Masonary Gring Wheel For Bench Grinder?

Aug 23, 2008 7 Replies

Is there such a thing? Haven't checked the Borg yet.



I have a few dozen 2"x2" tiles I want to get the thinset off the back best I can. Can chip some off of course.



I have a RotoZip but not sure if I would live long enough to use that.



Open to other suggestions of course.



Red...


Ooops!

Of course, that's masonary grinding wheel

I use my Fein Multimaster with a carbide blade. The triangular blade works best for this.

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Boden wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@enews1.newsguy.com:

Would love one but just can't justify $200+ for a starter set up to $400 for the Top Set. I know I would end up using it for many things and it become a can't live without tool that lasts till I croak.

Make a nice incoming gift. Let's see. Birthday coming up in a few weeks. Only have a daughter around. She stopped by yesterday to borrow 20 bucks so I doubt hinting around to her would do any good :-)

Perhaps you'd like a masonry grinding wheel?

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I think the discs for an angle grinder would work in a bench grinder-- But for $25 you can try a Harbor Freight angle grinder- & probably make quick work of the goo once you make a jig to hold the tiles.

Jim

Actually, it's masonry - only one 'a'

"PanHandler" wrote in news:Pdjsk.15407$rD2.8899 @bignews4.bellsouth.net:

And it would be even more impressive if it helped lead to a solution.

Red Green wrote in news:Xns9B03B52569098RedGreen@216.168.3.70:

Somewhere along the line either in this or another thread someone mentioned about a jig.

What I ended up doing was using the RotoZip with a diamond blade I had and making a jig. Using a router, out of a block of wood I cut a depression the shape and depth of a tile (not including the thinset).

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Drop tile in face down,

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chip any loose stuff that came easy with chisel/5-in-1 tool, then slice/cut away thinset down to board level.

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RotoZip with a diamond blade actually quite easy. Thinset not really that hard. Don't even need to hold board while using RotoZip. It's still time consuming but at least no blood drawn.

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