Gryphon Gryphette Professional Stained Glass Grinder - Perfect for Glass Art, Mosaics & DIY Craft Projects

Yeah, I'm in love with this. Lets me get nice, tight fittings between my glass pieces on my mosaics. It works well. There is splatter; the guards do a pretty good job of catching it but not all. The tray underneath holds quite a bit of water so you can work for several hours of project time and not have to be constantly putting in water. Comes with sponges, and they're fit to shape but I have yet to master getting the sponge cut down/fit to just the right position. It keeps wanting to fold over in the direction of the rotation. But I will figure it out (cut a little off to make it shorter?). My unit has a bit of an odd deal where the on/off rocker switch doesn't always switch on the first time I push it, but it does turn on. Doesn't seem like the switch will fail, just ... I don't know. Can be a bit of a nuisance when you have everything in position and you want it to start. There is a waterproof shield over the switch and I wonder if it's getting hung up on that somehow. The grinder bit it comes with is a good multi-purpose bit for general use and it is easy to adjust and easy to replace. Sure wish the replacement bits were cheaper, but I start it off with the bit just up high enough to catch the edge of a typical piece of glass (3 mm) and then when that area is too worn to work effectively I adjust the bit up by another 3 mm and that way I get 4 or 5 "fresh" bits out of one. I product a piece every month or so, so this gets probably about 1 hour of use a month (of actual grinding time) and I am just now having to move the bit up for the first time after I would say between 2-3 hours of grinding time. So, this bit should last me almost a year unless I get really ambitious. The grinder is a nice size, nice weight, doesn't scoot around on the counter when I'm using it; easy to clean and store away. At this point I can't believe I ever lived without it. I posted an image to show how I can now get such a nice fit between my pieces of glass so that I can minimize grout lines for a cleaner look.