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Is it possible to use an angle grinder as a sander?
What can you attach to an angle grinder?
Is it possible to use a wood blade on an angle grinder?
Bought a right angle die grinder to do some precision sanding work that was a bit too demanding for my Dremel. I found this nifty 2" sanding backing pad attachment at Harbor Freight. They advertise it as being able to work with right angle die grinders. Well how in the heck am I supposed to attach this to my tool? Surely they don't intend for me to shove those 1/4-20 threads into the collet and tighten it down. That seems dumb, plus they only stick out 3/8".
Anybody know of a mandrel I could thread onto this doohickey? Thanks
Just got it a couple days ago and was wondering what yall run on this nifty little guy. What works better/worse than expected. Will mostly be cleaning grimy/rusty mating surfaces, removing old gasket material, etc but any and all use cases or ideas welcome.
Hello Tool fiends.
I need to do a bit of sanding for a couple of wood working projects. I am a sparky in Australia and already own about 10 skins for the 18V makita range.
I am wondering if I am better off getting a sanding pad attachment for the angle grinder I already own, or if I should fork out the money for an orbital sander? I would get a corded one as I don't need to use it often or outside the home.
I have an oscillating multi tool which I have used for sanding but it's a bit too slow for what I need.
Main question is angle grinder hook and loop sanding pads ( would cost me around 50 Au$) or corded orbital sander ( maybe 150Au$ with the discs) for small woodworking projects.
I believe the guard can be removed on the cordless 115mm.
Obviously it will be super aggressive.
Any other tips? For example any specific type of attachment?
So I've been serious about woodworking for about 2 years now. I've slowly been adding tools and learning to do things with the tools have. I also watch a lot of woodworking videos. There are a ton of videos (sped up) of people building things on Facebook. It finally dawned on me they were sanding their projects using angle grinders. I had bought an angle grinder years ago for a project and then never used it again. So I picked up some sanding discs and tried it on a refinishing project. Worked great! Why do I never hear anyone talk about this way of sanding? I've done a bunch of research in the last 2 years and and never heard it mentioned. How about it Redditors, who uses an angle grinder for sanding?