Was looking for some flexible grinding wheels for my grinder.
I have a bunch that are great, but can't find them anymore.

So after doing a search I see a couple of possible replacement candidates.

So Graingers sells case only, but at twice the price of every other
competitor.... $422.50

While it can be had for 174.87 from :
https://www.apdmro.com/3M-50442-Gree...srid=142637559

Or $229
http://www.dgisupply.com/product/CAP...id=138912 054

I know this has been hashed out b4, and I know they have places all
around, but really 174 vs 422 that's a hard one to swallow. Even 229
vs 422..



--
Jeff

woodchucker wrote:

Was looking for some flexible grinding wheels for my grinder.
I have a bunch that are great, but can't find them anymore.

So after doing a search I see a couple of possible replacement candidates.

So Graingers sells case only, but at twice the price of every other
competitor.... $422.50

While it can be had for 174.87 from :
https://www.apdmro.com/3M-50442-Gree...srid=142637559

Or $229
http://www.dgisupply.com/product/CAP...id=138912 054

I know this has been hashed out b4, and I know they have places all
around, but really 174 vs 422 that's a hard one to swallow. Even 229
vs 422..

Will 60 grit work?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EMZYIZC

Pack of 50 for $78.

On 4/8/2016 8:32 PM, woodchucker wrote:
Was looking for some flexible grinding wheels for my grinder.
I have a bunch that are great, but can't find them anymore.

So after doing a search I see a couple of possible replacement candidates.

So Graingers sells case only, but at twice the price of every other
competitor.... $422.50

While it can be had for 174.87 from :
https://www.apdmro.com/3M-50442-Gree...srid=142637559


Or $229
http://www.dgisupply.com/product/CAP...id=138912 054


I know this has been hashed out b4, and I know they have places all
around, but really 174 vs 422 that's a hard one to swallow. Even 229
vs 422..



Grainger has the advantage of being a handy place to buy odd stuff. And
you pay for that.

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 21:32:33 -0400, woodchucker
wrote:

Was looking for some flexible grinding wheels for my grinder.
I have a bunch that are great, but can't find them anymore.

So after doing a search I see a couple of possible replacement candidates.

So Graingers sells case only, but at twice the price of every other
competitor.... $422.50

While it can be had for 174.87 from :
https://www.apdmro.com/3M-50442-Gree...srid=142637559

Or $229
http://www.dgisupply.com/product/CAP...id=138912 054

I know this has been hashed out b4, and I know they have places all
around, but really 174 vs 422 that's a hard one to swallow. Even 229
vs 422..
The convenience of "one stop shopping" comes at a price, I guess.
They carry a lot of stuff that isn't easy to find, and for many
companies (and they cater to companies) are happy to pay their price
to get everything they need on one P.O. on account.

On 4/8/2016 9:32 PM, woodchucker wrote:
Was looking for some flexible grinding wheels for my grinder.
I have a bunch that are great, but can't find them anymore.

So after doing a search I see a couple of possible replacement candidates.

So Graingers sells case only, but at twice the price of every other
competitor.... $422.50

While it can be had for 174.87 from :
https://www.apdmro.com/3M-50442-Gree...srid=142637559


Or $229
http://www.dgisupply.com/product/CAP...id=138912 054


I know this has been hashed out b4, and I know they have places all
around, but really 174 vs 422 that's a hard one to swallow. Even 229
vs 422..




They mark up their prices to give their customers (accounts) discounts
which makes them believe they are getting a deal. On the plus side, they
will except returns with no questions asked.

On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 8:32:40 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
Was looking for some flexible grinding wheels for my grinder.
I have a bunch that are great, but can't find them anymore.


I wouldn't have thought those 1/8" thick discs were flexible. I often use the (24, 36, 50 grit) fiber grinding disc: https://jet.com/product/detail/764a0...FRIoaQodAKIFjw .... my grinder has a rubberized backing pad, to accommodate the flexing.

My local tool/equipmemt rental store has, both, my and your kind of grinders and grinding discs. Your tool rental outlet may have a similar selection..

Sonny

On 4/9/2016 7:40 AM, Sonny wrote:
On Friday, April 8, 2016 at 8:32:40 PM UTC-5, woodchucker wrote:
Was looking for some flexible grinding wheels for my grinder.
I have a bunch that are great, but can't find them anymore.


