Who manufactured the grinder? Can you contact them or find some info on the web?

Apparently, the connections are as follows:
- A & B to the switch, it doesn't matter which blade for which.
- D to F
- E to G (D and E are interchangable)
Now the fun part:
C to either E & G (my first choice) or to D & F. If one way doesn't seem to work immediately, try the other way. A couple of seconds with the wrong connection here shouldn't cause any damage.

Super! Thanks, Randy;

She runs now. C actually went with D, & F. When connected to E, & G, it ran, but the wrong direction, and very slowly. Everything else was exactly right.

This grinder is a Chinese made "King" 6" 3/4 HP Bench Grinder, model #0189-0..

I really appreciate your having taken the time to respond.

Peace,

Dave

You painted your bench grinder? Even removing the wiring to do so? You must REALLY like your bench grinder, more than me anyway. Sounds like my father. He is retired now and can always find a reason to be fiddling with something in the garage (usually when my mother is at home), even If there isn't really a reason at all.

I do like my grinder. It drowns out many other sounds, and the hypnotic sparks look groovy. I'm also retired. I bet your father is a cool dude. It's new, came in flat primer gray. I used a candy apple red auto lacquer. Sweet.

BTW: from the picture, you might want to remove that ground screw and wire and then scrape away the paint underneath. Then reattach.

I have a three quarter horse power 1 phase bench grinder. There are 4 wires coming from the bottom two blue two grey the capacitor is square with two black wires out. How do I put it all back together without the on off switch?

If you don't want to use the switch just connect the two wires together that go to the switch. Or, just leave the switch turned on if you don't need it. That way you haven't modified the wiring any.

What if it has a light were then two wires g

I hope Dana hasn't been waiting 6 years for that insight... ;-)

I have a bench grinder that I need help wiring. It is/was my Father in laws and I found it apart on his work bench. I noticed the rocker switch was broken so I got a new one, but one wire was loose and when I plugged in the unit to see if it worked it tripped a breaker. So I need to know how to wire it Correctly! It is a Chicago Tool bench grinder from 1997. Model MABG61ABA, if that matters. This picture shows the new switch in place with no wire connected to the middle prong on the switch. the blue wire that is loose shows the rubber from a connector, so does it connect to the switch? or does it connect somewhere else?

You have it wired as a dead short. Try the white wire connected to the loose blue wire coming out of the motor.

yea - that is why it tripped the breaker. This is how my Father-in-law had it sitting on his workbench. I am planning on trying the loose blue wire connected to one prong on the swithc ( it has a insulator for a prong connector but no connector). and I found out the capacitor is broken so I have to get another one. Just wondering where all the other wires need to go.

The black wire coming in should be hot. It goes to the switch as you have it. Then from the other side of the switch to the motor (one of the blue wires), then the other blue wire is connected to the white neutral to complete the circuit. So remove the white wire from where it is and connect to the loose blue wire