d8vyr
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Jan 31, 2012 17:59:29 GMT
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hi guys, i want to dress up some welds but cannot get to them with a normal grinder, any ideas whats the best way to grind in tight spaces and hard to access areas, cheers davy
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Jan 31, 2012 18:16:33 GMT
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Jan 31, 2012 18:56:08 GMT
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Jan 31, 2012 19:05:10 GMT
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I'd go for a powerfile too, but don't buy abrasive belts to fit them. instead buy 457 x 76mm belts for belt sanders. if you cut them on the join over about an inch over the lenth, then rip the belt, you get 5 or 6 belts that are much cheaper. this is the cheapest supplier of belts I've found, havnt used any from them yet, but will next time I order some www.transtools.co.uk/store/cat_68/abrasives/cloth-sanding-belts.html |
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d8vyr
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Jan 31, 2012 19:07:51 GMT
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hi m8, i have one of them but still no good for getting into tight angles, cheers davy |
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Jan 31, 2012 19:18:16 GMT
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Die-grinder with carbide burr? Get right into corners. No idea about electric ones but air ones are cheap.
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BiAS
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Jan 31, 2012 22:16:01 GMT
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A lot of it is planning where you're going to end up with a seam before you make the repair, I've given myself some horrific places to dress a weld back before. I've got a power file but I use a mini air die grinder ( cheaper chinese version of this one) with a tree shape tungsten burr if I really can't avoid ending up with a weld somewhere awkward. If you got no air then the same burrs fit in a dremel, but they're hard on the dremel (end bearings, motors, speed control thingy) Wear gloves and eye protection with it though cos the metal splinters off them are most unpleasant. HTH |
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Jan 31, 2012 22:37:47 GMT
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I use a burr in a die grinder in really tight corners but I generally use a Blue Point micro surface prep tool that takes 2" Roloc discs You can buy a roloc holder and just put that in a die grinder but it's much more awkward to use. I expect there's something electric that would allow you to use Roloc discs, which also come in 1" and 3" sizes too.  |
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Last Edit: Jan 31, 2012 22:39:55 GMT by Ratdat
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