I wouldn't have thought those 1/8" thick discs were flexible. I often use the (24, 36, 50 grit) fiber grinding disc: https://jet.com/product/detail/764a0...FRIoaQodAKIFjw .... my grinder has a rubberized backing pad, to accommodate the flexing.

My local tool/equipmemt rental store has, both, my and your kind of grinders and grinding discs. Your tool rental outlet may have a similar selection.

Sonny


Yea, they are not totally flexible, but they cut like nothing else.

I had a bunch of Cronatron flexible wheels. Cronatron Welding apparently
is no longer, it looks like Lawson bought them, I think.

These cut so fast, I never went back to the hard discs again. And they
gave enough to be able to shape metal nicely and blend it. They also
seemed to last much longer than the hard discs. I'll miss them.


So I'm looking to try a couple of discs of varying manufacturers to find
the replacement.

--
Jeff

woodchucker wrote in news:O5ednbwKPKwoxpXKnZ2dnUU7-
:

Was looking for some flexible grinding wheels for my grinder.
I have a bunch that are great, but can't find them anymore.

So after doing a search I see a couple of possible replacement candidates.

So Graingers sells case only, but at twice the price of every other
competitor.... $422.50

Not unusual IME. I encountered these prices recently on the Werner PS-48 portable
scaffold:
Sherwin-Williams: $125
Home Depot: $100
Grainger: $210

Grainger is a really great place to buy products that you can't find anywhere else... but a
really lousy place to buy products that you *can* find somewhere else.

On 4/10/2016 7:05 AM, Doug Miller wrote:
Snip



Grainger is a really great place to buy products that you can't find anywhere else... but a
really lousy place to buy products that you *can* find somewhere else.



Exactly!

Or .. in my experience ... if you really need it tomorrow and nobody in town has it, Grainger will have it by 10 a.m.

Grainger is a really great place to buy products that you can't find anywhere else... but a
really lousy place to buy products that you *can* find somewhere else.



Exactly!

On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 21:32:33 -0400
woodchucker wrote:

I know this has been hashed out b4, and I know they have places all
around, but really 174 vs 422 that's a hard one to swallow. Even
229 vs 422..

price matching might be the way to go

most places want your business and many people just pay the going
rate or leave

if you ask i bet they will give you a better price

Electric Comet wrote:
On Fri, 8 Apr 2016 21:32:33 -0400
woodchucker wrote:

I know this has been hashed out b4, and I know they have places all
around, but really 174 vs 422 that's a hard one to swallow. Even
229 vs 422..
price matching might be the way to go

most places want your business and many people just pay the going
rate or leave

if you ask i bet they will give you a better price

You've obviously never been the place. However, I suspect if you have
the correct
credentials (meaning you'll be a high-volume customer) that they would
offer a discount.
No one has mentioned it, but a visit to the store begins with a
conversation--so they have a
(slightly?) different business model.

On 4/14/2016 4:47 PM, Bill wrote:

if you ask i bet they will give you a better price
You've obviously never been the place. However, I suspect if you have
the correct
credentials (meaning you'll be a high-volume customer) that they would
offer a discount.
No one has mentioned it, but a visit to the store begins with a
conversation--so they have a
(slightly?) different business model.



If I call the salesman for our account I can get a better price. In
less time I can just order from McMaster and have a better price without
asking. McMaster does not discount. I asked a few years back when we
were moving our plant and buying a lot of stuff. Everyone pays the same.

Grainger web site sucks too. Much easier to search for something on
McMaster.

Ed Pawlowski writes:
On 4/14/2016 4:47 PM, Bill wrote:


Grainger web site sucks too. Much easier to search for something on
McMaster.

Indeed, but I still prefer the paper catalogs from both Graingers
and McMaster. They also make good doorstops.

On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:47:14 -0400
Bill wrote:

No one has mentioned it, but a visit to the store begins with a
conversation--so they have a
(slightly?) different business model.

no have not

what is the story

do they have official greeters or is it a counter in front of a
warehouse

On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:29:47 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

Ed Pawlowski writes:
On 4/14/2016 4:47 PM, Bill wrote:


Grainger web site sucks too. Much easier to search for something on
McMaster.

