Get more from your angle grinder

[jdurand]

I've got an old Harbor Freight low rpm circular saw with a metal cutting blade, they sold it as a combo at the time. We'd never see anything that cut that nicely, and my wife used to work in steel.

[orioncons36]

Great Idea! 💡

[Tuomas]

I've got an old Harbor Freight low rpm circular saw with a metal cutting blade, they sold it as a combo at the time. We'd never see anything that cut that nicely, and my wife used to work in steel.

Those are nice, but when cutting thinner sheets result ain't so good anymore.
I have one too, really great when material is thicker than 3 mm. Weight and size makes them difficult to use with smaller items, that's the biggest minus from me.

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[Toolmaker51]

I'm paying close attention here, anticipate sheet-cutting soon, rip and crosscuts.
I can see where thickness is THE controlling facet of blade choice. Even 1/8" (~3mm) seems a bit thin for toothed cutters, whereas abrasives, being figuratively infinite tooth count, are more controllable.
That said, using the DeWalt carbide tipped 4-1/2" I described was astoundingly easy. Another quick google doesn't return my expectation...?

[Crusty]

I rotate my blade shield around where I can use the back edge of it for the same function. It's no frills but it works for me.

I would dearly love to not use my angle grinder for cutoff operations so much but despite the other cutting tools I've acquired I still find myself first starting with an AG to cut out the material from a larger piece. Maybe a plasma cutter is in the cards for me yet.