On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 19:40:08 GMT, "Toller" wrote:

I have never used anything but grinding (what, blades, inserts, disks?) in
my Makita 4.5" angle grinder, but today I need a cutting disk. It is much
thinner, so it just spins. The retaining nut is flat on one side and
flanged on the other. If I turn it around so the flat side is down, rather
than the flanged side down, it seems to work okay.
But I don't have the instructions, so I don't know if this is actually
proper.
Any catastrophe happen if I use it like this? If so, how do I mount the
cutting disk?


I have an older Black & Decker angle grinder that simply will not hold
a cutting blade. The blades last about 2 minutes before the center
busts out of them. A friend of mine has the exact same grinder and he
said the same thing.

I bought one of those off brand cheap grinders last year. It sold for
$20. After the holidays they were selling it for $12, and it came
with 3 grinding wheels. I figured the wheels alone were worth hald
that price. Well, I have been very pleased with it. It uses cutting
wheels perfectly, and works like a champ. I now use that one for
cutting and my old one for grinding. If they have these cheap ones on
sale again this year, I will get another one. The brand is Tool Shop,
sold at Menards. Normally I dont buy those cheap tools, but for that
price I gave it a try. I figured it was worth the price if I only
used it to cut the nails off used lumber. I rarely pull them anymore,
just grind them off. (I mean big nails, not little lath nails).