How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm
steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than
"angle grinder"?

Si

On 9 Mar, 15:19, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm
steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than
"angle grinder"?

Si

Should do, use a mini fibre cutting disc, use Aldi one routinlley for
panel cutting and bolt cropping, does eat the discs though.

Cheers
Adam

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 15:19:58 -0000, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:

How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm
steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than
"angle grinder"?

Si

The smallest ones rely on high speed with fairly decent torque.

Any of the common ones, dremel,aldi or lidl are fine for diy use, the
problem lies in the area of the tool used more than what you use it
in.

A bolt like you specify would present no problem, I have cut loads of
rusty ones off cars and lent mine out to friends for similar purposes.
A sanding barrel will also make short work on a window frame.

As said the tools used are the problem. All those boxes of grinders
you see seem to have the grindstone fixed to the shaft with the
equivalent of the glue gun stuff and drop off as soon as they get
warm.

If you buy the premium dremel tools they do work. You get what you pay
for.

So for sanding and cutting, particularly in confined spaces they are
brilliant, forget all the grinders unless you pay a lot for the
grinder.

Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a
10mm steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations
other than "angle grinder"?

I've got a Dremel sitting in a box somewhere in the back of the workshop.
Chocolate teapot. Actually I doubt it would cut through a chocolate teapot.


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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a
10mm steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations
other than "angle grinder"?

I've got a Dremel sitting in a box somewhere in the back of the workshop.
Chocolate teapot. Actually I doubt it would cut through a chocolate teapot.


Agreed. An angle grinder is just the right tool for a 10mm bolt surely?

Bob

"Bob Minchin" wrote in message
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a
10mm steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations
other than "angle grinder"?

I've got a Dremel sitting in a box somewhere in the back of the workshop.
Chocolate teapot. Actually I doubt it would cut through a chocolate
teapot.


Agreed. An angle grinder is just the right tool for a 10mm bolt surely?


Not when it's two inches from your nose or if you have to use it one-handed.
Then there's the matter of other uses such as polishing/de-rusting etc. The
10mm bolt was just an measure of how powerful the things are as I've got a
couple of these tools that run off mains transformers and they'd struggle to
grind a sugar lump.

Si

On Mar 9, 5:31*pm, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"
wrote:
"Bob Minchin" wrote in message

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a
10mm steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations
other than "angle grinder"?

I've got a Dremel sitting in a box somewhere in the back of the workshop.
Chocolate teapot. *Actually I doubt it would cut through a chocolate
teapot.

Agreed. An angle grinder is just the right tool for a 10mm bolt surely?

Not when it's two inches from your nose or if you have to use it one-handed.
Then there's the matter of other uses such as polishing/de-rusting etc. The
10mm bolt was just an measure of how powerful the things are as I've got a
couple of these tools that run off mains transformers and they'd struggle to
grind a sugar lump.

Si


No problem for a dremel to cut a 10mm bolt. But the cutting discs are
wafer thin and extremely fragile, expect to break a few rapidly until
you realise just how steady it has to be held.

I've used one of the low voltage cheap brands too, pretty useless.


NT

On 9 Mar, 18:54, NT wrote:
On Mar 9, 5:31*pm, "Mungo \"Two Sheds\" Toadfoot"



wrote:
"Bob Minchin" wrote in message

...

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot wrote:
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a
10mm steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations
other than "angle grinder"?

I've got a Dremel sitting in a box somewhere in the back of the workshop.
Chocolate teapot. *Actually I doubt it would cut through a chocolate
teapot.

Agreed. An angle grinder is just the right tool for a 10mm bolt surely?

Not when it's two inches from your nose or if you have to use it one-handed.
Then there's the matter of other uses such as polishing/de-rusting etc. The
10mm bolt was just an measure of how powerful the things are as I've got a
couple of these tools that run off mains transformers and they'd struggle to
grind a sugar lump.

Si

No problem for a dremel to cut a 10mm bolt. But the cutting discs are
wafer thin and extremely fragile, expect to break a few rapidly until
you realise just how steady it has to be held.

I've used one of the low voltage cheap brands too, pretty useless.

