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Posted by mm on January 11, 2007, 10:13 pm
wrote:
>I would certainly start back at Harbor Fright and see what they say.
>
>My grinder (DeWALT) uses wheels that has a round raised area in the
>center of the wheel and the grinder has a bowl that fits over the
>raised center to hold it frimly centered and in place.
>
>re: "I have very little use for one, so I bought the cheapest angle
>grinder I could find."
>
>I know you don't need to hear this, but you get what you pay for. While
You make a good point, but I've bought other stuff from them, and
never got something I couldn't even assemble. LOL That's partly why
I thought maybe I was missing something, and that there was nothing
wrong. It's hard to believe they made a bonehead mistake like this.
Unless they fixed it in newer models. Maybe they'll exchange it or let
me pay the difference. (They had one that was iirc one dollar less,
that was blue instead of orange. :) They have so many models of
things, often almost the same.)
I save all my receipts in one place but still haven't got the patience
to go through them. Of course I just want to make it work, and maybe
they can do that without taking it back. I'll look for the receipt.
>you're at Harbor Fright, return the grinder and the wheels and get a
>quality tool some place else. You probably paid $30 - $35 for the
>orange one. For $65 you can get a DeWALT. (free shipping)
It was something like that but then on sale for maybe 16. 16 is one
thing, but I can't rationalize spending more than that. 65 is out of
the question.
All I want to do is grind off the nails where they come into the attic
from the shingles, and everyone here said that was a bad idea anyhow.
They're probably right, and I'm sure I'll be convinced of it after the
first 5 nails. That's 3 dollars a nail. At my income, 16 is ok, but
more requires a real need. :)
>
>http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product2_6970_200323995_200323995
It looks nice. It has a 5/8 inch spindle, so the wheels I have are
probably ok.
Maybe I'll look at a good one in a store.
Thanks.
>For somewhere in between, you'll find something much better than the
>Harbor Fright one. Even if you only use it once, you'll be much happier
>with a better tool and you won't be embarrassed to lend it to your
>friends.
>mm wrote:
>> My Harbor Freight abrasive wheels have holes either too big or too
>> small for my Harbor Freight 4" angle grinder.
>>
>> Was I supposed to get wheels with smaller or bigger holes or use an
>> additional spacer, or should I try to return the tool to Harbor
>> Freight?
>>
>> I have very little use for one, so I bought the cheapest angle grinder
>> I could find, HF, and I bought their house brand set of grinder
>> wheels, four kinds on a piece of cardboard for 10 dollars. Months ago,
>> but I just got around to putting an abrasive wheel on the grinder.
>> Isn't it supposed to fit neatly?
>>
>> The hole in the wheel is labeled 5/8" and is 5/8" (about 16mm)
>>
>> The shaft at the place where the wheel rests is only as thick as the
>> threaded part but without the threads, at least 3 mm smaller than the
>> hole. I can't position the wheel and tighten the nut so that it
>> rotates true.
>>
>> Since one grinds with the edge sometimes, espcially with the wheels
>> without the recessed hole, doesn't the wheel have to mount almost
>> perfectly?:
>>
>> Potential partial fix 1: The outer diameter of the threaded parts is
>> almost 5/8", maybe a sixteenth or 32nd less. I could put a spacer on
>> the shaft so that the wheel would be at the threaded part.
>>
>> Potential partial fix 2: There is a thick "washer" or spacer with a
>> shoulder that would fit bigger holes, 7/8" or maybe just under. Do
>> they have wheels with bigger holes?
>>
>> These potential fixes don't seem right to me.
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