14-04-2023, 10:54 AM
(13-04-2023, 11:25 AM)Chris KC Wrote: With a load of bodywork jobs coming up I've been forced to 'up my game' with the MIG welder.
Grinding off rock-hard weld beads is a real chore as many here will know.
A chat last year with an abrasives supplier yielded a pack of 3M Cubitron grinding discs, which I have only now got around to trying.
They are not inexpensive - set me back about £50 if I recall correctly - but boy, are they worth it!
They slice through MIG as if it were cheddar cheese, and I have yet to wear out my first disc when normally I'd have expected to replace 2 or 3 times.
Thoroughly recommended!
Chris, I have been after these for a while, as iam better with the grinder than the mig at times! I previously bought a set but the backing disc was rubbish and tore fairly quick, is it a 3M backing disc you are also using ?
A recomendation from me, and i have posted this before on the site, is a Cordless Ratchet from Amazon, Sub £40 once you use it you will never go back to a standard ratchet. I know several forum members have purchased these and have thanks me personaly for the recomendation.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cordless-Electr...0CV7T63C09
I have since purchased a "Branded" [Sealey] one, however that broke a roll pin in the mechanisim at the weekend so iam back to the cheep amazon one while i await a pin.