Angle Grinder for thin metal cutting disks?

[jazzyman2012]

Looking for recommendations for a 115mm angle grinder that accepts thin metal cutting disks. My current angle grinder will not take thin disks. Preferably cordless but mains powered would be ok.

 

[tigdlo]

Are you sure it won't take thin discs? Some are counter intuituve and don't use the flat side of the nut to clamp thin discs, my Hitachi and AEG 115mm grinders are like this.

2 of the hitachi grinders I have are fitted with the main spindle bearing permenantly moulded into plastic, they just don't last as well as my older one with an aluminium housing, this is probably because the bearings are smaller in the plastic housing, so I would say avoid them, some metabos also use the same part.

 

[MetalMonkey]

Pretty much any decent grinder should take thin disks.
Sometimes you might have to flip the nut over to clamp them.

 

[Kram]

All grinders should take thin discs, which I assume you mean 0.8-1mm discs. You'll need tto flip the nut, or, as I have, replace it with a milwaunkee quick nut.

Aldi are currently selling their 40v grinders off cheap and seem to get good reviews on here, but I havent used them.

 

[bourbon]

As said, flip the nut, It will hold then.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Some old angle grinders will not take cutoff disks. I had a 35 odd year old Makita that didn't.

Jack

 

[Migmac]

Some old angle grinders will not take cutoff disks. I had a 35 odd year old Makita that didn't.

Jack

My old Mikita is the exact same

 

[Wildefalcon]

Hitachi, DeWalt, Milwaukee, etc. What battery system are you on at the moment?

 

[pedrobedro]

My old Makita is the exact same

Find a suitable washer and fit it behind the disc if you can't flip the inner flange over.

 

[Cobbler]

I have an old B &D grinder that wouldn’t take thin discs, the locating flange on the nut was too long to clamp. 2 minutes with a file & it was sorted.

 

[Migmac]

Find a suitable washer and fit it behind the disc if you can't flip the inner flange over.

I do this

 

[bourbon]

Some old angle grinders will not take cutoff disks. I had a 35 odd year old Makita that didn't.

Jack

If you've got an angle grinder that old, you need a new one. Try Machine Mart!

 

[Hitch]

There's a few about that just don't quite grip the 0.8mm discs. What model do you have now, of any?

Paper/thin card blotters are the norm for taking up a little slack to ensure the nuts grip the disc as they should.
Sometimes there's a few sheets of them in a box of Klingspor discs.

 

[JOEPRO]

I changed to a Milwaukee M18 brushless fuel angle grinder about 5 years ago. One of the best tools I ever bought.

I have put hundreds of hard hours on it with wire wheels etc and it just keeps taking it. Corded will get you started or as they say buy cheap buy twice. I wish I went for the cordless first so I don't have 2 bosch Grinders laying useless in the garage now

 

[roofman]

I changed to a Milwaukee M18 brushless fuel angle grinder about 5 years ago. One of the best tools I ever bought.

I have put hundreds of hard hours on it with wire wheels etc and it just keeps taking it. Corded will get you started or as they say buy cheap buy twice. I wish I went for the cordless first so I don't have 2 bosch Grinders laying useless in the garage now

The same as my Dewalt 18V...keep giving the gearbox a blob of grease and i cant kill it.

 

[Jack Ryan]

If you've got an angle grinder that old, you need a new one. Try Machine Mart!

Thanks for the suggestion but I did say had.

I gave the old one to a friend who does wood sculptures and replaced it with several 18V Makitas. All good now.

Jack

 

[northwest]

I have two Dewalt, a ikkle one and a monster, the Flexvolt 54Volt one, it takes no prisoners but it is heavy, the upside though is that one battery will last all day. It was a big outlay for me but as I borrow somewhere to work it works for me.

 

[DAPPH]

There's a few about that just don't quite grip the 0.8mm discs. What model do you have now, of any?

Paper/thin card blotters are the norm for taking up a little slack to ensure the nuts grip the disc as they should.
Sometimes there's a few sheets of them in a box of Klingspor discs.

Some even allow you to slip an O ring on the threaded stub or inset it in a groove in the flange or flange nut to get a bit of compression on the disc .

 

[Tupers]

I run a couple Dewalt DCG405 brushless angle grinders. They’re about the same weight with battery as my old Bosch corded grinder and last well with a 5ah pack.

Technically they’re a 125MM grinder but a 115MM disc works the same and is easier to pick up.