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I’ve tried searching around but I need help picking a die grinder
Electric die grinders vs pneumatic?
The first consideration is power source. You will need a large air compressor (big tank) to feed a pneumatic die grinder for any degree of duty cycle... running vs not running. If you have the compressor, then not an issue. Mind you, an air tool will use *a lot* (almost 10X!!) more energy overall than an equivalent electric tool. The other thing I consider is weight. power-to-weight on a pneumatic tool will be better than an other tool. air tool is lighter than corded is lighter than cordless. If you are going to be doing a lot of work... as in hours of effort, you can't beat an air tool. Especially with the newer lightweight hoses. That said, they are generally a lot louder than anything else, so ear protection is a must. If you have the air, and you don't need the portability, and your tooling (cutters) will fit, go for pneumatic. I run an older CP 3119-15 and it's a beast. I have a large Makita electric, and for longer jobs I prefers the CP any day.
Edit: I took a look at your cutting tool. If you are working wood, I'd say an 11A tool is probably overkill. 1/4" shaft is light tooling. The other advantage of air tools is cost... you can probably pick up a few for the cost of a single electric. Very handy to have 2 or 3 grinders at hand with different tooling in each.
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Looking for a 90 degree pneumatic die grinder. I’ll use it most days at work so I’m ideally looking for the higher quality stuff. What’s the best out there or close to it? I’m not well rehearsed in air tools