Well that actually works better than expected
 

Going back to the cleaning up re-used bricks thread, I tried a lash-up
to turn an angle grinder into a table mounted tool:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...tting_sawbench


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John.

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Well that actually works better than expected
 

In message , John
Rumm writes
Going back to the cleaning up re-used bricks thread, I tried a lash-up
to turn an angle grinder into a table mounted tool:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...tting_sawbench

Very good. Have you stopped coughing yet?:-)

I suppose a 300mm disc might fit a bench saw you happened to have lying
about?



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Tim Lamb

Well that actually works better than expected
 

On 28/04/2020 22:03, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , John
Rumm writes
Going back to the cleaning up re-used bricks thread, I tried a lash-up
to turn an angle grinder into a table mounted tool:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...tting_sawbench

Very good. Have you stopped coughing yet?:-)

I had my mask on, since even with all the collection (and the air
cleaner running) I was not expecting it to be clean!

(I might add a bit of ducting under the table to point the output
straight down to where I can have a bucket of water to intercept it. I
will have to see what its like when out in the open, and which way the
wind is blowing)

I suppose a 300mm disc might fit a bench saw you happened to have lying
about?

The only bench saw I have now is my venerable 10" Delta Unisaw made in
1948... and the thought of filling that with masonry dust does not bear
thinking about given it has survived this long running well and true.

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John.

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Well that actually works better than expected
 

On 28/04/2020 21:48, John Rumm wrote:
Going back to the cleaning up re-used bricks thread, I tried a lash-up
to turn an angle grinder into a table mounted tool:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...tting_sawbench


Nice. I'm thinking of copying this for cutting steel.

Mike

Well that actually works better than expected
 

On 28/04/2020 21:48, John Rumm wrote:
Going back to the cleaning up re-used bricks thread, I tried a lash-up
to turn an angle grinder into a table mounted tool:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...tting_sawbench


Well that is something I have never done (yet) with an angle grinder. I
particularly liked the simple fabricated adaptor on the handle to make
clamping mechanism.

Well that actually works better than expected
 

On 29/04/2020 10:49, newshound wrote:
On 28/04/2020 21:48, John Rumm wrote:
Going back to the cleaning up re-used bricks thread, I tried a lash-up
to turn an angle grinder into a table mounted tool:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...tting_sawbench


Well that is something I have never done (yet) with an angle grinder. I
particularly liked the simple fabricated adaptor on the handle to make
clamping mechanism.

To be fair it would probably be a bit more elegant using a bolt rather
than the side handle, but I have not got anything in stock with that
size (just under 14mm) or pitch (even if it does mean assembly is tool
free. Alas you have to do it in situ on the workmate since you can't get
the AG though the opening in the workmate when fitted to the table.

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John.

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Well that actually works better than expected
 

On 28/04/2020 21:48, John Rumm wrote:
Going back to the cleaning up re-used bricks thread, I tried a lash-up
to turn an angle grinder into a table mounted tool:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...tting_sawbench


Used it in anger yesterday, and got a hundred or so bricks cleaned up in
about an hour... then I had no edge left on the diamond disc and no
spare in stock, so waiting for SF to deliver some new ones, to get the
last 50 so so cleaned up.

So the wall fell in a couple of large sections. So I attacked that with
a SDS Max drill to separate out the bricks (broke a few, but not too
many). That left a big pile which I lobbed back on the patio:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...AndPiledup.jpg

After using the saw on them, I got a nice pile of mortar/brick dust:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...fBrickDust.jpg

and a pile of bricks:

http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php/...pBrickPile.png

(I managed to cut most cleanly - one or two I ended up taking off a
sliver of brick as well - so those will need a slightly thicker bed of
mortar to put back!)


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John.

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