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Subject: Body tools, was Re: Air compressors again
From: Jon <a77mgb@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:15:51 -0800 (PST)
> PSI.  So I rented (for
> $13 for 24 hours) a very small (maybe 3 pounds)
> Mikita 5 inch electric
> sander that turns about 20,000 rpm.  With a 40 grit
> sanding disk this thing
> would rip the rust off a flat surface quicker than
> anything I've ever seen,
> and the small 5" disk can get into some pretty tight
> places.  

For home body work you absolutely need a GOOD small
high RPM angle grinder. Makita is probably the best
for under $100. You can add a sanding disk, a wire
brush that throws sparks and will eat a hole through
solid metal if you want it to, or cut off wheels to go
where a sawzall has never gone before. Of course, you
can actually grind with it too. You have to be careful
with one tho. 15 or 20 KRPM will eat you up if it gets
away, and wire brushes throw wires out that go into
skin, not to mention an unprotected eye. Watch for
that neighbor kid sneakin' up on you and always keep
the sparks a spittin' towards self.

jon


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