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"buckaroo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Does anyone use a 4 1/2 angle grinder for removing material on hardwoods,
> such as making handles, bats, etc. Or is this tool considered to be too
> aggressive? If so, any recommendations as to sandpaper wheels, composite,
> etc.
>
> -TIA
>
>
"Greg" writes:
> I haven't been able to find a pad that will handle the RPMs of a grinder.
The
> regular rubber ones become shrapnel at 10,000 RPM. My 7" side grinder was
> really taking the material off before it went tho ;-)
10,000 RPM rubber pads are standard stuff for 4-1/2" machines.
My 7-1/2"-9" machine is limited to 5,500 RPM.
Milwaukee has several pad options.
I use either a rubber or phenolic 9" pad with 16 grit discs.
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On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 00:30:37 +0000, you wrote:
>
>>Does anyone use a 4 1/2 angle grinder for removing material on hardwoods,
>>such as making handles, bats, etc. Or is this tool considered to be too
>>aggressive?
I got a makita, and got some 'flap sanding disks' for it
recently at HF...
just to try...
WEAR A DUSK MASK... they cut VERY nicely IMO...and the luck I
had, says I wish I had bought them earlier.
I got some western cedar am making into 'indian' flutes, and am
going to 'power sand them round, using the wood lathe as the
holder.
IF the wood, was 'semi soft', I can see cutting the seat
bottoms out for a wood chair pretty quickly with one of these...
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"buckaroo" writes:
> Does anyone use a 4 1/2 angle grinder for removing material on hardwoods,
> such as making handles, bats, etc. Or is this tool considered to be too
> aggressive? If so, any recommendations as to sandpaper wheels, composite,
> etc.
SFWIW, I buy 24 grit discs in 100 lot quantities for use in building a
fiberglass boat.
Have tried using 16 grit, but is just too coarse for such a small disc.
These are standard jelly bean alum oxide discs.
After you have used 2-300 discs, you have developed the ability to almost
use it as a carving tool.
Kind of neat, actually.
HTH
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Lew
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On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:37:00 -0700, "buckaroo" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Does anyone use a 4 1/2 angle grinder for removing material on hardwoods,
>such as making handles, bats, etc. Or is this tool considered to be too
>aggressive?
It's extremely aggressive. Sometimes this is good, sometimes bad.
For power carving, a toothed disk like an Arbortech is good. If you
use the right grinder and right guard, then it isn't even that scary
to use. I won't use a chainsaw disk like a Lancelot though - they
kickback. Watch out too for angle grinder switches that jam with
shavings.
I've had little success with abrasives on wood. Maybe for some very
hard materials.
>If so, any recommendations as to sandpaper wheels,
Look at flap disks. These are for steel, maybe for the harder
non-metallics. They're much better than the old rigid disks.
As always with abrasives, buy the best you can get - they work better,
last longer, and work out cheaper overall. I use Hermes from CSM
Abrasives.
Overall though, you won't regret getting a 4 1/2" angle grinder - a
very useful tool.
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