Mini rant and a solution with pics

[Willowbilly3]

I've been to every hardware/farm store in 2 towns and can't find any decent 4 1/2-5 inch sanding discs for the angle grinder. It seems every store is now pimped out by DeWalt and if Dewalt doesn't offer it, they don't have it. One store here in town had a couple but they were chessy and plugged right up. Sooo, I remember I bought some huge 5 inch wide Norton blue belts many years ago for a reason I have forgot. So I just made my own 50 grit discs. Knocked out a couple dozen in about half an hour.










Using a cutoff for a drill guide



tada

 

[Bamamav]

Neat! It won't matter if they aren't exactly centered, they will wear round in just a few minutes.

I did the same thing for a DA a few years back. I had some stickyback sheets, don't even know when or where I got them or what for, cut some to fit the DA after I had run out of fitted discs.

 

[lowbudget50]

Thats awesome, a solution for everything. Just remove yourself from in front of the electronic devices

 

[Willowbilly3]

Neat! It won't matter if they aren't exactly centered, they will wear round in just a few minutes.

I did the same thing for a DA a few years back. I had some stickyback sheets, don't even know when or where I got them or what for, cut some to fit the DA after I had run out of fitted discs.

Actually they center up in just a few seconds of use.

 

[Country Misfit]

When my 8" disc get dull around the outer edge , I trim it with tin snips and use it on my small grinder.You can trim it--kind of star shape and it works good.

 

[billy]

and THAT my fine feathered friends
is why we keep big piles of oddball crap everywhere.
i just know i am gonna use this whatever it is sometime...

 

[kenny c]

Cool but You didn't tell us your solution for pictures.

 

[kenny c]

Oh never mind. I missunderstood, With pics not for pics. DUH.

 

[maverickmk]

Cool but You didn't tell us your solution for pictures.

Oh never mind. I missunderstood, With pics not for pics. DUH.

Now that's funny right there [cl

 

[kenny c]

Glad to be of entertainment.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Well, I thought I better report back on this. The discs aren't working out as good as I hoped. They do work but if you get too close to an edge with the rotation toward the edge, they disintegrate. They aren't as stiff as purpose cut ones. And also since the belt was intended to run at a lot slower speeds, they just don't last as long either. I think the real ones are closed coat and these are open, if that makes any sense. Still, they are getting the job done of stripping off the 3 layers of thick paint. I just have to be careful around edges or anything kinda sharp and it's taking a few more of them than I expected. Price is still right.

 

[Bamamav]

Have your tried doubling them WB? It will give the a little more stiffness and when the top one wears through, the bottom one catches the slack.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Good suggestion. I'll try that