chunkolini
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I shall have to see how much I get for the tooling that I am flogging on Fleabay, and let that dictate what I can afford.
Chunko'.
Chunko'.
Both air & electric versions can prove very useful for confined grinding/polishing applications. You also need to factor in the price of decent carbide burrs/accessories into your budget.
I read that you would sooner not have a pneumatic version but Imo there are several advantages over the electric models providing your compressor is suitable; You can purchase a small one for as little as £25.00, these are much easier to control and if you stall it, will not damage the motor, will not over heat and will generally be safer to use. If noise is an issue, then a simple set of earplugs/defenders are often useful to have in your workshop anyway.
There is also the problem that air motors have to be frequently oiled; the reason for that is that the oil is flung out of their air exits...into the air you breath. Now, you are young and strong; someday, you'll be old, and if you don't consider taking care of your body now, sick.
your corect in what u say for diy use 3 drops per day amounts to no more than an hours work in industry they run 24 hours a day fettling castings and parts. also air drills probs putting thousands of holes in for rivets electric are fine for a few one offs but hopeless for production on a large scaleYou have made several good points. Perhaps the tools I used at Boeing and at Todd Shipyards were just worn out; they used more than several drops per half hour; not a drop per day. Nevertheless, I will do some research; don't like to find prejudice coloring my evaluations.
heres a picture of an air die grinder there small compact and powerfull the beuty is they can run from nill to full speed without loss of power at any range .the cutter i use most is cone shaped carbide. the reason is it can be started on the tip giving good controll without snatching and chatter then working up the cone to full speed. it will. cut stainless steel no problem and last a long time
have a look in the crowell tools catalogue online page 478 group210 theres every diffrent type and the price. use there price as a guideline if u want to shop around : u might score some cheaperWhere can i get some grinding bits like that from?mine came with the stone ones and there rubbish!!
Will stick with the powered version.
I did not get enough to buy the variable seed Makita model, but spotted a Dewalt 500w model for about £60.00. Will order that tomorrow. I will also get a few tols to go on the end of it, what do you reccomend, I guess a set of stones and a couple of carbide bits, 1 tapered? and one parallel?
Big thanks for all the information.
chunko.
That's no fun.. you don't get to pull wire out of your lip?!Again I wear a mask when doing this stuff.