Simple add that makes using angle grinder more accurate. ( and maybe safer )
https://youtu.be/vYF-cpvDtOU
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Simple add that makes using angle grinder more accurate. ( and maybe safer )
https://youtu.be/vYF-cpvDtOU
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Thanks Tuomas! We've added your Angle Grinder Cutting Guide to our Metalworking category,
as well as to your builder page: Tuomas's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
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FANTASTIC tool mod!
"No matter how expensive, a tool is just a kit, a place to start, then you mod it to the job at hand."
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by CharlesWaugh
Best thing is that its very simple to make and use.
That also makes it little "lame", no cool adjustments or stoppers / guides.
Personally i think that this version is much better than my first version about the angle grinder cutting guide, that i posted here some years ago.
This keeps cut off wheel in optimal angle / depth, then cutting is done in most balanced "7-8 o'clock" section of the wheel.
It doesn't need to be removed when grinding / sanding, light weighted...
Great idea Tuomas, I have trouble following a line amid all those sparks so that will be my next project. Simple but very effective.
Thanks buddy.Quote:
Originally Posted by olderdan
It really is a simple solution.
If you clamp a liner to the plate and use it as a guide, you don't even need to see the line. :)
Brilliant!
How many guys bobble parting when using cut-off wheels? This 'shoe' works surprising well, I'd think anybody could improve their cuts with one.
Compared to a circular saw [which cut from below], the shoe is critical, being a climb cut. Tuomas's guide achieves same result, stabilizing down pressure on the material.
Not to mention Tuomas is a cut wheel wizard, doing work many will struggle with their bandsaw to equal.
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
This was the first version of it. Made just for pipe, axle and threaded rod cutting.
It has guides on both sides, that makes it more accurate on that task. But then it blocks other uses of the grinder.
Attachment 35005
With this kind of guide, and when cutting mostly rebars or welded mesh, using diamond cut off wheel could be good option.
re the diamond wheel; not long ago I was supplied with an ordinary DeWalt 4-1/2" angle grinder for a field job. Not a grinding wheel, nor cut-off wheel, flap or flat sanding disc....used a carbide tipped circular saw, about 20-24 teeth, barely negative rake. I notched reliefs in formed C1018 plate a full 1/2" thick, heavier of course in the corners. It cut beyond my ability to describe, in both feed rate, finish, and burr free. Haven't searched out a supply yet, but they were DeWalt also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuomas
I mean, 1/2" plate, guided by hand to felt tip marks! Even a Port-A-Band could not have done it.
PS. Be certain guards installed, and path for chips clear. DAMHIKT
That sure is effective, but little scary. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
I was working on the shipyard 22 years ago. We used similar blade for cutting bevels to alumine decks. That hitted really hard if you didn't stay focused to what you are doing.
I learned a lot things not to do, during those two years in ship manufacturing. :)
I've got an old Harbor Freight low rpm circular saw with a metal cutting blade, they sold it as a combo at the time. We'd never see anything that cut that nicely, and my wife used to work in steel.
Great Idea! 💡
Those are nice, but when cutting thinner sheets result ain't so good anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdurand
I have one too, really great when material is thicker than 3 mm. Weight and size makes them difficult to use with smaller items, that's the biggest minus from me.
Tried to edit first post, but its not possible anymore.
Here is "better" version from the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nipltkf2O0
I'm paying close attention here, anticipate sheet-cutting soon, rip and crosscuts.
I can see where thickness is THE controlling facet of blade choice. Even 1/8" (~3mm) seems a bit thin for toothed cutters, whereas abrasives, being figuratively infinite tooth count, are more controllable.
That said, using the DeWalt carbide tipped 4-1/2" I described was astoundingly easy. Another quick google doesn't return my expectation...?
I rotate my blade shield around where I can use the back edge of it for the same function. It's no frills but it works for me.
I would dearly love to not use my angle grinder for cutoff operations so much but despite the other cutting tools I've acquired I still find myself first starting with an AG to cut out the material from a larger piece. Maybe a plasma cutter is in the cards for me yet.
