Who likes ultra loud air die grinders,

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moparmat2000

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Who likes ultra loud air die grinders? I know I dont. Got an easy way to quiet them down without slowing them down. Cotton balls. Open up the back of the grinder, and stuff cotton down fairly tight in the exhaust ports, then reassemble the back end. Viola instant muffler.

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I use scotchbrite pads. My new Mac air ratchet is ridiculously loud.
 
Or you can buy Dynabrades that are quiet and powerful with a lifetime warranty.
 
Or you can buy Dynabrades that are quiet and powerful with a lifetime warranty.
I’d never heard of Dynabrade before you mentioned it here so I looked them up. They’re really pricey, but they look like high quality tools and the lifetime warranty seems to back that up. The best thing is they’re made here in the U.S. which is a nice change. It looks like I’ll have to give them a try.
 
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I’d never heard of Dynabrade before you mentioned it here so I looked them up. They’re really pricey, but they look like high quality tools and the lifetime warranty seems to back that up. The best thing is they’re made here in the U.S. which is a nice change. It looks like I’ll have give them a try.
Look in pawn shops, don't buy the abused ones.
 
I’d never heard of Dynabrade before you mentioned it here so I looked them up. They’re really pricey, but they look like high quality tools and the lifetime warranty seems to back that up. The best thing is they’re made here in the U.S. which is a nice change. It looks like I’ll have give them a try.
Really pricey is certainly the word, for those things.
I know they are USA made, but does anybody buy them at those crazy prices?
You gotta be kidding me!:(
 
Really pricey is certainly the word, for those things.
I know they are USA made, but does anybody buy them at those crazy prices?
You gotta be kidding me!:(
I don’t, a guy at a job 20 years ago sold me a $1200 Dynafile for $20. I was hooked ever since.
 
Really pricey is certainly the word, for those things.
I know they are USA made, but does anybody buy them at those crazy prices?
You gotta be kidding me!:(
They are rather pricey, but a lot of folks find Snap-On prices to be sky high as well, and yet the toolboxes of professional mechanics are full of their tools. As a professional mechanic there are a couple Dynabrade tools that I'd be willing to pay full price on, but having just looked over eBay that won't be necessary. Plenty of good used stuff is listed there.
 
I’d never heard of Dynabrade before you mentioned it here so I looked them up.


I never heard of that brand before now, and i was a mechanic for about 30 years, earning my living.
 
Sold them on the truck. Good quality stuff.
 
Some of those die grinders you can slip on a hose,pressure line is a longer whip and it goes inside exhaust line. I think i saw them in use in a machine shop years ago.
 
Tuna ? I need a Barracuda
Back in the 70's some friends and I rode our bikes up to Mystic Connecticut for a visit. Stopped in the local sandwich shop to get a hoagie. They don't or at least didn't back then call them hoagies, but instead grinders. Hence my inside joke of tuna grinders. I got a Barracuda though. You definitely need at least one.
 
I have a Blue Point 90 degree angle grinder from Snap on I bought in the late eighties when I worked for GMC. I still use it. I have to wear hearing protection when using most of my air and power tools.
 
I wear hearing protection when using this stuff as well since I use mine mostly with cutoff wheels and rotary files. I feel no power loss on any of my tools with some cotton shoved in the exhaust ports. I use the 90° and inline harbor freight "screamers" that have the bronse air valve for the trigger and no trigger lock. I use em at work daily and average about 6-7 years out of one. When they put em on sale for $9.99 and $12.99 I grab em and throw down a 20% off coupon. Just keep em on the shelf until the old ones pop. I have one harbor freight inline I bought 25 years ago, and it still runs great. The key to longevity with the harbor freight 90° and 45° grinders longevity is to never freewheel but keep them under load so the gears stay in constant mesh.
 
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