[GTALUG] (very off topic) quality die grinder bits

[Don Tai]

I just bought a rotary file set from PA last month that I was going to
chuck into my corded drill. Maybe I'll try it on my lawn mower blade. I was
going to use it for grinding down errant welds.

On Sun, 12 May 2024 at 22:56, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> Thanks.  I'll visit Princess Auto near my work. I've been browsing
> Amazon, and it's sad. You can tell some grinding bits are off-axis even
> from the pictures.
>
> - I tried angle grinder, but it takes off too much metal, too fast.
> - I tried rotary tool, but it took too long.
> - I tried manual file, and that's too much work. :-)
> - I found die grinder is just right.
>
> On 2024-05-12 22:33, Don Tai wrote:
> > I don't use a die grinder, but have used an angle grinder on my lawn
> > mower blade before. You've run through all the usual  (ugh) stores but
> > one: princessauto.com <http://princessauto.com>. But most/all of their
> > stuff is China made. I go to Princess Auto quite often for grinding,
> > welding accessories.
> >
> > You can also try busybeetools.com <http://busybeetools.com> but I've
> not
> > gone there for many a year.
> >
> >
> https://www.princessauto.com/en/searchresults?Ntt=die%20grinder%20accessories
> <
> https://www.princessauto.com/en/searchresults?Ntt=die%20grinder%20accessories
> >
> >
> https://www.princessauto.com/en/searchresults?Nr=product.active%3A1&Ntt=rotary%20file%20set*
> <
> https://www.princessauto.com/en/searchresults?Nr=product.active%3A1&Ntt=rotary%20file%20set*
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 12 May 2024 at 22:22, William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org
> > <mailto:talk at gtalug.org>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi all,  Very off topic, but I'm fed up.
> >
> >     I sharpen my lawn mower blade with die grinder.  Problem is, all the
> >     bits that I bought from Canadian Tire, Rona, and Home Depot, they all
> >     wobble. Except for one bit. And, that has been used so much that I
> need
> >     a new one, now.
> >
> >     If anyone has die grinder, what brand of grinding bits do you
> recommend?
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