<div dir="ltr">Howdy,<div><br></div><div>The thing I linked was a thread repair insert, IIRC.<br><br>I looked up the minor diameter for 5/8-11 thread and you only have a couple hundreths over 1/2"... Probably why you won't find an adapter.<br><br>Honestly, you can never have too many 4.5" angle grinders... I'd just dedicate this one to non-thread on stuff and buy another one with a 5/8-11 spindle. :)<br><br>Mark</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 5:12 PM john niolon <<a href="mailto:jniolon@att.net">jniolon@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>Hi Mark, I found the same on Amazon but the internal threads are 1/2-20 and I need 1/2-13 so that won't work... although the thing on msc site</div>
<div>might do the trick... I wonder if it's considered a one time on/off adapter, or would it take multiple on/off cycles on the external 5/8" thread ?? </div>
<div>don't know what the red material on the adapter is.. I'll bookmark that page</div>
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<div>I contacted a local tool repair place (Toolsmith) explained my problem and he found a 6148 spindle (like mine) and he offered to try it in the</div>
<div>6145 grinder if I brought it by to see if it would fit... he cautioned that the gear drive might be larger for the larger spindle though. I'm gonna go by</div>
<div>there next week and see what happens</div>
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<div>Worst case is that I use the small spindle grinder for disk that are not threaded and use the spindle nut reversed to take up the slack in a 5/8 hole disc</div>
<div>and use the grinder with the 5/8 spindle for the threaded stuff... It would be nice if everything worked in everything, but that has never happened in my 73 years </div>
<div>(tomorrow) on this earth, why should it happen now ???</div>
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<div>2020 sheese… I think I hear thunder... but based on this year... it could be Godzilla !!!!!</div>
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<div>john</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> Mark Andy <<a>marka@maracing.com</a>></div>
<div><b>To:</b> john niolon <<a>jniolon@att.net</a>></div>
<div><b>Cc:</b> John Miller <<a>jem@milleredp.com</a>>, shop-talk <<a>shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>></div>
<div><b>Sent:</b> 7/30/2020 3:30:00 PM</div>
<div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Shop-talk] angle grinder spindle adapter</div>
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<div>Something like this maybe?<br><br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/IVY-Classic-28112-Adaptor-Adapts/dp/B0052IP99C/ref=pd_lpo_263_t_0/141-5120391-8035615?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0052IP99C&pd_rd_r=9da3ea3d-acde-4e6f-94a6-13d94c9c6a32&pd_rd_w=pjbPb&pd_rd_wg=SQws5&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=TBP2C4EEVYMJJ48G1QHT&psc=1&refRID=TBP2C4EEVYMJJ48G1QHT" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/IVY-Classic-28112-Adaptor-Adapts/dp/B0052IP99C/ref=pd_lpo_263_t_0/141-5120391-8035615?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0052IP99C&pd_rd_r=9da3ea3d-acde-4e6f-94a6-13d94c9c6a32&pd_rd_w=pjbPb&pd_rd_wg=SQws5&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=TBP2C4EEVYMJJ48G1QHT&psc=1&refRID=TBP2C4EEVYMJJ48G1QHT</a> </div>
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<div>I'm not sure what thread pitch a 5/8" grinder spindle uses. <br><br>There's not a lot of wall thickness for a 5/8" to 1/2" adapter. Wouldn't surprise me if regular / coarse pitch stuff wouldn't have enough wall thickness for an adapter to work?<br><br>It does look like there' some type of thread repair thing for those pitches though:<br><br><a href="https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/05864434" target="_blank">https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/05864434</a> <br><br>Mark <br><br>Mark <br></div></div><br>
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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 4:18 PM john niolon <<a>jniolon@att.net</a>> wrote:<br></div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="padding-left:1ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex">grinder does have a spindle nut that can be reversed to hold the larger wheel... but the majority of<br>my 5/8" accessories are threaded<br><br>j<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: John Miller <<a>jem@milleredp.com</a>><br>To: <<a>shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>><br>Sent: 7/30/2020 11:05:07 AM<br>Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] angle grinder spindle adapter<br>________________________________________________________________________________<br><br>> I want to do just the opposite. I want to 'convert' the grinder with the smaller<br>> spindle to 5/8 so I can use my disc in it. I keep several grinders ready. One<br>> with a cutoff wheel, one with grinding rock and one with a flap disk.. and one with a wire]<br>> wheel... saves time switching out media...<br><br>Doesn't the grinder already have a...uh...uh...thing that if you flip it <br>over it's got a 5/8in boss on it to center the wheel?<br><br>I have never encountered an angle grinder that didn't have a centering <br>thing for a 5/8in wheel no matter the shaft size.<br><br>John.<br>_______________________________________________<br><br><a>Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.96<br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/jniolon@att.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/jniolon@att.net</a><br>_______________________________________________<br><br><a>Shop-talk@autox.team.net</a><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.96<br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/shop-talk</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/marka@maracing.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/shop-talk/marka@maracing.com</a><br><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></div>
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