I have popped my Angle Grinder cherry...

Wheeeeee!!

Fucking hanging baskets with rusted in screws... no more!

I started by cutting through the support arms, then realised it would be
quicker to slice the heads off the fixing screws, then decided it would be
more fun to do it the long way

Later on I looked in the mirror and thought I needed a shave. Turned out to
be flecks of metal.

Patio slabs to cut to fit next. Bwaahahahaha!!

 

<sniff>

AGs are *so* last year.

Chainsaws, now...

 

**** that you pussies, a stone saw is where its at!!!

;-)

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Subaru WRX
Range Rover 4.6 HSE (The Tank!)

We might be going on a summer holiday, the Greece Ball rally!!!!

 

I keep telling you and you never listen.

Gas axe.

 

Thermal lance. Shift amazing amounts of metal and make lots of filthy
brown smoke.
Cool.

 

Lances are great fun but the beauty of a normal axe is that you can
use it to pre-heat stuff to aid assembly and even a fool wouldn't try
to use a lance for that.

 

SteveH () gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

I seem to recall using an AG to cut an access hole in a boot floor (1),
because the bolts holding in the petrol tank (2) were fooked.

Ooops. I seem to have removed a big chunk of petrol tank.

Which was not empty.

<parp>

(1) - Yes, it was a shitter heading scrappywards.
(2) - Which I wanted to keep.

 

<fires up Stihl>

Mwhahahahahahahhahah..... bugger.. too much choke...

<cough, splutter>

 

One of the many joys of a trip to 'the chateau' is playing with a
variety of infernal combustion engined devices.

The Mac chainsaw can be a pig to start sometimes, much more trouble than
the Stihl two handed harnessed brush cutter. Together with the lad's
KX65, SWMBO's getting quite used to the sound of two strokes.

The Briggs & Stratton 4-stroke engine in the Viking three-wheeler
grass/brush cutter (much more attitude than a mere lawn mower) is super
reliable, though I did have to clear the main jet once.


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If you want attidude, an Allen Scythe has it in spades. Much of the
attitude of mine is "one hour's work, two hour's rest" though.
Hopefully the new points and condenser will have sorted that. Now all
I have to fix is the carburation...

It also has hand-numbing vibration when it does condescend to work.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Dan White belched forth and ejected the
following:

<G>

Congratulations.

 

They get you like that.

Sir should consider a full face guard - one of the wraparound clear
perspex jobbies suspended from a headband arrangement.

Apols if this is an egg-sucker, but there's hard-won technique to be
employed with slabs.

1. Use stone cutting discs, as metal cutters will last no time at
all. Diamond discs are really the way to go, although more sparks and
debris come off abrasive discs.
2. Be aware of wind direction as shitloads of foul-smelling, choking
dust come out of the cut.
3. Wear a faceshield as shitloads of very hot, sharp and abrasive
particles fly out of the cut. Similarly, heavy gloves are a good
idea. A decent respirator is a Good Thing, as are ear defenders.
4. Cut from both sides in towards the centre of the slab (get a
groove 10mm deep going, then turn the slab over and get 20mm in, then
go back to the first one) - then if it cracks through it will retain
the correct shape.
5. Trench your way through. Discs last much longer if you are
running through a groove, rather than cutting against an edge. Mark
your line, then take the grinder gradually along it, cutting a groove
right across the slab. Repeat, keeping an even depth and gradually
working deeper. Then turn it over and start again.
6. Beware the heat. You expect metal to be burny hot, but
stone/concrete gets just as bloody hot, but without glowing. You can
produce some unexpectedly sharp edges, too.

Have fun.

 

Perhaps I'll just dig out an old bike helmet.

<snip bloody useful info>

Cheers, will give that a go. Got the diamond disc ready.

I think I will!

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Dan White belched forth and ejected the
following:

Nah, sunglasses are cooler )

Also, you'll want to be neglecting to wear any kind of gloves; this will
assist the removal of fingers if the fucker bites back.