My new Baby

Originally Posted by bullion

How are you gonna grind anything with that pesky guard on it?

Ouch!!! .

Always use the guard, it should be in a 10-4 o'clock position and the grinding sparks should hit inside the guard or the floor first.
Also, always use earmuffs because you cannot close your ears and use safety glasses as well.

I actually like the guards with a sheet of metal covering the bottom 1/3rd of the disc as well.
But for some reason they do not make them like that any more, you can put the grinder face down on the ground while the discs still turning without it spinning away or cutting into what you put it on.

The handle goes on the left hand side, if you are cutting vertically, hold the handle 'thumb up'.
Always position the grinder so if it grabs, or you let go of it, it will pull away from you.

When grinding, grind using the 12-4 o'clock part of the disc and only the outer 1/2 inch + of the disc.

When changing the disc, unplug the cord and short out the pins against something metal and put the plug in your left armpit as you change the disc.
Or somebody will come along, see the plug and plug it in...
Or, you will hit the trigger switch by accident and the grinder will start up.

I cut off only the top of the casing (on round casings, on weird lumpy ones, cut above the weld join so its cutting thru one layer of steel).
Then I shake the compressor out. (On another post I said 'cut just above the base, I messed that post up..) Then I fill both cases with Iron transformer cores etc and tack weld them face to face and sell it as 'HM insize' for extra $.