by "Scotty" <scoter1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 12, 2008 at 07:39 PM
"Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:68ngffF2u28orU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
had to cut some 8mm steel yesterday and today. I dusted off my trusty
9"
: angle grinder and set to work. I wore out one wheel (Flexovit)and the
only
: one I had available was an 8" Flexovit (Aussie made). I wore it out in
short
: order. It's cutting performance was what I would term "satisfactory".
About
: 2cm/minute (best guess). I toddled off to Bunnings this afternoon to buy
: some more wheels. Unfortunately, the Flexovit wheels had the wrong size
: mounting hole, so I purchased a 5 pack of Trojan (Chinese made) branded
: wheels. Hopeless cutting performance. I mean, REALLY BAD. It took about
5
: minutes to cut 2cm. The wheel didn't wear down and faster or slower than
the
: Flexovit. It just hardly cut the metal at all.
:
: What gives?
:
: The technology is hardly state of the art. All wheels are rated for
ferrous
: metal cutting. Since most of my cutting is done with a 4" grinder, this
is
: not something I've experienced before. I've not experienced this sort of
: poor performance when cutting concrete, bricks and stone. Are all these
: Chinese wheels bad, or did I get a bad batch?
:
: The Torjans are going back on Monday. I doubt that I'll buy them again.
:
: Trevor Wilson
:
:
Time to invest in a plasma cutter eh.
