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Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2020 10:15 pm
by Bruce M

Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 8:21 am
by mycar
Are you fabricating the new magnetic slump Neil ?

Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:26 am
by sladey
The ear defenders or plugs isn't just about saving your ears - the noise the grinder makes has an affect on your ability to concentrate on what you are doing (dunno why) - with the sound substantially deadened I find it much easier to focus on the actual cutting

Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:27 am
by sladey
Oh and given previous performance, when you've done it can you post on here to confirm you are not dead and still have most of your extremities :lol:

Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:28 am
by Bootsy
sladey wrote:Oh and given previous performance, when you've done it can you post on here to confirm you are not dead and still have most of your extremities :lol:
:lol:

I'm waiting with baited breathe for an update

Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:29 am
by Gary71
Maybe we should be worried he hasn’t updated the post?

Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:46 am
by PeterK
Anyone got an address for where we send the flowers ?


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Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:11 am
by neilbardsley
I'm waiting for the mask before trying :)

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Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:20 am
by Bootsy
Maybe this?

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Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:27 am
by Ian Comerford
Lots of good and relevant advice. I would add, don’t start the grinder with the disc in contact with the metal. Start it up away from the metal and then move it to the cut. Less risk of damaging the disc and, to a lesser extent, the motor

Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:28 am
by mycar
sladey wrote:The ear defenders or plugs isn't just about saving your ears - the noise the grinder makes has an affect on your ability to concentrate on what you are doing (dunno why) - with the sound substantially deadened I find it much easier to focus on the actual cutting
:lol: A bit like turning AC-DC down in the car so you can see where you're going.

Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:35 am
by sladey
mycar wrote:
sladey wrote:The ear defenders or plugs isn't just about saving your ears - the noise the grinder makes has an affect on your ability to concentrate on what you are doing (dunno why) - with the sound substantially deadened I find it much easier to focus on the actual cutting
:lol: A bit like turning AC-DC down in the car so you can see where you're going.
Haha did exactly that as a teenager to AC/DC. Accelerated out of second and managed to pop it into first.

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Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2020 11:46 am
by neilbardsley
Bootsy wrote:Maybe this?

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I will just get the gimp suit out of the box!

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Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2020 10:16 pm
by neilbardsley
First piece cut. The grinder scares me. After all this waiting I think I may of got sheet metal that is too thickImageImageImage

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Re: Cutting sheet metal with a grinder?

Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2020 6:59 am
by coomo
0.9mm sheet is the usual default thickness.