Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[Tinhack]

Seemed like whenever I needed a spanner wrench could never find one so I attached them to end of chord on grinder with a zip tie. Or if I need one usually can get a disk off by turning it with a gloved hand, Or a needle nose pliers can work good also.

I have one tool box drawer that has accumulated about seven or eight of those wrenches from different tools. But yeah, they tend to get lost easily.

 

[Jrasband]

I have one tool box drawer that has accumulated about seven or eight of those wrenches from different tools. But yeah, they tend to get lost easily.

I always put the disks on hand tight, that way you can usually get them back off by hand.

 

[Tinhack]

I always put the disks on hand tight, that way you can usually get them back off by hand.

I've never had that happen with the disks I use. I put them on by hand but it seems heavy grinding always tightens them up too much to remove them by hand. And for sure wire brushes can't be removed by hand.

 

[JeepHead]

On my angle grinders, I always put the disks or the wire wheels on and off by hand. I usually wear gloves to get a better bite and save my hands which are in rough shape to begin with.

 

[jjeff]

Pretty sure most angle grinders I own turn in a direction, so the rotation keeps the wire wheel, flap disk, wafer wheel or whatever you use, tight and further tightens it. Problems for me happens when a wafer wheel explodes definitely don't have the strength or grip anymore to turn the collar alone. Harbor freight and other 4.5" grinders are pretty inexpensive so being a self proclaimed tool junkie I have acquired a handful of 4.5" grinders leaving specific grinding wheels on each one all the time. I use a cordless grinder specifically for wafer wheels and cutting some steel. Cuz it's really nice keeping a power cord out of the way when making cuts at odd angles or cutting seized bolts or pins.