Chainsaw Disc

[Rentachimp]

These are for brushcutters, yeah?

[Peter]

These are for brushcutters, yeah?

 

Hadnt thought of that, but it would be a quick way to lose a foot!

I think they are designed for angle grinders.

[Buzz]

Jesus kickback city !! I shudder to think about a thing like that in public hands

[Jonesie]

Yeah for angle grinders

[Rentachimp]

There are ones for brushcutters, though. They'd get blunted pretty quickly, I'd have thought.

[MasterBlaster]

No pics? No links? Nuttin?

[Andy Collins]

Here ya go MB: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/images/library/range/large/0473.jpg

[wills-mill]

I've got one of these and use it for carving and wood shaping.... It's very quick but incredibly smooth. From http://www.katools.com/index.html

 

 

Compared to the one shown at the beginning of the thread, these don't have the usual chain link between cutter teeth. The complete ring of cutters (and the speed of the grinder) means there's very little space or time for a large lump of wood to get jammed up in the face of a tooth- kickback....

 

Discuss?

[vduben]

There are ones for brushcutters, though. They'd get blunted pretty quickly, I'd have thought.

tungston?

[Roger Day]

In my experience cutting discs for grinders have a limited application.

1) High Vibration

2) Very close to body (Very noisy, “ooooch, Fingers”, stooping to work, etc)

3) No “Chain Break”

I personally think that anything you can do with one CAN be done with a saw.

Without the disadvantages listed above.

Also a saw is more versatile in the shapes that it can cut, plane or grind,

Therefore=Less tool changing---More sculpting.

Also the standard nose of a small or medium bar is smaller than most of these, meaning higher detailed work.

Having said this there are some advantages to well designed ones, such as The Lancelot sponsored here by Wills Mill.

1) Many teeth give a smooth cutting action.

2) NO FUMES OR OIL.

3) Light weight.

I did buy a 7” one which was designed for brush cutting, but after various attempts to mount it in a safe way, thankfully my fear got the better of me.

Any sculpting advise, please ask.

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