Need advice - belt grinder or bench grinder?

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I vote for the belt grinder. You can do a whole lot more with it than you can with a bench grinder. I've got a 2" Kalamazoo that gets used more than anything else. A lot more clearance to work with for doing odd angles. And you can grind on aluminum, plastics, wood etc. Just a much more versatile machine IMO.

I do have a "carbide tool grinder" for lathe tools, but I still use the belt grinder for roughing out new HSS blanks. When I got the Kalamazoo I put a set of cardboard wheels on my pedestal grinder and use it as a dedicated knife sharpener.