Sandblaster!!
 

I heard about an abrasive wheel from Lowes called the "Sandblaster", so I picked one up yesterday. I got it home and discovered it needs the "system" to mount to my 5/8 shank drive 4 1/2 angle grinder ( Milwaukee) . So lacking the " system" to adapt with I ground off the protusion on the grinder side of the wheel that is intended to quick mount to the adapter and used a round file to open up the bor thru to .875 for my grinders flat washer flange and mounted like a conventional grinding disc. Works great!!!!
Removes paint kinda like a 60 grit disc but faster and no metal removal!!!!! Kinda spendy but it claims no load up and appears to have long life. I read of people doing a whole car with one.
Try one!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Send us pics of your results.

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I'm sort of dealing with this too right now. I have a Makita angle grinder. All the "neat" attachments now are 5/8"-11. My arbor is 5/8" but a different pitch. I'm just about ready to buy a new grinder. But if I buy a new grinder are they going to once again switch how they attach stuff?

It sounds like your problem with your Milwaukee is the opposite of mine.

Surely somebody on this forum must have dealt with this.

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I did deal with it. Read closely. I modified it to look like a straight hole grind wheel and used the standard shank on my grinder.
When I pulled it off the rack it said for 5/8 shank grinders. It was in the fine print and a warning sticker inside the box that called for the "system".
Like I say, about 5 minutes later it looked like something I could use and it uses my standard stuff,

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Tried it out for real last night. Stripped off most all of the outside skin of a door in about a half hour. I could never do that with Jasco! Still need to use something for the dtailed spots though, but for large area and gettin her done, I reccomend one.

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Can you post a pic of what you are using?

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If someone can give me a simple instruction on how to post pics, I will gladly take some pictures, I know how to get them into the computer off the floppy and insert into mail, but it stops there.............

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I'll try - the easiest thing for me it to open the pic on my computer (mine opens in microsoft Photo Editor) - then check it's properties (at top, click on file, then properties - it will tell you the size) If it's over 100, it won't work - If it is, click on Image at top and then select resize - keep reducing the first size on the display until it is like 1.90. Then save the pic somewhere easy for you to get back to. Go to the Go Advanced tab on the thread page where you want to put the pic. Do your typing and then go down lower on the page to the "Manage Attachments" - click on it - when it opens, select the first "Browse" tab - now go find your attachment - once you've clicked on it, then hit the upload button. If it goes, you'll see the attachement listed there. If not, you'll see a notice at the top saying it exceeded 100. If so, go back and resize again. This works for me and I'm not an expert. Good Luck!

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If you have XP, go here and install the image resizer. Then you can just right-click any pic to resize or rotate without opening the file.

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I will try it !