Changed my mind about using a standard grinder disc on that old boiler plate

Had a job replacing a section of firebox plate in a 1950s unit, figured my usual 4.5-inch cutoff wheel would be fine. Spent almost two hours trying to get a clean cut through the scale and just kept burning up discs. A guy on site handed me a pack of those thin kerf metal blades for a reciprocating saw and said to give it a shot. Made the cut in under ten minutes with way less spark shower. Anyone have a better tool for thick, scaled plate like that?

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robin_schmidt5726d ago

Yeah, I've been that guy burning through discs... stubbornness is an expensive tool sometimes.

avery_nelson26d ago

Tell me about it, my wallet still hurts from last season.