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Grinder stand opinions reqd
andyd - 23/9/05 at 02:40 PM

I need a way of chopping steel with a bit of accuracy unlike my hand held attempts!

I can only find these two examples of a mini stand device for a small angle grinder and wondered on peoples opinions about them.

First one

Second one

The first one is defo the right price but doesn't look like it'd allow the grinder to be attached! The second is more like it but seems a bit steep on the postage.

Does anyone know of anywhere else to get these from?

[Edited on 23/9/2005 by andyd]

Mr G - 23/9/05 at 03:07 PM

The first one seems to have a part of it missing.

I'm sure THIS is the same item in its entirety


Cheers


G

[Edited on 23/9/05 by Mr G]

andyd - 23/9/05 at 03:28 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mr G
The first one seems to have a part of it missing.

That's what I thought after seeing the ones offered on eBay. I suppose I could take a risk as the QVC one would only be £12.36 all in as opposed to about £21 from eBay.

big_wasa - 23/9/05 at 04:04 PM

If you hav'nt bourght one yet ? ive got one you can have for free..

I can't be bothered to ebay it..

they are ok but require a bit of setting up to get them square in all planes..

With a 4.5" disc they wont go all the way through 25 mm rhs tho..

Let me know if you want it....?

regards warren

britishtrident - 23/9/05 at 04:11 PM

Just about OK for cutting thick wall tube with a 5"/125mm grinder absolute waste of time with a 4.5" wheel grinder. It will take about an hour to assemble and needs the addition of a large cable tie round the grinder body to do accurate cuts.

I bought mine from Lidel for pennies and used it to cut the tube for my wishbones and trailling arms.

When cutting 1.5/1.6mm rhs an eclliipse hack saw frame with 24 or 32 tpi blade is pretty well ideal.

[Edited on 23/9/05 by britishtrident]

big_wasa - 23/9/05 at 07:11 PM

When set up it is accurate..with a very thin disc it slices through and gives a face that you can weld without dressing with a file..
I agree that a good saw is as quick as anything and not that much hard work..

I just can not seem to get a perfect square face no matter how I practice..

You can do more than one tube at once with a cut of saw ..

jestre - 24/9/05 at 12:18 PM

here's one in the U.S.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=40613

wilkingj - 25/9/05 at 07:17 PM

I agree.. the Key to good cuts with an Angle Grinder is to use the 1mm Slotting Discs. They do wear out more quickly, but heat the steel less, and givve an excellent finish.

Angle Grinders are sooo Cheap now, I have 3. I each for Grinding, Cutting (slotting disc) and a Wire Cup brush.

I just couldnt be ars*d to keep changing the discs etc over.
OK they are the cheapo grinders... but when they wear out, they become spares for the others.

lexi - 26/9/05 at 11:01 AM

Always remember the more you cut with hacksaw the better you get. If you are a tiny bit out a quick dress with a file and check with set square.....bingo. Did whole of chassis with good blades( Sandvik or Eclipse). Grinders are an evil with harmful dust and fumes in your garage everywhere. I only use to cut out chassis sections etc.
Alex

caber - 2/10/05 at 11:46 PM

I just got an SVC verson. It is cheap and takes a long time to set up. It also looks like it will shake itself out of alignment witht he vibration. My Black and Decker pro 5" grinder won't fit soI have stuck a 4.5" clarke one in but as I need to use 5" disks I have no guard, not very happy about this particularly due to position of switch so I think I will be switching on and off at wall and wear a full face mask while using.

Caber

caber - 3/10/05 at 09:26 PM

well used it in anger tonight with lots of problems. I clamped it onto my bench but it still twisted so I screwed it down to a lump of 1" MDF and clamped that, The workpiece holder is a bit crap and would not hold 1" round tube. I also was not happy with the accuracy of the cut they weren't 100% square and because of the work holder the piece crept and the pieces were all a bit longer than measured. The seventh cut of the night was just too much for the Clarke 115mm grinder which caught fire and stopped working!

That was that for this evening I di dse some grinders going cheap in B&Q lets see how long one of them will last

Caber

MikeR - 3/10/05 at 10:10 PM

eeek, what are you doing? I've had my two grinders for ages, cut huge amounts of steel (including stainless) with no problems.....
including in the cutting mount thingy

gazza285 - 3/10/05 at 10:44 PM

I'll just show my cultured side here with a quickhaiku.


I bought one cheaply,
It was crap from first use then,
Binned with gladness.

andyd - 4/10/05 at 05:59 PM

Well after careful consideration of the problem and attempting to cut a 45 degree cut in 1" RHS with a hacksaw (yes with Eclipse blades) I coughed up for a 14" cut off saw instead. It may be noisy/messing etc but it's quick and accurate.

big_wasa - 4/10/05 at 10:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by andyd
Well after careful consideration of the problem and attempting to cut a 45 degree cut in 1" RHS with a hacksaw (yes with Eclipse blades) I coughed up for a 14" cut off saw instead. It may be noisy/messing etc but it's quick and accurate.


me and all

caber - 5/10/05 at 07:53 AM

I have two 5" blcak and decker grinders one is 15 years old and has seen a lot of metal and works perfectly, the second is 12 years old and the gearbox is on the way out neither will fit the stand as the gearboxes are too big. The Clarke grinder I fried was just over a year old had been used for carving a few chases for cables in brick before I stuck it in the mount. I didn't think I was abusing it and it was running and I hadn't even stalled it! It was the stator windings that burnt not the armature or brushes. Anyway it is in the bin and I am looking for a new one any suggestions?

TIA

Caber