Re: JPOR: Jeep tools

["Jeff Layton" <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ed: It's not just air volume, but without it, everything just gets worse. I
had a friend of a friend, a body man, come over to the garage to do some
moonlighting and earn some extra cash by working on my Jeep, doing some
trick custom work (bobbing fenders for one). This guy, a professional body
man, insisted on bringing his own tools. One of the things I was impressed
with was his rotary tool (combination die grinder & cutoff tool). It was
easily 2 full inches in diameter & had an integrated rubber-ish handle into
the body. It had a *ton* more power than mine, which range from CH to IR to
Taiwanese. You can tell this bad boy was made to be used all day, day in &
day out. He used his to turn 3" 60 grit abrasive sandpaper wheels, and he
cut down through welds like "buttah" (he was from Boston!)

I have never before or since seen one that big in diameter. I hear (but have
never seen) that IR has 2 lines - the ones you & I see & can  buy, then the
professional line. Don't know.

Try looking at industrial tool suppliers (Snap-on, Mac tools, etc) & see
what you come up with.

Many of my air tools are cheap ones, and most do fine. Some are the
high-quality, top dollar ones, and they are awesome. The die grinder is one
I"ve been thinking about upgrading ever since I saw his!

Jeff Layton
mailto:jlayton@austin.rr.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Tapanes" <EdT@JeepLand.net>

> A die grinder.  I have had a couple of cut off wheels and think that the
cut
> off wheel alone is worth buying an air compressor.  What I'm looking for
is
> a good die grinder.  I have a cheapy Cambell Hausfield and a not-so cheapy
> Craftsman die grinders and they're both seriously lacking in power.  I've
> found out (the hard way) that cheap tools are worth substantially less
than
> what you pay for them.  A difference very well illustrated by using a C-H
> impact gun and a quality Craftsman gun (re-labeled Ingersol Rand?).  So I
> guess my question really is whether my expectations of how a die grinder
is
> supposed to work way too high or are the ones I'm using just crappy tools?
> Do they perhaps need more air volume than my compressor can give (7.0 SCFM
@
> 90PSI)?