Indeed, but I still prefer the paper catalogs from both Graingers
and McMaster. They also make good doorstops.

I don't like paper catalogs of any sort. Some companies have a much
better web presence than others. They get the business. In the
general retail domain, that's Amazon. In the electronics, DigiKey. In
woodworking hardware it used to be McFeely's but they've gone down the
drain.

On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:27:05 -0700, Electric Comet
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:47:14 -0400
Bill wrote:

No one has mentioned it, but a visit to the store begins with a
conversation--so they have a
(slightly?) different business model.

no have not

what is the story

do they have official greeters or is it a counter in front of a
warehouse

wht dd u sy?

Electric Comet wrote:
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:47:14 -0400
Bill wrote:

No one has mentioned it, but a visit to the store begins with a
conversation--so they have a
(slightly?) different business model.
no have not

what is the story

do they have official greeters or is it a counter in front of a
warehouse

Yes, it is basically a counter in front of a warehouse. The counter has
computers on it, and a cash drawer. Relaxing atmosphere with low
traffic. Surely, it's mainly a "front" for their catalog business.

On 4/15/2016 5:17 PM, Bill wrote:
Electric Comet wrote:
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:47:14 -0400
Bill wrote:

No one has mentioned it, but a visit to the store begins with a
conversation--so they have a
(slightly?) different business model.
no have not

what is the story

do they have official greeters or is it a counter in front of a
warehouse

Yes, it is basically a counter in front of a warehouse. The counter has
computers on it, and a cash drawer. Relaxing atmosphere with low
traffic. Surely, it's mainly a "front" for their catalog business.



Either that or a front for the drug industry... each of us gets a fix
with tools and hardware :-)

--
Jeff

On 4/15/2016 2:59 PM, krw wrote:
On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:29:47 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

Ed Pawlowski writes:
On 4/14/2016 4:47 PM, Bill wrote:


Grainger web site sucks too. Much easier to search for something on
McMaster.

Indeed, but I still prefer the paper catalogs from both Graingers
and McMaster. They also make good doorstops.

I don't like paper catalogs of any sort. Some companies have a much
better web presence than others. They get the business. In the
general retail domain, that's Amazon. In the electronics, DigiKey. In
woodworking hardware it used to be McFeely's but they've gone down the
drain.


I hate digikey's website. I wish it were better.
It's very hard to navigate if you are not an electronics guy.

--
Jeff

On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 22:15:49 -0400, woodchucker
wrote:

On 4/15/2016 2:59 PM, krw wrote:
On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:29:47 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

Ed Pawlowski writes:
On 4/14/2016 4:47 PM, Bill wrote:


Grainger web site sucks too. Much easier to search for something on
McMaster.

Indeed, but I still prefer the paper catalogs from both Graingers
and McMaster. They also make good doorstops.

I don't like paper catalogs of any sort. Some companies have a much
better web presence than others. They get the business. In the
general retail domain, that's Amazon. In the electronics, DigiKey. In
woodworking hardware it used to be McFeely's but they've gone down the
drain.


I hate digikey's website. I wish it were better.

I love it. I've told (many) other suppliers that I'd buy from them if
they had a search engine as good. Some have told me that they have a
"new" front end that's even better. I ask if they've actually tried
it.

It's very hard to navigate if you are not an electronics guy.

Well, that may be the difference. You do have to know what you're
looking for. I do wish they did have more pictures of things like
connectors and other mechanical widgets.

On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 22:13:58 -0400, woodchucker
wrote:

On 4/15/2016 5:17 PM, Bill wrote:
Electric Comet wrote:
On Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:47:14 -0400
Bill wrote:

No one has mentioned it, but a visit to the store begins with a
conversation--so they have a
(slightly?) different business model.
no have not

what is the story

do they have official greeters or is it a counter in front of a
warehouse

Yes, it is basically a counter in front of a warehouse. The counter has
computers on it, and a cash drawer. Relaxing atmosphere with low
traffic. Surely, it's mainly a "front" for their catalog business.



Either that or a front for the drug industry... each of us gets a fix
with tools and hardware :-)

I resemble that remark!