Comments on: 4.5″ Angle Grinder http://www.4x4blog.com/angle-grinder/ 4x4 Blog about off-road adventures. Rubicon Trail Rock Crawling to Extreme Polaris RZR and ATVs. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:14:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Peter Apicella http://www.4x4blog.com/angle-grinder/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Peter Apicella Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:02:25 +0000 http://www.4x4blog.com/?p=166#comment-273 I also love my angle grinders. They make short work of cutting off angle iron, smoothing surfaces, cutting off frozen bolts. It's easy to change over to a polishing wheel for polishing the car. I have an electric angle grinder as well as an air angle grinder, I never know what will come up so I am prepared. An outstanding tool but please remember safety and always wear a face shield and gloves. I also love my angle grinders. They make short work of cutting off angle iron, smoothing surfaces, cutting off frozen bolts. It’s easy to change over to a polishing wheel for polishing the car. I have an electric angle grinder as well as an air angle grinder, I never know what will come up so I am prepared. An outstanding tool but please remember safety and always wear a face shield and gloves.

]]> By: John Housser http://www.4x4blog.com/angle-grinder/comment-page-1/#comment-224 John Housser Wed, 02 Mar 2011 13:32:34 +0000 http://www.4x4blog.com/?p=166#comment-224 I wanted to take the clapboard on my 125 yr old house down to bare wood. One side was down with scrapers and heat guns. One side was done with blowtorch (almost blew that one a couple of times). And then......................I discovered the ANGLE GRINDER. 4 1/2 inch with heaviest grit possible!!! Tim "the toolman" Taylor would have been proud of me! What a thrill. We live in Newfoundland, Canada. It's the furthest east point of North America and the wind never stops blowing. One might argue that this means that lead paint dust would blow over all my neighbours. Another (me) might argue that the wind blows so much that the concentration of the dispersal factor is minimized and I've blown so many of my own brain cells over the years that a bit of lead paint dust is no big deal. Anyway, back to the efficacy of the angle grinder. Ah-h-h-h bare wood AND a double bonus..... the heavy grit turned the previously smooth side out clapboard into rough side out, just like that. Top of the line Benjamin Moore primer (thinned a little to really let it soak in) and then top of the line Home Depot Behr paint. A joy to behold!! Admittedly, one has to keep one's wits about one's self when using the potentially destructive and dangerous angle grinder on wood, BUT it sure the hell is efficient. It's not for the faint of heart or for anything approaching puritanism of refurbishing. However, for those who just want to get the job done quickly and efficiently (not perfectly), it can't be beat. Angle grinders forever!! John I wanted to take the clapboard on my 125 yr old house down to bare wood. One side was down with scrapers and heat guns. One side was done with blowtorch (almost blew that one a couple of times). And then………………….I discovered the ANGLE GRINDER. 4 1/2 inch with heaviest grit possible!!! Tim “the toolman” Taylor would have been proud of me! What a thrill.

We live in Newfoundland, Canada. It’s the furthest east point of North America and the wind never stops blowing. One might argue that this means that lead paint dust would blow over all my neighbours. Another (me) might argue that the wind blows so much that the concentration of the dispersal factor is minimized and I’ve blown so many of my own brain cells over the years that a bit of lead paint dust is no big deal. Anyway, back to the efficacy of the angle grinder. Ah-h-h-h bare wood AND a double bonus….. the heavy grit turned the previously smooth side out clapboard into rough side out, just like that.

Top of the line Benjamin Moore primer (thinned a little to really let it soak in) and then top of the line Home Depot Behr paint. A joy to behold!! Admittedly, one has to keep one’s wits about one’s self when using the potentially destructive and dangerous angle grinder on wood, BUT it sure the hell is efficient. It’s not for the faint of heart or for anything approaching puritanism of refurbishing. However, for those who just want to get the job done quickly and efficiently (not perfectly), it can’t be beat. Angle grinders forever!!

John

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