Angle grinder triumphs again!

Matty F · 2009-08-23T07:36:15+00:00

Once again my angle grinder has done a superb job. The grinder cost meonly NZ$8.50 (3.50 GBP).I needed to copy this steel black-painted clamp. The original wasprobably cast about 100 years ago and I don't happen to have afoundry. So I had to carve it out of a solid block of steel.The finished clamp, except that it still needs an extension welded tothe handle:'s how I made it.The original old clamp and a block of steel: with the hardest part. Drill a hole and cut down to it: more easy straight cuts: had to drill a couple more holes and cut down to them. Used agrinder to round around the hole. It still may not be possible to dothis! few more cuts, then out with the angle grinder with a flapper disk!It pays to leave something to hold, opposite the difficult end: and quicker than taking it to a foundry!

Aug 23, 2009 22 Replies

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Jon Fairbairn 16 years ago

Ah! /That's/ what they are called. Thanks.

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Ian White 16 years ago

With an angle grinder?

You know, I'd bet he could...

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Jules 16 years ago

I'm tempted to suggest there should be an annual uk.d-i-y "make the coolest thing you can using only an angle grinder" compo...

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