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Originally Posted by vader2728 (Post 334393)

@ kcaz25... 7075 bulks with Strobe braces, k'heads, UE EXT 15mm suspension, Ti skids (that I havent cut or grinded), Gen IV saver and Ti steerin links is pretty tough! I guess the Maximizer beadlock, the hingepin and the broken screw were a pretty good tradeoff for what coulda broke :yes:!

No doubt, I think I've seen your truck on UE.

I cant remember if I ever posted the finished product or not... I've been busy breakin, er playin with it :whistle: ... The E-Maxx too...

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Originally Posted by redshift (Post 334415)

JT is right on this one, alum just loads up the wheel media and you are then effectively using an alum 'coating' to "grind".. not brilliant. Heat is normally carried away from the bonding material/grinding media by the material being removed. A loaded wheel will in fact overheat the bond and bad things happen. This is more an issue for thinner and smaller wheels. A loaded wheel will clean itself slowly when used to grind materials harder than the embedded aluminum. But it's stupid. You won't get a good edge on anything that way. I exploded a wheel my first time with a surface grinder back in trade school... it made a real mess of the sheetrock in it's path and left a massive gouge in the mag table. All I did was misjudge my cut depth.

I recommend either a good silicon carbide stick or better yet a diamond wheel dresser, they should never be used with any junk on them. If only from a balance standpoint.

Also if you think I am full of shit I've been a fabricator/machinist/mechanic for ~20 years. Not greasing the O2 regulator is about the second thing you learn in welding training, right after learning how to use a striker...:rules:

No offense krawl, but them's the facts.

No offense taken man. It just sounded fishy to me, but like I said I have heard of weirder things!

Also, we taking bench grinders or angle grinders?

Both. Its the type of wheel that makes the biggest difference. I call them stone wheels - since they look like they are made up of ground up stone, and glued together. However, even the wheels that look like a fiber wheel (like the Dremel cutoff wheels) are susceptible to this.

Part of me really wants to try this...For some odd reason I also want to shoot O2 into a pail of oil too...

Don't worry guys, I am not going to try either for fear of wrecking my pretty face!

Try the Menthos and a bottle of Coke...that makes a nice mess!