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| Rav914 |
 Nov 23 2009, 02:50 PM
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All-weather fan  Group: Members Posts: 738 Joined: 15-April 07 From: WA Member No.: 7,669 Region Association: None  |
What do you all recommend? Main uses will be knocking off rust to get to metal, cutting metal, smoothing welds. Small enough to fit in tight spots. Electric power source. Thanks,
Nate |
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Nov 24 2009, 08:22 AM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,082 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
For general use as mentioned already a 4 or 4.5" electric grinder is probably what you want. Pneumatic die grinders are great if you have the air source as well as a being good alternative to an electric grinder, but they don't have the same torque for the big grinding jobs.
I have 2 4" (4.5" I don't know) grinders. The first that I've had for 10 years is a Dewalt that only cost me $40 or so brand new. It still cranks away, nice and smooth. The second I bought when I was stripping the 6 tub so I wouldn't have to change wheels. It's a HB cheapo. Gets the job done, but it sounds like it's grinding rocks before you even put a load on it. If I were only going to buy one grinder, I'd get a decent one. You get what you pay for. And if you're one and only grinder is an HB, and it quits on you when you least expect it, you'll be schlepping to HB to get a replacement. |
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