

Use it to sharpen mower blades. Set it up and sharpen blades quickly.

Set this up in minimal time. Bolts could be in better spot for easier access as set up was clumsy with supplied wrench. I was going to bolt it down temp for testing but no bolts included so tried it out without. Steady, plenty of power and didn't move with the small stuff I did. Paid for itself first night I had it so it's all gravy now. Probably going to go get the stand for it now. This isn't for heavy work so use it for what you need and appreciate the quality of it at this price. Light is great, clean up tool nice too. Need place to store wrench and bit plate accessory on board to keep it all together. Safety components great but I don't leave it plugged in when not in use. Online price was $15 higher than in store, watch the online pricing here. I lucked out finding a coupon on line for 15 bucks off but still feel swindled by the online con that it was the best price. HA ! An awesome buy still even with my negative observations !