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I prefer fiber discs with a rubber backing pad. Alot of the stuff I have to do has to be perfectly flat. For the real precise stuff, I use a foam pad with sticky discs on a variable speed makita grinder.

I've never been a huge fan of the flap discs.

 

Lenox are junk, so are starett. My experience has been best with Milwaukee from home depot

 

Try dewalt brand than

 

Milwaukee or Blumol

 

I use them in a shop environment, they hold up well, just buy 2 of each while your there. LOL

 

X2 the best I have used for the money.

 

If your 45min away buy 10

 

This!

BTW SingleCabGangsta, which model bender and notcher did you get from JD2? Thinkin' about gettin' a notcher and bender for the house. We have a very nice ercolina bender at work, but not supposed to work on personal projects there

 

And that's one Milwaukee hole saw. 300 notches don't expect that from everyone but we got lucky on that run and the saw didn't catch we changed it as it was cutting slower. Most of the time they will catch and just about rip your arm off bending the hole saw and they are done after that. I have caught on the first cut and i've got 300 cuts with one you just never know.

 

I'll agree about the milwaukee's. We used to get maybe 20-30 notches of various angles through 4130 tube before they were done. Other brands just didn't seem to last.

A huge part of it is technique though, You really need to keep the speed down and not let it heat up too much.

 

Also Order the http://www.swagoffroad.com/SWAG-Super-Shaft-_p_48.html you will thanks me later

 

Come on over

 

This,though I use a lot of 1.5 discs on an angle grinder and some good old elbow grease followed with a shit ton of patience though for home use I use flap discs.

 

Lunched one of my Milwaukee 4.5" angle grinders yesterday..

Either going to try out a Dewalt or a Metabo.

Two more days before I go back to the Bering Sea - already planning on what I'm going to order next; pretty dangerous since we have internet out there.

On hole saws, the last time I picked up a few, I talked to the abrasives/bit guy at the hardware store: http://www.hardwaresales.net/

(Store is awesome, have just about anything you could ever dream of, and will work with you to get the best price possible.. a lot of times much lower than HD/Lowes)

In selecting your hole saws, take a look at the weld seam. Often times the teeth on either side of the weld will be bowed out slightly - which, in turn, will cause your saw to bite. Try and find the saw with the least amount of flare - I know I've had to chuck them in a vice a few times and that tooth a few taps with a hammer to get it to bend back in. Something so small helps a lot. They've got a decent program where you essentially exchange your burned up saws for new ones, basically you buy one saw - and can exchange it an unlimited amount of times. I think that the program is geared more towards the home-owner market - although, I'm on my 10th 1 3/4" saw!

 

I tried a couple dewalt holesaws.... Never again! Lasted half as long as the Lenox I usually use
I'll have to try out those Milwaukee saws

 

Jeverich- I recommend the dewalt dw28115 or 28065 grinders. Both the same, just sold with different size guards and model sticker on the grinder

 

Yeah, I'm going to see what they'll do for me..

Tempted to make sure it's completely smoked before I bring it in to them..

 

Can you use the carbide tipped ones?

Like these
http://www.idealindustries.com/products/tools_totes/saws_drill_bits/tko.jsp

 

How does the manual bender perform? I've alwas been spoiled and had access to the insanely fancy ones expensive ones. Definately need sonwthing at home though

 

Note to self. Do not weld without gloves. Right back of hand now has a nice 2nd degree sunburn on it.....lmao Never noticed until today.