If you love your fingers you will follow every safety tip and use your head, I just bought my first angle grinder and ive learned so much already on youtube and I haven't even opened it yet , thanks for the learnin .

Probably the most dangerous tool out there, be safe folks

That's extremely helpful to this newb who's about to buy his first grinder. Thank you very much, and well done.

Old-timer here, and I have used a hacksaw to remove 1/3 of the guard. It still makes the grinder safe to use and enables the user to get in to tight corners.

Dan thank you for taking the time to do this video. I never used a grinder and have to grind cement and smooth it so as to install tile. The video was a great learning tool and your safety portion really save me injury. Because the dust created was bad and wearing all the safety did the job. Normally I macho up and don't use any.Chips were flying and many pieces hit my face if not for the mast... I look forward for more and will pickup my hat and stickers. Thanks deeman

Having watched numerous grinding videos, I particularly feel this WELDFEVER video series is very well done and the explanations are clear to understand as well as the video aspects being shown. Great Job and look forward to viewing more on WELDFEVER videos!

We worked with a WIllys Jeeps Station Wagon, trying to cut part of the chasis, with an 10-15 years old Bosch 9 in angle grinder, the steel of the middle chassis was so strong that actually crack the cutting disc, if it werent for the Guard i would be dead, at 9.000 RPM a disc failure kill's you without any problem, that's why the guard is there.

Thank you for sharing, I'm getting into welding and grinding for personal projects, your tutorial was the best on the internet! Keep up the good work!

Excellent coverage. Especially the safety part. Never underestimate safety folks. Your body parts are no joke. Don't fool around. Have fun! Great video thanks.

Nice clear narration, good voice, usefull tips, Thanks

I've never done any work with metal nor do I know anything about it, so I'm trying to learn. Good info here and was very helpful! thanks

Stumbled across your channel and really like it. I picked up a few tips about how to use my grinder. Thanks. I hit the thumb's up button and have subscribed. Thanks again. Eric central Florida

Great video, well done. Clear, concise, informative. Thanks.

as a welder myself this is a great video for people getting into metal work good video man new sub here...

EXCELLENT video! Just purchased a new grinder and loved how you went over each type of wheel available. Flap discs are definitely my favorite

Thank you so much, I just bought my first grinder and I was going through the user guide and, unfortunately, instructions about how to fit the different discs were all messed up, your video helped me to understand how it really has to be done, I know that sometimes it's just common sense, but last thing you want to do with a power tool is to learn the hard way...!!!

Very instructive. Clear and easy to understand for a beginner. Thank you.

Great video and very helpful for me. Very admirable that you are talking so much about safety, as many people just buy these things for $30 from a store, go home, and hospitalize themselves. +1

Good job. I know nothing about this stuff and you made it interesting and informative.

50 videos later, only one to actually show the raise portion going where. Seen some many people hand me there grinder, wheel blows off within a minute. Thanks for saving my life, or potentially in the future.

Great Info thanks! I am thinking about a first time metal project and this answered many questions.

great video, very well produced and demonstrated. thank you.

Excellent stuff... well done. How do you get some metal welded, small amounts for table legs, made of tubular steel. Would you search for a steel or metal fabricator? Or look for metal welding services? Any thoughts folks?

You'd make a good metal shop teacher.

Excellent video! Fantastic explanation of how to use a grinder!

This video was actually so useful, thanks!

You doing a great job ! thank you for your help.

Great tutorial !! i just bought a 4 1/2 angle grinder for yard art

Great video I just started welding school so these tips will help me thank you very much god bless

A+ video, well made and informative. thanks for the great upload

Nice video, what grinder and type/size grinder wheel would you recommend to cut my rear metal bumper off a 2010 Sierra pickup truck?

Excellent video. I bought a Makita today and it's superb!

Just bought my first angle grinder, so this was extermely helpfull! Thanks a lot!

Great Video and nice to take a word on Safety !Many People take of the guard to be able putting bigger discs on a grinder.Which is of course not done and against all safetyrules, aswell as stressing the grinder, Just don't do that People!

Hey Dan, Very informational and safety important video. I have over the years seen people misuse grinders and not use guard etc. At work when I grab up a grinder, I always check the hold down nut to make sure it is installed properly. I don't know if guys don't care or they don't know the difference! Maybe they should watch your video! I find those flapper sanders are great to sharpen lawnmower blades ( off the mower ). The trick is to keep it moving and cool your blade to keep from overheating! Thanks for another great video. Take care.

Nice explanation. What is the flap disc grit size you use 12:45?

Excellent tutorial, pleasure to watch.

Excellent video - just what we needed to see - great explanation. Now we'll get to work!

Yep I find that using the right grinder help clean up a mess when doing out of position welding. thx for the vid

Thanks so much for the video. I'm new to DIY and I appreciate the tutoring. this video was very thorough and informative.

