[TowerTalk] Cutting 3/16" EHS...

[FISCHER,GREG]

Ditto on the hand grinder.  I have a Dewalt with the 4.5 
inch discs.  Clean and easy cuts every time.  Hard to say 
how many cuts you would get with one wheel because once 
you have it you will use it for other things too.

Greg
AB7R


On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:14:21 EST
  K7LXC at aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 12/3/2006 6:54:32 A.M. Pacific 
>Standard Time,  
> towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:
> 
>>  Since I had never really cut EHS before (the tower came 
>> with the house), I
> checked the TT archives and saw references to metal 
> cutting grinding wheels
> and bolt cutters.  
> 
>>  I went  over to the local Lowe's this morning and 
>>cringed at the  grinding
> wheels....just doesn't seem to be a safe or sane way to 
>cut metal  to
> me.....Are they really effective at cutting EHS?  How 
>many cuts can  you make
> off of one 7" wheel? 
> 
> 
>    A better option is to use a 4.5" hand-grinder. I 
> couldn't do any tower 
> work without one. Get the thinnest cutting blades and 
> they'll cut thru EHS in 
> a couple of seconds. Obviously all safety precautions 
> should be used. 
> 
>    I used to use the 7" aggregate cutting blade on  my 
>Skil saw but it was 
> pretty cumbersome. The little hand-grinder is the only 
> way to go!
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve      K7LXC
> TOWER TECH  
> 
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