THe NAC Lots-O-BFG KO2 Thread

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My 4.5" milwaukee grinder has been taking all the abuse I can throw at it.

Granted, the Makita we had before lasted god knows how many years before it needed replacement.
 
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MoparManiac said:
Yeah I had heard of some people adding pickups as well to deal with the off-camber starvation.
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Didn't Bill do that? (I know his setup is completely different than what you're talking about right now)
 
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MoparManiac said:
My 4.5" milwaukee grinder has been taking all the abuse I can throw at it.

Granted, the Makita we had before lasted god knows how many years before it needed replacement.
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My 3 year old Black and Decker from Wally World is doing alright, but I had to take it apart and fix the wiring once. It gets sorta hot now, but still works. I'm thinking of making it a 'wire wheel only' grinder and getting the one you have and/or getting the 7/9" version.
 
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asp said:
Didn't Bill do that? (I know his setup is completely different than what you're talking about right now)
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He has Walbro pickups, but he used an external pump with the pickup tubes already part of the cell I believe. Not 100% sure how he did his, but he can probably chime in.

I'll look into it over the summer, but will probably end up pulling a Chris and leaving it alone :laugh:
 
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asp said:
My 3 year old Black and Decker from Wally World is doing alright, but I had to take it apart and fix the wiring once. It gets sorta hot now, but still works. I'm thinking of making it a 'wire wheel only' grinder and getting the one you have and/or getting the 7/9" version.
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I'd just get the 4.5" version hasta

Mine was $65 but then I used Adam to get another 10% off when he worked at Sears.

Was well worth the money in my eyes.
 
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My Milwaukee 4.5" grinder has many hundreds of very abusive hours on it and still works like brand new. I've even run it damn near continuously for over an hour at a time when I was cleaning the old brackets off my axles. Not to mention all the brackets/tabs/structural pieces I've cut out of 3/16" stuff with regular cutoff wheels.

It was also one of the only ones to have a 90* handle position - like in the 'top' of the gearbox. For as much cutoff wheel & plate stuff as I do, having that handle position was a key feature.

The Sawzall® is just basic, sturdy, and bombproof. Also one of the best tool-less blade holding mechanisms I've used. Milwaukee invented the Sawzall®, so I'd expect nothing less. :D
 
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I use my father's craftsman sawzall with milwaukee Torch blades.

Worked well enough to hack through the disaster Jeep called an MJ frame rail.

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MoparManiac said:
He has Walbro pickups, but he used an external pump with the pickup tubes already part of the cell I believe. Not 100% sure how he did his, but he can probably chime in.

I'll look into it over the summer, but will probably end up pulling a Chris and leaving it alone :laugh:
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You know what they say about those temporary fixes...
MoparManiac said:
I'd just get the 4.5" version hasta

Mine was $65 but then I used Adam to get another 10% off when he worked at Sears.

Was well worth the money in my eyes.
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hasta no kidding on this part haha

That is pretty cheap. I like the trigger grip of mine and find the short ones cumbersome sometimes, but haven't really used all that many of them. Yours is the short one with a big fat grip, right?

http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-613...36PM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1297183907&sr=8-6

vs

http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-612...RDYA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1297183907&sr=8-3

edit: Ross and I have the same B&D that seems to be holding up for him, but I don't know how old it is. It has the 3rd handle position on top too.
 
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MoparManiac said:
I use my father's craftsman sawzall with milwaukee Torch blades.
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my grandpa had a craftsman sawzall that came with the kit. didn't last very long, i used it to cut my leaf spring bolts and the thing just died on me. never got it to work again
 
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You could always put a rollbar in the middle of the bed and suspend the tank from it... presto, zero off camber / hill climb fuel starvation issues! :gee:

(no, I am not serious.)

My Craftsman grinder has done well, my Ryobi has also done well so far.

My Craftsman cordless sawzall has worked well, aside from the time I accidentally used it as a jack-hammer (the end of the sawblade rammed the inside of a frame rail repetitively on full throttle for a couple seconds and it died completely.) The stupid no-tools blade release broke also, still works but not as well. I'm about due for my second replacement, this is why I got the extended warranty.
 
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I want to get metal cutting chains for my chain saw. XXXX all this gay sawzall crap. Can you imagine what the junkyard employees would say if I showed up with a metal cutting chainsaw?
 
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asp said:
That is pretty cheap. I like the trigger grip of mine and find the short ones cumbersome sometimes, but haven't really used all that many of them. Yours is the short one with a big fat grip, right?

http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-613...36PM/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1297183907&sr=8-6

vs

http://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-612...RDYA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1297183907&sr=8-3
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Get one that's at least 10 amps. Mine has the paddle-style switch and I like it a lot better than the trigger...again, mostly because of how often I use it at odd angles.

I just checked the Milwaukee site and they don't make mine anymore. That's always kinda disappointing; I'd buy the same one again instantly if it ever craps out. I fear change. :shiver:
 
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That "drivetrain help" thread is :doh:
 
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yeah... not even gonna start.

I still haven't blown a single U-joint (and not through lack of trying), but I did run one for so long it pulverized and then melted together the remaining needle bearings in two caps. Soon as I get a new camera I need to take some pics of the pieces of metal that resulted, I showed them to Billy and he had also never seen anything like it before. I've seen em get chewed into powder, or chewed into rusty powder, but I have never seen one melt together again after.
 
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