angle grinder metal cutting disc...

i'll second that

 

THANKS for all the info and suggestions. I am (going to) use the tool to notch the subframe on my A; if I were cutting frame material I agree a chop saw would be the better tool.
I can reverse the outer nut on the grinder, but the inner nut has a 1/8 shoulder, and the inner nut cannot be reversed (the other side engages the spindle).
So, thanks to the comments received, I will keep the thin cutting discs, and look for an appropriate washer (or kingpin shim).
Thanks guys !!

 

I have used a washer as well, but I now simply use one of my old cutting discs. Once a disc has been used it is the size of a washer, has the correct inner hole size, and I always have one available.

 

I would highly recommend using your hacksaw. There's a whole other level of satisfaction in finishing something caveman style.

Good luck with your power tools though, sorry, not much help here.

 

Dude. Sawz-All with a long blade. My little version of cutting heaven.
-GothY-

 

What ever you do use them to cut !!! not as a grinder disc .It only took me half a thumbnail to figure that out Jim

 

instructions say "Keep away from Skin and Body Parts" Read this part many times...a lot cheaper than the emergency room


experience speaking

 

All good posts -- I even put two together as LOWFAT48 suggested, but took a look at the combo and decided... Nawwww....

And GOTHBOY's sawzall suggestion is good, but I want to make an inside cut and it's hard to start a sawzall blade there...

SO I WENT TO my local Ace hardware store to look for a large washer, found one with a 3/4 ID, looked sorta clunky, then I noticed they had what I seem to recall they referred to as machine bushings... they look like precision washers... I bought two, I think they were .040 and .060 thick... great additions to the angle grinder box and the thick one worked fine as a shim with my thin cutting disc.

YUP it's a cutting disc, as CHOPPEDNSLAMMED said, I use another Grinding disc for grinding!!

SO I trimmed my A subframe today and it sits on the frame nicely... Next job, hack up the stock gas tank - uh, dashboard.... as per JUST GARY (but retaining the original instrument panel...

Onward and upward....