newbie grinder question

Can I get some hints and tips on removing stuck grinder bits? What are the best tools and or lubricants for removal?

Reply to
EZ$
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An ounce of prevention vs. pound of cure. A little Vaseline on the bit/shaft, next time.

Having been there, I used a small 2 jaw gear puller and a shot of penetrating oil.

If the grinder head is well up toward the top of the shaft, meaning you were grinding on the bottom of the bit, sometimes you can use the penetrating oil and a small punch and hammer. Knock the bit downward, loosening the corrosion, and then pull the bit off.

You DID remember to loosen the setscrew, didn't you?

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Moonraker

A couple more ideas;

A small butane torch heating the brass grinder bit will cause it to expand faster than the steel grinder shaft. Get it hot and then use a small pry bar under the bit and lift it. May want to wait until all the WD 40 or Liquid Wrench has evaporated before you go hitting it with a torch, though. KA- BOOM. ;

Reply to
Moonraker

As a real last resort, I had a customer send a Wizard, with a really badly stuck head, back to Inland and they promptly sent her a new grinder!

Reply to
glassman

Do the bits stick due to the shaft rusting?. I was wondering because I have a Kristall 2000S grinder and the problem has never arisen, I presume the motor shaft is stainless steel.

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David Billington

Do the bits stick due to the shaft rusting?. I was wondering because I have a Kristall 2000S grinder and the problem has never arisen, I presume the motor shaft is stainless steel.

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The bits usually get stuck because you don't use the grinder for a while and the glass mud seeps down inbetween the shaft and the bit and then the bit gets stuck. I have seen them rusted but rarely. Take the bit off now and then and wipe the shaft with a some vaseoline and they'll come off very easily. I also rub the shaft with some steel wool every once in a while...keeps it clean and smooth.

Scratch

Reply to
royaltd97

Actually in a perfect world, you're supposed to remove grinding bits and iron tips after each use..... no one does.

-- JK Sinrod

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JKSinrod

Thanks, I expect that why I have never had a problem as after use I clean it up and put it back in its drawer with the bit removed and put the bit back amongst the collection of other bits.

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Reply to
David Billington

David, David, David....

Stained Glass shops are SUPPOSED to be cluttered and messy. Whatever are we going to do with you?

If you clean up your tools and put them up, people will think you haven't been doing any work. Half the fun is looking for your glass cutter and pliers.

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Moonraker

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David Billington

When I read JK's comment that in a "perfect world" you remove the bit, I started thinkin' I don't ever want to live in a perfect world...it sounds FAR to anal to me to be any fun!

Then when David stated that he actually DOES do that...well, calling Mr. Monk! (do you remove your soldering tips, too?) However, being relatively new, maybe I missed "Cleanliness is next to Godliness 101". The doubts, crushing and black, started to creep in....

Then Moonie came to the rescue! Yay!!!! I can relax into this pigpen I lovingly call my "studio" and appear busy to my hearts' content!

Lori

Reply to
FlameNwind

In over 25 years, I've never put a tool away or cleaned one. Never lost one either. I sweep up once in a while and throw a few things away but that's pretty much it. I've never had my tools complain that they don't get no respect but then who knows what they do when I'm not around. I had a friend that was very anal about keeping his shop clean...I think i could have had surgery in there. I dunn...life's kinda short to have to worry too much about some stuff.

Andy

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neoglassic

I hate compulsively neat folks..... can you come over and clean my house?

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glassman

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