Now i am not being lazy here before some body says so
I am in the process of getting the materials for my chassis so i need to decide how i want to cut it, i was going to get a cut of saw, to expensvie
for me and even a £200 saws are not all that accurate , a hack saw is a long way around to get it done and hard work ( the lazy bit LOL ) now i have
been looking at angle grinder stands, i have seen them from £15 upto £50, i know you get what you pay for but can i have a bit of feed back on these
gadgets, look neat, i usualy do all my angle grinder cutting by hand but i hope these are more accurate.
Wolly
just one i found that doesnt seem bad
MANNESMANN SEPARATION STAND 240mm x 240mm FOR SMALL ANGLE GRINDER METAL/STONE | eBay
[Edited on 13/4/12 by w.olly]
I used one of those but only for 90deg cuts. I used a spare angle grinder I had so I could leave it setup. Just make sure that it's checked for
true 90deg on a scrap piece first.
It certainly helped me speed up the cutting process
BTW, I always used 1mm cutting discs, they don't last too long but they are not too bad if you buy them in bulk packs. I got mine from Machine
Mart and my local BOC gas supplier.
HTH
JB
ive seen the larger one. as the discs for the 230 grinder is cheaper than the grinder i have. dont you have a 230 grinder which you could use with the larger version of the holder.
So just as accurate, or inaccurate as a cut off saw, not a bad thing then as all cuts will be squared up etc then, i get my gear from machine mart as
they do good disc for the price, not checked on the laser discs yet but i have seen some places do them for around £15 for 25, enough to do the whole
chassis i believe.
Just a thought though, how many cuts will you actualy get from a disc, as it wheres it will give smaller cuts, the laser discs can wear out quick so
are the grinders set to get most from the disc? Just a thought, or am i thinking to much into this......sorry my mind works over time at times, i am
off to sort a bit more of the workshop ready, getting excited now
I found that as long as I wasn't to heavy-handed on the cutting, the discs lasted fairly well (can't really remember how many cuts of 25mm
box per disc as it was many moons ago!)
Just let the disc do the work rather than trying to 'force' it through the steel. Just a thought, maybe a little cutting oil would give them
a little longer life? Not tried it myself, but I guess it could get messy
If you are not too far from a Lidl you could go for one of these.
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_29973.htm
This is the stand I used - cost about £25 (7/8 years ago) Bit of a fiddle to set up but very accurate when it was up and running. I would use it again
as it was cheap and I already had a big angle grinder, but I have always wanted a ddedicated machine for this type of work
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Originally posted by chris-g
If you are not too far from a Lidl you could go for one of these.
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_29973.htm
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Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
I found that as long as I wasn't to heavy-handed on the cutting, the discs lasted fairly well (can't really remember how many cuts of 25mm box per disc as it was many moons ago!)
Just let the disc do the work rather than trying to 'force' it through the steel. Just a thought, maybe a little cutting oil would give them a little longer life? Not tried it myself, but I guess it could get messy![]()
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Originally posted by loggyboy
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Originally posted by chris-g
If you are not too far from a Lidl you could go for one of these.
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_29973.htm
I have one of these, works quite well. Defo bargain buy.
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Originally posted by chris-g
Me too. My only complaint is the clamp doesn't hold short items very well. I also bought a cheap angle grinder and keep it permanently fixed to the stand.
When I built my McSorley chassis I had access to various band and cut-off saws where I worked but to set them up accurately for compound angles took
so long I ended up marking them out and cutting with a hack saw.
It actually doesn't take that long and is probably less prone to errors (when trying to do it at work on a cut-off saw I managed to get the
angles going the wrong way on more than one occasion, mainly because when setting the saw up for the compound angle the head only moved one side of
vertical).
Not sure if that helps,
John.
Ooops! OK Stott, thanks for that! Never even entered my head about breakdown of the material
Mine is the same as phil m's. Like he said, once set up it works a treat.
That Mannesman one looks like the machine mart one they are about £20 we use one at work, having added a bit of reinforcement under the base plate to stiffen it up it seems fine.
Im surprised at the number of people using machine mart discs. In my experience and back to back cutting with other brands they are absolutely
terrible. As in they only manage about 25% of the cutting a decent brand cutting disc will do. And in the process make an awful dusty mess as they
disintegrate.
Maybe I had a bad batch....
I had an angle grinder stand from Screwfix. which was badly made with loads of slop in the pivot and the clamp didn't work very well. By the
time I got it set up I could have made a load of cuts with a hacksaw without the noise or the abrasive dust, so it ended up in the bin.
With a bit of practice (and making a chassis gives you a lot of practice!) you can accurately cut 25mm RHS very quickly. With decent hacksaw
blades it really doesn't take much effort, and you'll have to use this method for the compound angle cuts anyway.
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Hi there
I adapted a cheap wood lop saw by putting a metal cutting blade in it . Worked really well cut all the chassis with it compound angles as well . Well
worth a try
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Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
Ooops! OK Stott, thanks for that! Never even entered my head about breakdown of the material![]()
Mine is the same as phil m's. Like he said, once set up it works a treat.
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Originally posted by FASTdan
Im surprised at the number of people using machine mart discs. In my experience and back to back cutting with other brands they are absolutely terrible. As in they only manage about 25% of the cutting a decent brand cutting disc will do. And in the process make an awful dusty mess as they disintegrate.
Maybe I had a bad batch....