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Hand Held Grinder / Cutter / Dremil


Angle grinders / die grinders are very useful tools to have around and have many uses by switching the wheel or attachment:
You just need to make the sure the different wheels / attachmnets are compatible with your tool.

Please Use Proper Safety Precautions

These power tools are used every day, all day somewhere.
In the right hands, they are excellent tools to cut job time and tackle some tasks that normally could not be done in a home setting.
With that being said, they are also dangerous tools in inexperienced hands (and some otherwise experienced complacent ones).
With great power comes a great risk of injury, especially since grinder discs spin at high speeds that can reach 10,000 to 11,000 RPM.
One slip of a hand and you may lose a finger, arm, or leg.
This article is not to scare you, but to empathize the importance of safety measures when using these tools.
Safety has to come first regardless of what you’re using an angle grinder for. Here are some precautions that you can take:

Angle Grinder vs Die Grinder

The main differences between an angle grinder and a die grinder are the design of the tool, size, and power.
An angle grinder is primarily used for cutting and rough grinding, whereas the die grinder is a rotary tool used for precision work.

Angle Grinder

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Die Grinder

Custom fender fitting. 3)

Dremil Rotary Tool

Dremil Type Rotary Tool

A Dremil tool has many uses from cutting to polishing metal. Always wear a face shield when using this tool.
It operates at a very high speed and tiny pieces of the cutting bits and the metal will hit your eyes faster than you can blink.
It's good for cutting carbon & stainless steel, shortening bolts, shaping metal, polishing etc.

Dremil tool. 4) Cutting slots in pipes for shields. 5)

Usually, cutting the end off a bolt requires sanding / filing the cut area to deburr / chamfer the end.
However, the Dremil tool cuts at a high speed with a thin cutting disc.
Keep the cutting blade perpendicular to the threads while cutting and, most of the time, deburring the cut end is optional or at least minimal.
There is no need to install a nut and back it off the threads as you would normally do when using a hack saw or grinder.

Shortening a bolt. 6)



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