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+1 with Ray. Getting started is a wallet hit when building up the gear when making the commitment. I'd been a collector many years before having the urge to make knives. When I asked makers what their advice was, they had gone through the machine progression. Their advice was buy it right the first time and get a 960 2x72 Burr King. Wilton and Burr King were the main choices back in the mid 90's.
I bought a single speed and that worked for hogging out steel and roughing stuff. For finish work, nope. About a month later a call for a variable speed motor to swap the single out. For a grinder these days your pick on wallet comfort, I would suggest a variable speed motor with it too. That way you can hog out the heavy stuff and do light finishing work on them.
My years were served well with two grinders but 3 would have been nice. One with the big contact wheel, the flat platen/knife maker attachment and small wheel set-up's. YMMV.
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Mike 
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