Dabbler
ersatz engineer
While visiting Janger, I was impressed with his right angle die grinders for surface conditioning and burr removal... He uses Roloc disks to do this and I thought the idea was fantastic... I don't have air in my shop right now, and don't want the irritating air tools noise - even his 'quiet' air tool is a little loud for me.
I was thinking of getting a Milwalkee right angle die grinder, and JNielsen found a pretty good deal, so I went for it. Man, is it quiet! I also bought a bag of those offshore 80 pc Roloc - clone sanding disk sets with arbor and backer.
I found the tool to work very well, and the cheap abrasives to do as expected... If I use them on edges, the grit pulls off rather that load up. But I don't have high expectations for abrasives that cost 32 cents each. They do the job, and I'm sure they have shorter life than genuine 3M product.
However I found out that these bags of Rolloc disks also include a 1/4" hex arbor, and I tried it in my Dewalt 20V impact gun, and darn! it works far better than expected... Not the 24,000 RPM of the Milwalkee, but adequate for most purposes.
So I didn't waste my money on the Milwalkee, but I could have put off the purchase a little had I known this, and possibly found a cheaper alternative. All parts of this test were a success!
I was thinking of getting a Milwalkee right angle die grinder, and JNielsen found a pretty good deal, so I went for it. Man, is it quiet! I also bought a bag of those offshore 80 pc Roloc - clone sanding disk sets with arbor and backer.
I found the tool to work very well, and the cheap abrasives to do as expected... If I use them on edges, the grit pulls off rather that load up. But I don't have high expectations for abrasives that cost 32 cents each. They do the job, and I'm sure they have shorter life than genuine 3M product.
However I found out that these bags of Rolloc disks also include a 1/4" hex arbor, and I tried it in my Dewalt 20V impact gun, and darn! it works far better than expected... Not the 24,000 RPM of the Milwalkee, but adequate for most purposes.
So I didn't waste my money on the Milwalkee, but I could have put off the purchase a little had I known this, and possibly found a cheaper alternative. All parts of this test were a success!
