Angle grinder wheels

Well here are todays results. the wheel on the grinder is a Montolit and about 1 year old...well abused !
The other wheels are brand new...can you say which wheel cut which slot ?
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Do they maybe need running in a bit Neale? I put a DNA on my grinder last week and thought it was pants compared to the pro-gres, chipping really badly, gave it a good run today on some polished porcelain and its cutting as sweet as a nut.
 
Bri said:
Do they maybe need running in a bit Neale? I put a DNA on my grinder last week and thought it was pants compared to the pro-gres, chipping really badly, gave it a good run today on some polished porcelain and its cutting as sweet as a nut.
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Dont think so Bri, I did do a few more cuts but all the same result. The turbo blade felt as if it was rubbing its way through..hard going where as the continuous rim went through quicker and Monti flew through in comparison.
 
Sir Ramic said:
Dont think so Bri, I did do a few more cuts but all the same result. The turbo blade felt as if it was rubbing its way through..hard going where as the continuous rim went through quicker and Monti flew through in comparison.
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You tried the OTHER blade yet . ?
 
Not tried mine yet either... but have got porcs on friday.. so will be blasting it then. 🙂
 
That's ugly,

Neale can you run them through a dressing stone if you have one, or an engineering brick or a breeze block, see if livens them up.

Also keep them in your tool box and run them through different materials for me please when you get a chance. All the aid of science of course.
 
Had a chat with the engineers at the factory and we have a couple of these on their way to us with our next order (circa 2 weeks) for testing on Porcelain.

These will be circa £10 inc vat

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I'll send you one of these when they arrive Neale.
 
The latest wheel i have tried is the Sigma 75c.
Same tests as before, this time on a gres porcellanato. From the off this wheel performed great. For the 2 days I was using it I had no issues at all, it didnt feel as smooth as the Montolit nor as quiet but for the price of £14 its a good wheel . Its cetainly well worth the money, only time will tell how long it lasts.

Just waiting for a few more brands to arrive and I will be back.
 
And just like to point out that this is not about the best cutting wheel its more about the cost of a wheel against the cost.
 
I also swapped the Sigma wheel for the ATS Turbo wheel I tried last week before I packed away and ran that through one of these gres porcellanato and experienced the same chipping as before.
 
That's not a surprise to be honest, the turbo blade is more designed for natural stone, concrete and ceramics wall tiles. The continuous rim is designed for similar materials or wet use in a bench type saw for some of the more dense man made materials.

Next job you have which is not porcelain give them a run.

We have some blades specifically designed for porcelain in the pipeline and I'll send you one as soon as we have them here.
 
Is a turbo blade not really suitable for Porcelain Alan? Always bought them as they were dearer so I assumed better on porcelain, but interestingly the Monty DNA isn't 'turbo'. Have an Addax blade on at the minute, and a Tryolit porcelain blade before that. Neither are anything special so will go for the Pro Gres next time I think.
 
Peter said:
Is a turbo blade not really suitable for Porcelain Alan? Always bought them as they were dearer so I assumed better on porcelain, but interestingly the Monty DNA isn't 'turbo'. Have an Addax blade on at the minute, and a Tryolit porcelain blade before that. Neither are anything special so will go for the Pro Gres next time I think.
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It's not quite as simple as the design of the diamond segment alone.

The diamond content and make up of the metal in the segment itself determine what product the blade is best used on as well as the shape of the segment and the size and shape of the gaps in between etc.

A turbo design is a cross between continuous and segmented and has tended to provide a faster cut (hence it's name), in porcelain though the best finish still seems to be obtained with the hot press, laser cut, continuous rims blades like the blue one I included an image of earlier in this thread.

Fundamentally the material you cut and the finish required still determines the best design of blade for each requirement. It's very difficult indeed to produce an all round blade that will cover most products.

Things like laser welded segments have become selling points, the major upside of laser welding is it's far less likely to throw a segment off if a problem occurs or the blade becomes trapped or you hit an unexpected lump of metal etc. These are far more important in concrete blades than most other types, although we do laser weld our professional granite cutting blades.
 
the latest blades have a high nickel content in the diamond carrying paste around the blade nickel is more brittle than the conventional brass based pastes conventional diamomond blades are made from which dull over time and need running through a sandstone to liven the diamonds back ,the nickel being brittle microscopically cracks exposing the diamonds ,I was told this by a diamond blade manufacturer , most of the industrial diamond is manufactured in Ireland ,I bought some blades off the guy and have to say they have been really good and were very cheap
 
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Beava diamond thin turbo blade. £12.99 with free postage. Very good blade at a quarter of the price
Where can order this blade?​
 
Eduardo said:
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Beava diamond thin turbo blade. £12.99 with free postage. Very good blade at a quarter of the price
Where can order this blade?​
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Eduardo.how do you know this is a good blade at such a cheap rate if you are asking where to buy it!!
Arewe lost in translation !!,
i do understand this problem
 
Toffolo said:
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Beava diamond thin turbo blade. £12.99 with free postage. Very good blade at a quarter of the price
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jonnyc said:
Eduardo.how do you know this is a good blade at such a cheap rate if you are asking where to buy it!!
Arewe lost in translation !!,
i do understand this problem
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I think Eduardos post got mixed in with the post he quoted Jonny, the original is above.
 
jonnyc said:
Eduardo.how do you know this is a good blade at such a cheap rate if you are asking where to buy it!!
Arewe lost in translation !!,
i do understand this problem
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I use this in the past,for one company based in Leeds,is really good blade,but this company tell me to pay for this 35 pounds.I try to find,but the price is 21 pounds,so if someone sell with 13 pounds,I want buy this,Thanks.
 
i just ordered 4 of the beaver blades from ebay 115mm and 10 black diamond 125mm porcelain blades, unbelievable price £30 for 10 blades, the beaver blades were £46 for the 4
 

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