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Sanford Miniature Surface Grinders

Although the Sanford Manufacturing Company of Irvington, NJ, made a range of conventional grinders, their most interesting offering was surely the Model SG, a miniature bench-mounted machine dedicated to surface work - and one of only a handful of the type made world-wide. Allegedly designed by a machinist working for the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) it was built by one Walter Zigahan at his Sanford Manufacturing Company in Irvington, NJ. Of tiny proportions it measured around 20 inches wide, 26 inches front to back, stood 201/2" inches tall and weighed approximately 160 lbs. It was to be developed over three generations, the main differences between them being.....