Single Speed Hand Grinders are no more

Alpha tools has officially discontinued production on the venerable AWP-158 hand grinder. After years of faithful service, this single speed hand grinder is going to the great machine graveyard in the sky.

Alpha will only produce the newer variable speed VSP-120 hand grinder now.

We've removed the AWP-158 from our web site, but Alpha does have a few still on hand if this was a tool you were interested in obtaining. Pricing will still remain at $300.00 until they run out of stock. If you're interested in one of the AWP-158 grinders, give us a call.

I think this is great idea though. The variable speed of the VSP has been a major selling point for that model and it easily outsold the AWP 3 to 1. With the variable speed you can enjoy quick efficient grinding and then slow it down for precise polishing without wasting cerium or overheating your glass. It's a great machine and I'm glad that Alpha is concentrating on it for the future.