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Dremel Grinding Wheels, Cost Effective Option?

'84 Bronco II

'84 Bronco II

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I find the 1.5" Dremel grinding wheels to be very handy, but they cost way more than 4.5"grinding wheels :homer: Does anyone know of a cost-effective place to buy them? They are $13+ each on Amazon now :shaking: Or a non-Dremel brand that isn't garbage, but I haven't seen one.
 
Steve300xcw said:
What are you doing that is going through those things so often?
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Not that often, it just seems stupid paying $13 for a tiny 1.5" grinding wheel when you can pick up 4.5" grinding wheels for under $5/ea all day long. They are really handy for modifying axle shafts for full circle clips.
 
I bought a bag of maybe 100, mail ordered through eBay? around 2003 and I'm still working on it. Go through 1 or 2 a year.
 
'84 Bronco II said:
Not that often, it just seems stupid paying $13 for a tiny 1.5" grinding wheel when you can pick up 4.5" grinding wheels for under $5/ea all day long. They are really handy for modifying axle shafts for full circle clips.
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Just grab a die grinder. Can get stuff cheap and anywhere.

Cordless ones arent a powerhouse by any means but they are badass. I use this one everyday

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^ that little fawker is going to ruin my m18 only collection. Got a ingersol and it lasted 5 minutes before the head started to spin on the body. That and the compressor running are sealing the deal.

Edit: HA! Just realized i have a m12 heated jacket, so game on.
 
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bunk said:
^ that little fawker is going to ruin my m18 only collection. Got a ingersol and it lasted 5 minutes before the head started to spin on the body. That and the compressor running are sealing the deal.
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If you are hogging a bunch of iron off something...it aint the tool. But for 99% of die grinder stuff, yea its fucking awesome and why dont you already have one:laughing:

Has 3 or 4 speeds, kinda nice if you are fucking with plastic or aloominum.

Like I said, I use it every single day at work. Not sure how I did anything without it:grinpimp:
 
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You can take it anywhere! Turns you into a gunsmith overnight:laughing:

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So you dont have any m12 stuff?? Not even a ratchet? Wtf dude?:laughing:
 
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My brother has the angel die grinder, we noticed play between these two points, fucking piece of shit for the price :shaking:.
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bunk said:
Huck that dremel and get something that has a 1/4 collet. Then the skys the limit on accessories sold by places like msc.com.
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Carbide burrs are way cheaper per amount of material removed if you're buying dremel sized shit
 
M92PV4U said:
My brother has the angel die grinder, we noticed play between these two points, fucking piece of shit for the price :shaking:.
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Yea it moves a lil there if you lean on it. I could give a shit. Im amazed I dont have a couple more of them.
 
You can also get 1/8" collets for die grinders.
I accidently bought a big box of scotchbrite-like buffing balls from china and didn't realize they had 1/8" shafts until they showed up. Found an 1/8" collet for a typical die grind for a few bucks and was happy again.

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