Used Wissota Manual & Tool-Room Equipment and Machinery for Sale

Wissota Manufacturing was incorporated in 1946 in Minnesota and spent its early decades building industrial bench grinders, precision electric motors, and grinding wheels. The company produced grinders under its own brand and as an OEM supplier for Milwaukee Electric Tool, Snap-on's Blue Point line, Delta/Rockwell, Porter-Cable, Montgomery Ward's Powr-Kraft, Wilton, Sioux Tools, and Bosch. A Wissota skate sharpener is held in the collection of the Minnesota Historical Society, and the company later changed its name to Wissota Skate Sharpeners as imports reshaped the bench grinder market.

Wissota's flagship line is the double-end bench grinder, offered in pedestal and bench-mounted configurations with belt-driven or direct-drive electric motors and abrasive wheels in common grits. Documented models include the E-33 and E-46 bench grinders, and the company also built tool and sickle grinders for agricultural and shop use. Its current sharpening line centers on the 911 Skate Sharpener, a professional-grade machine sold with 80-grit pink grinding wheel stones and other replacement abrasives.

Wissota equipment serves metalworking and fabrication shops, toolrooms, maintenance departments, and agricultural operations that rely on tool and sickle grinders, plus the hockey and skating market through its skate sharpening machines. The grinders are common in general machine shops, vocational training programs, and plant support areas where dependable edge maintenance is needed.

Used Wissota grinders are sought for their cast-iron construction, smooth-running American-made motors, and long service life. Because the design is simple and mechanical, bearings, wheels, tool rests, and guards remain serviceable, and the machines hold their value well on the secondary market. Buyers looking for a used Wissota bench grinder or pedestal grinder often find that a well-kept older unit outperforms lighter imported alternatives.

Manual and tool-room machines are the general-purpose machine tools that keep a shop running alongside its CNC equipment — manual knee mills, engine lathes, drill presses, radial and gun drills, bar feeders, and other tool-room equipment. These machines handle setup work, maintenance, one-off jobs, and secondary operations that don't justify a CNC. Meadoworks regularly stocks tool-room and manual equipment from plant closures and shop liquidations across North America.

Meadoworks is your trusted source for used Wissota equipment. As third-generation industrial equipment dealers and AMEA-certified appraisers with over 50 years of experience, we offer quality-inspected Wissota machines at competitive prices. Browse the 1 used Wissota machine listed above, or call 800-323-0307 for equipment not yet listed.

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