Subject: Re: Where can I get a cut off wheel for a circular saw?

From: "Jeffrey R. Trites" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 09:53:50 -0700

Brad Meiners wrote:
> 
> Where can I get a cut off wheel for a circular saw?
> 
> In the FAQ for this group it says:
> 
> -----------
> Grinder with Cutoff Wheel
>     With an angle grinder or a die grinder equipped with a cut-off wheel, you can cut ...
> flats.
>     ...
>     There are also cutoff wheels designed for use in circular saws.
> -----------
> 
> Where could I buy such a wheel for a circular saw?  A seach in my town and on the Net has
> yielded nothing.
> 
> I have some scrap lawn mower blades that I would like to cut into crude garden tools.  I have a
> old (and powerful) table saw and thought that with a couple of cuts it should be possible.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> Brad

Have you tried your local hardware store? Around here they are easy to
find, I use them often on a home-made chopsaw. They are usually hanging
close to the concrete cut off wheels.

Good Luck

Jeff Trites

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From: [email-masked] (Felice Luftschein)
Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 16:40:40 GMT

I just built a power hacksaw like the one described
by john dean in PM a while ago. slow, but it works well,
doesn't stink or get hot and I can drink coffee while it works
cost me the price of scrap to build (plus the welder)

In article <[email-masked]> Roger Gibbs 
<[email-masked]> writes:>From: Roger Gibbs <[email-masked]>
>Subject: Re: Where can I get a cut off wheel for a circular saw?
>Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 17:31:46 GMT

>>Where could I buy such a wheel for a circular saw?  snip 
>> I have a old (and powerful) table saw and thought that
>> with a couple of cuts it should be possible.
>>

>Although you could mount an abrasive cut-off wheel on your table saw,
>you might want to give that some carefull thought first - they 
>distribute nasty abrasive dust all over the place.  This dust may
>well find its way into the TS arbor or motor bearings.  I destroyed
>a sleeve bearing on an inexpensive Sears circular saw using an 
>abrasive cut-off wheel.

>The wheels are not hard to find, most hardware stores or Home Depot
>type places stock them.

>-Roger

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From: Roger Gibbs <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 17:31:46 GMT

-Roger