Date:         Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:57:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Aristotle Sagan <killer.jupiter@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Smaller Angle Grinder?
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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I run with a Bosch 4 1/2 and love it. It has been going strong with
just one change of brushes since 1993. I also have a die grinder, a
Ryobe I think. It's great for carving wood, haven't done any metal
work with it but it is a boatload of fun. A Dremel on steroids.


tim in san jose


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:35 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 06:50 PM 3/26/2009, neil N wrote:
>>
>> little Dremel helped out,
>
> Neil, a die grinder takes 1/4" shank bits, and has the sort of power
> (and then some) that you thought the Dremel *should* have had when
> you first got one, before you got used to its limits.
>
> I have no idea why I don't have one...maybe because the cheap ones
> I've seen are air-powered, and they take a good deal of air.
>
>
>  --
> David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"
>



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