MarkP2321
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Mark
'Got a link to those diamond wheels for steel? My only use of them has been for shaping stone.
I've torn through more of those non woven pads than you can shake a stick at. They don't take well to sharp corners. Something that is on every piece of steel I have ;-)
Cup wheels last so much longer, I've had some mounted for years on end. That's why I'm looking for them for the small grinder.
Look, I'm 61, been using side grinders and cup wheels since I was 11 or 12, don't recall which. I admit that some of the new stuff must be good, and I don't keep track of it all. I'm used to the performance and the characteristics of cup wheels and just looking for similar in the smaller form factor. I appreciate all the concern about my safe handling of power tools, and the dangers of one handed operation,But I doubt I'll change my habits now. If those 4 1/2 inch grinders were not meant to be single handed, why did they make them so compact and handy? Today I used Cut wheels, cup brushes and a straight brush in the fabrication of the plow frame for the Fordson. Some of the work was still on the tractor for positioning. That little grinder gets in the small spots pretty handily.
If there are no cup wheels for these small grinders,, then so be it.
Heck, If I need the metal clean, I get out the rose bud!
Cheers
Cal
Cal,
Here's a link to the diamond wheels for grinding steel. That's a hugely inflated list price, but you get the idea of the concept.
https://www.acklandsgrainger.com/AG...balProductDetailDisplay.do?item_code=CGW70404
Wasn't trying to change your methodology in your grinding process. You asked if I'd ever tried to hold a 'full size' grinder on it's side. To me, a full size grinder is a 7", up here in the great white North 4 1/2'' grinders are referred to as mini-grinders. 5" and 7" are the norm for more substantial work.
Cheers!