Cutting tire sidewalls using an angle grinder - GIF

**Altair** · Jan 9, 2022, 07:07 AM

Cutting tire sidewalls using an angle grinder.

Previously:

Manually cutting tire walls for recycling - GIF
Shaving excess rubber off new tires - GIF
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Inflating a tire with lighter fluid - GIF
Removing bead wire from tire - GIF

**hemmjo** · Jan 11, 2022, 06:14 AM

I always wondered WHO was cutting up the old truck tires to put around the 1,000's of orange barrels we drive by all the time. That must be the guy!!

I am trying to see what kind of blade he is using. I have a friend with a pile of large truck tires. Too old to ever be used on a truck, I am not sure why he is saving them. Perhaps too costly to get rid of.

I have an idea you could stack the treads 2 or 3 high for raised bed gardening. The sidewall section would be good to hold down weed check fabric around plants that don't do well in raised beds.

**Ralphxyz** · Jan 11, 2022, 09:45 AM

I wonder about the fume content?

Ralph

**Frank S** · Jan 11, 2022, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

I always wondered WHO was cutting up the old truck tires to put around the 1,000's of orange barrels we drive by all the time. That must be the guy!!

I am trying to see what kind of blade he is using. I have a friend with a pile of large truck tires. Too old to ever be used on a truck, I am not sure why he is saving them. Perhaps too costly to get rid of.

I have an idea you could stack the treads 2 or 3 high for raised bed gardening. The sidewall section would be good to hold down weed check fabric around plants that don't do well in raised beds.

A carbide tipped saw blade in a heavy-duty angle grinder will do the trick. DON'T expect it to look as easy as it appeared in the vid though because it is not. Use something like a 5" blade on a 9" angle grinder If the tires have steel corded side walls you are in for a battle and if you don't want to die of black lung wear a real respirator a leather apron goggles and a face shield and heavy gloves.
After your first cut you will quickly figure out a good angle to attack the tire to afford the least amount of friction

**madokie** · Jan 11, 2022, 05:12 PM

oh he's only cutting rubber, still like to see the blade,,i scrap metal and had some copper wire in thick rubber covering, tried a regular angle grinder thin, aluminum oxide cutoff wheel and the rubber wore it down real fast,,just used a box knife with a new blade..