My most useful tool has been my electric angle grinder ( a Milwaukee) . As an
angle grinder, it's just great. With a cutoff wheel
attached, it's even better. I have air powered grinders and cutoff tools, but
they aren't nearly as powerful as the electric one.
I also have a sanding attachment for it that works great, for heavy sanding
jobs on body plastic.
I would definitely go the electric route, in fact it cost less than the air
tools which are more cumbersome, less powerful, and slower.
larry hooven wrote:
> i have been given permission from SWMBO to get 1 (count em 1) tool to aid in
> the restoration of the spit body work. i have decided to get one that is air
> powered, will do as many jobs as possible and is relatively cheap..( i know, i
> know dream tool's)...i have come to the conclusion that either a 4/4.5 inch
> grinder or 3 inch cut off tool is in order, as they are both roughly the same
> price (within a couple of bucks) i just need to decide which one. the usage
> would be more toward a cutter, ie removing floor pans, cutting sill's/wings
> etc. but would also like to have a grinder available to take off surface rust,
> adjust mis manufactured parts etc.
>
> question is can a grinder be succesfully used as a cut off tool with the
> correct wheel...
>
> will a 3 in wheel work on a 4.5 grinder, if no 4.5 cutoff wheel is available.
>
> is there another tool i havent found in my MSC catalog that would work as well
> or do even more that i missed.
>
> tia
> ===
> larry (I hope someday to Drive my triumph) hooven 1979 spitfire fm99248u,
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