[TheForge] Re: wire brush

[Mike]

> ...Bill Epps at BAM he said to use an electric buffer which is
> slower RPM which doesn't throw wires as bad

Similar thought here.  I've long used a disk-like wire brush on a
fairly speedy end grinder but last year I spotted a cup brush for
cheap and put it on by 4-1/2" angle grinder.  It worked but it scared
me.  The brush wasn't perfectly balanced so it vibrated more than I
liked and the wires splayed visibly.  Were a bunch of wires to come off
at once, it would just vibrate completely out of control.  Toooo fast.

The same cup brush on *slower* (and, as it happens, larger) angle
grinder works fine and doesn't scare me.

I haven't had a wire brush accident worse than a wire embedded in my
knee 1/2" and I'm real eager to keep it that way.


- Mike

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