Crazyjake8493
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I only have one grinder now that I sold my cordless one, I just toss it on the shelf under the welding table when I'm done with it.
Angle grinders, How do you store them.
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lmalcomb
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No not really I go through them fast enough that they are never hanging that long
I like to auction buy old, American made tray toolboxes (usually from Now-defunct companies) , in good shape, that are usually ignored, by those drooling over the beat up and wasted Cman and SO tool chests. I'll just store certain less used tool groups like electrical and plumbing.
I don't have anything bigger than a 4" grinder, which fits in nice with the grinding cut-off wheels in the tray.
I don't have anything bigger than a 4" grinder, which fits in nice with the grinding cut-off wheels in the tray.
jakemac
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2 Makita 4-1/2" grinders. Store them in their metal cases and shove them in a cabinet.
bobcatdan
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RandyRanderson
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Timely thread. One of today's projects is making a bracket to hold my grinder on the side of my bench.
Currently the area I have to do projects is NOT secure, so I move expensive and/or lighter stuff to a locked area when I'm done for the day - my grinder cart was my mom's hand truck, solid tires - an oldie but oldie :=)
Like others have said I just clamped a piece of 1/8" FB across it. I have about 12 grinders, most are HF + a 9" Hitachi and a 4-1/2" Milwaukee VS - they all fit the FB and get swapped depending on need.
I mounted a power strip on the cart so I only need to plug ONE thing in when moving it.
Still need to do a secure version for the "bench warmers" tho... Steve
Like others have said I just clamped a piece of 1/8" FB across it. I have about 12 grinders, most are HF + a 9" Hitachi and a 4-1/2" Milwaukee VS - they all fit the FB and get swapped depending on need.
I mounted a power strip on the cart so I only need to plug ONE thing in when moving it.
Still need to do a secure version for the "bench warmers" tho... Steve
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Is it a chain link bolted to the threaded hole for the top handle position?
I drill a hole in the end of the wrench handle, if it doesn't already have one, then zip tie the wrench to the plug end of the grinder cord. That's what works for me working mobile. For these fixed grinder racks you could incorporate hooks or pegs to hang the wrenches on.
driftpin
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Lots of ingenious ideas for storage. I don't have a large shop, just a small 2-car, and I have to put things up when I'm not using them. My current storage is in roller boxes under the 2' X 8' X 3/16" steel-top workbench. I can fit 3 of them under the workbench, and I devote two drawers to the things like grinders. I have two 9" Milwaukee corded grinders, a smaller corded Milwaukee 4-1/2", a couple cheapo 4-1/2" grinders, and a cordless Craftsman C3 19.2 V. This isn't counting pneumatic tools, which I keep in a separate cabinet.
As to pin wrench tools for the various units, I zip-tie them to the cord. I also zip-tie a d-ring to the cord, and if I don't need a tool's threaded shaft knurled round nut, because the abrasive has its own captive nut, I put it onto the d-ring. The cords I roll-up and secure with a Velcro tie, the kind that has a hole punched in one end, so you can loop it around the cord, and have the running end of the strap wrap a couple of times around the coiled cord. Then, it goes into the drawer.
I like the members' wall-hanging pegs and steel straps, and the cart tool hangers, but I don't have that kind of wall space available, and I don't use a roll-around cart to hold tools. I don't have the space.
I do have a positive story about a venerable Chicago Electric 4-1/2" side grinder a friend gave me new, for Christmas, many years-ago. It's one of the orange plastic case models. It's been a real workhorse, and it began a rattling sound, not like a bearing on the shaft going bad, but definitely metal-to-metal. Fortunately, the bevel gear case was easy to disassemble, and I found that the fan on the end of the armature next-to the gear/grease case was now loose. It was a press-fit onto splines onto the shaft, and it had worked-loose after serving well for many years.
I tried staking it tight onto the shaft w/a punch, but that 'fix' worked-loose quickly. I discovered I could still actually use it, just that the fan wasn't doing much cooling, and it made a racket. So, it sat, until I went to my friend's home, who has a commercial two-100 amp breaker Miller TIG welder, I think it's a Synchromatic. I disassembled the tool and he TIG spot-welded to affix the fan to the armature shaft, at ninety degree intervals. I figured that would be the best for balance and vibration considerations.
Put it back together, and it works great! No appreciable vibration problem, it blows air for cooling, and I expect it to last for many more years.
I have some of the 30" square X 12" deep Whirlpool 'Gladiator' brand welded steel cabinet boxes that I have hung on the wall, I have five of them. Inside the doors on their backs is steel pegboard. I use this space to hang cutting and grinding discs, and just by opening the doors I can immediately inventory for replacement, and easily locate the disc I need.
As to pin wrench tools for the various units, I zip-tie them to the cord. I also zip-tie a d-ring to the cord, and if I don't need a tool's threaded shaft knurled round nut, because the abrasive has its own captive nut, I put it onto the d-ring. The cords I roll-up and secure with a Velcro tie, the kind that has a hole punched in one end, so you can loop it around the cord, and have the running end of the strap wrap a couple of times around the coiled cord. Then, it goes into the drawer.
I like the members' wall-hanging pegs and steel straps, and the cart tool hangers, but I don't have that kind of wall space available, and I don't use a roll-around cart to hold tools. I don't have the space.
I do have a positive story about a venerable Chicago Electric 4-1/2" side grinder a friend gave me new, for Christmas, many years-ago. It's one of the orange plastic case models. It's been a real workhorse, and it began a rattling sound, not like a bearing on the shaft going bad, but definitely metal-to-metal. Fortunately, the bevel gear case was easy to disassemble, and I found that the fan on the end of the armature next-to the gear/grease case was now loose. It was a press-fit onto splines onto the shaft, and it had worked-loose after serving well for many years.
I tried staking it tight onto the shaft w/a punch, but that 'fix' worked-loose quickly. I discovered I could still actually use it, just that the fan wasn't doing much cooling, and it made a racket. So, it sat, until I went to my friend's home, who has a commercial two-100 amp breaker Miller TIG welder, I think it's a Synchromatic. I disassembled the tool and he TIG spot-welded to affix the fan to the armature shaft, at ninety degree intervals. I figured that would be the best for balance and vibration considerations.
Put it back together, and it works great! No appreciable vibration problem, it blows air for cooling, and I expect it to last for many more years.
I have some of the 30" square X 12" deep Whirlpool 'Gladiator' brand welded steel cabinet boxes that I have hung on the wall, I have five of them. Inside the doors on their backs is steel pegboard. I use this space to hang cutting and grinding discs, and just by opening the doors I can immediately inventory for replacement, and easily locate the disc I need.