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PO1911 · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject: Building a new grill

well now that im done with my tv cabinet, its on to the next project in a medium I am much better at STEEL lol but anyway I have a question for any of you that have ever done any steel fab, (azmidget etc,) I am fairly surgical with a angle grinder and cutting wheels, in fact this is usually all I leave of a wheel and thats only because the housing gets in the way......

now I had a couple of shitty days at work birds nested my lift cable on my work truck, bad customers, overloads etc. and I felt the need for a lil destruction so I am building a new grill, out of a 30gal propane tank

so I stopped at harbor freight on the way home to get some 4.5in thin cutting wheels as I was running low on them, now I have been using these same wheels for years I dont use them as much since I got the chop saw but when I dont want to torch cut something that wont fit in the chop I go back to the angle grinder now I figured I would use up 4 wheels cutting this tank up, but the first 5 out of the pack did this

WTF I would barely touch the steel not even all the way through and shrapnel all over the place, dug up some old ones and they worked fine (shown in top pic with a new wheel) anyway I am going to move this into the hobby thread after a bit but I just wanted your take on the exploding blade phenomena as I know there are a few of you with experience with such things

oh and one more thing

thats how the tank looks cut I am going to torch the fittings off this weekend, cut some fill plates and burn them on, then start on the legs Very Happy

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homer · O.G.D.R Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 390 Location: Iowa

I have never been much for things like cutting wheels form harbor fright, I usually get them from Fastenal. Nice grill too.

squirtbottle09 · Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:36 pm Post subject:

Harbor freight shit. You answered your question in your title...
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scott1981 · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:55 am Post subject:

I have had a bloody knuckle from a socket that broke clean in half. They are surprisingly cheap, but it really worked it shows in the quality
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Dankle 666 · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:18 pm Post subject:

MercedesTech · O.G.D.R Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 411 Location: RP, CA

betcha money that the pack was dropped. Even a light drop can send these premature failure cracks through the disc. As soon as you start grinding, BAM, they explode. Maybe something heavy was being stacked on em, I don't know.

You said the 1st 4 broke, what about number 5 ? 6 ? etc ?
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homer · O.G.D.R Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 390 Location: Iowa

PO1911 · Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject:

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PO1911 · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:22 pm Post subject:

well low and behold there is a fastnal about 3 blocks from where I work I will stop there tomorrow and check it out Very Happy

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MercedesTech · O.G.D.R Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 411 Location: RP, CA

i still say look for some local, small welding supply shops. Fuck big companies.
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PO1911 · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject:

here is what I have for welding supply stores in tucson
pima welding (prices suck really bad)

consolidated welding which is a chain store affiliate (prices suck monkey balls)

us air weld

airgas all the local mom and pop type welding supply shops are out I used to go to Red's but he passed on about 4 years ago, and the very few that are left are just reselling the shit they buy from airgas and us air weld (after a hefty markup)

sigh
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PO1911 · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:33 pm Post subject:

who the fuck thats about to loose some mod privileges edited my fucking title
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PO1911 · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

daminit my damm oxygen bottle is empty, one more damm thing I have to do tomorrow Mad

my own damm fault tho left the valve open a little bit for like...umm....7 months last time I used it Shocked

and I just got it filled before the last time I used it
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