NT

I use mini fibre reinforced discs that come round in accessory packs
at Aldidl, 2.99 for whole pile of stuff , Dremel cutting discs about
11 quid for 5 , just like angle grinder disc but size of 2 p piece,
work extremely well, using flexi drive gives a nice pencil like grip.

Its a bacon saver in some instances

Still not worked out what similar size pink discs are for, they
shatter pretty much on contact with anything.

Sold my old Minicrafts to a collector in US , Aldi item is 240V 160W
motor, power to weight ratio pretty good.

Cheers
Adam

Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot pretended :
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm steel
bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than "angle
grinder"?

Si

Less than an hour certainly, but the right tool for job would do it in
seconds and they are much cheaper - get a £12 angle grinder.

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Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot pretended :
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a
10mm steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations
other than "angle grinder"?

Si

Less than an hour certainly, but the right tool for job would do it in
seconds and they are much cheaper - get a £12 angle grinder.

Not to mention being far more manly...


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:59:20 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot pretended :
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm steel
bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than "angle
grinder"?

Si

Less than an hour certainly, but the right tool for job would do it in
seconds and they are much cheaper - get a £12 angle grinder.


How long would a pressure washer take?

Bruce formulated the question :
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:59:20 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot pretended :
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm
steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than
"angle grinder"?

Si

Less than an hour certainly, but the right tool for job would do it in
seconds and they are much cheaper - get a £12 angle grinder.


How long would a pressure washer take?

What, to rust the 12mm steel bolts through - it might be stainless :-)

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Harry (M1BYT) (L)
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:25:52 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

Bruce formulated the question :
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:59:20 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot pretended :
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm
steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than
"angle grinder"?

Si

Less than an hour certainly, but the right tool for job would do it in
seconds and they are much cheaper - get a £12 angle grinder.


How long would a pressure washer take?

What, to rust the 12mm steel bolts through - it might be stainless :-)


I've seen high pressure water jets (with added grit) cut through thick
steel plates in a very short time. But I don't think there's an
attachment available for the usual domestic Karcher ...

Bruce wrote on 09/03/2010 :
I've seen high pressure water jets (with added grit) cut through thick
steel plates in a very short time. But I don't think there's an
attachment available for the usual domestic Karcher ...

Perhaps a DIY opportunity :-)

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http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk

Bruce wrote:
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:25:52 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

Bruce formulated the question :
On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:59:20 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot pretended :
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example,
a 10mm steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific
recommendations other than "angle grinder"?

Si

Less than an hour certainly, but the right tool for job would do
it in seconds and they are much cheaper - get a £12 angle grinder.


How long would a pressure washer take?

What, to rust the 12mm steel bolts through - it might be stainless
:-)


I've seen high pressure water jets (with added grit) cut through thick
steel plates in a very short time. But I don't think there's an
attachment available for the usual domestic Karcher ...

Don't think B&Q sell anything working at 4,000 bar :-)
http://www.aquablast.co.uk/products_aquacutter.asp


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
. uk...
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot pretended :
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm
steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than
"angle grinder"?

Si

Less than an hour certainly, but the right tool for job would do it in
seconds and they are much cheaper - get a £12 angle grinder.


Are you following me around, suggesting an angle grinder for every question
I ask?? ;o)

Si

Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot expressed precisely :
"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
. uk...
Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot pretended :
How powerful are they? Will any of them go through, for example, a 10mm
steel bolt in less than an hour? Any specific recommendations other than
"angle grinder"?

Si

Less than an hour certainly, but the right tool for job would do it in
seconds and they are much cheaper - get a £12 angle grinder.


Are you following me around, suggesting an angle grinder for every question I
ask?? ;o)

Si

What in life cannot be solved by the use of an angle grinder :-)

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On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:07:00 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

What in life cannot be solved by the use of an angle grinder :-)


Gordon Brown?

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:09:52 +0000, Bruce wrote:

On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:07:00 GMT, Harry Bloomfield
wrote:

What in life cannot be solved by the use of an angle grinder :-)


Gordon Brown?

(all together...) "Oh, yes it could!"

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