Best wheel for removing thick hard paint mild rust and galvanizing? If you can't use a grinder with a guard on or with it in your way your probably not using it right or don't have the guard set right... Also I have a Mastercraft electric 4 and a half inch grinder and I've never had an issue with it the motor or anything and I use Mastercraft cut off wheels too never had one shatter on me luckily. And I use grinding discs as well seem good to me I got 2 packs of 5 for 2$ each think it was an error lol but wondering how your experiences have been with these. Also will my cutoff wheel get rounded edges or will it stay square I haven't done enough grinding to find out and the one in my shop has rounded edges I think it's just from use but I'm unsure and how do I know when it's time to change them as well. Just getting into mig welding and I reccomend using a handle always grinding or cutting it's saved me for having a grinder jump out of my hands.

Great video, excellent instruction. Thank you ...

great vid for welding (and grinding) noobs like me!

Outstanding presentation. Easy to understand and video of high quality!

Hi Weld.. are u able to do an video demo on cutting off of a jamm padlock which locked on the gate door.. which disc size is to be use... n do the grinder able to polish or sharpen a chef knife....

Thanks for the video. I just bought a grinder at a garage sale and neglected to see that it did not have a guard. After watching your video I realized it's not worth the 10 bucks I spent on it and trashed it.

i love you. thanks for the video

Great video and very thorough

this was very helpful, thank you.

Great video for a newbie like me! Would you have a video on how to use a diamond blade for cutting porcelain? I would so greatly appreciate it!

Thanks for the Video I just found your channel and subbed to it ..I am guilty of using grinders without the gaurds I recently put my guards back on and I am going to modify the screw that tightens them with a wingnut or something to make adjusting it quicker.... I was using a cutting disc and it started to shred and it did not feel good having the pieces hitting my arm !!!

Hi... is it possible to eventually use a bigger disc on a 4 1/2 grinder?? not handling it using my hands but with a custom made table as for exame a table saw? my 4 1/2 grinder is 11.000rpm and bigger ones are slower at about 6.000rpm.

Thanks mate, your vids are very informative, cheers :)

Very helpful. Thank you! Here's a good question for you... Which grinder attachment is best for removing paint (over-spray) from the surface of exterior brick?

Is there a beginner video to useing a self feed fluc cored welder it might be tig or mig not sure but I liked this vid and I agree very much with always using a guard

Thanks for the great information, brilliant.

thanks for calling out how to install the cutting wheel (reversing the fastener .. I did it the other way the last weekend .. and the results were bad .. lesson learned thanks again for the video

thanx for these precious advice and information

Excellent primer on how to use an angle grinder.

Hey, I really appreciate the video (I sound like every youtube commenter ever)... Can I ask, for prepping steel before painting with rustproofing paint (after welding is complete), what grit level flap wheel would you recommend? Thanks!

Finally someone who knows what they are actually talking about there's so many 10 20 minute long videos that are just useless and wood workers trying to tell you a flap disc is for grinding welds. What in your opinion is the best wheel for getting to bare metal I mean paint mild rust galvanizing. I have a grinding wheel and cut off and that's it I've got a wire wheel for my drill well a few 3 different ones and they don't do it fast enough and the grinding wheel is only contacting so much so its not a big ammount its like highlighter streaks right ? Should I get a flap disc or wire wheel I'm just worried about the wire wheel flying apart at 11000 rpm I hear good things about the flap discs I have a 4 and a half inch grinder from Mastercraft and I've never had an issue with anything mind you I'd rather take longer than hurt the tool so I don't press really hard and make sure others don't either. Highly recommend you try one I got it for 30 bucks on sale and people say Mastercraft is crap I've used it my whole life and had maybe one socket Crack but I was using an impact..

Well explained and safety recommendations rightly put at the forefront. A question. I have a metal garage sprung door. I am having someone slacken spring but need to cut the door in two to take it off site. Can I use My angle grinder with a cutting disc. The weight of the door on the ground should prevent movement. Would you?

Dan I would like your opinion on a grinder that only has an on and off switch that is locked on when on.What I mean is that the Makita is a grinder that if you turn it on it stays on even if the grinder kicks back and comes out of your hand which is what happened to me.I was almost killed Dec 20, 2014 at 1:30p when the Makita grinder kicked back,jumped into my shirt and ran up to my neck and cut my neck open.I fought to try and stop it but i could not get the machine to turn off until I finally reached the plug and yanked it.By this time I was bleeding bad and had to rush to the ER where they finally got me stable.My Dewalt grinder stops if hands are off the grinder which I think is a huge safety issue.I just dont see a reason a grinder need to run if the operators hands are not on the tool.I am very lucky to be alive.

I like to find one of those wire wheels ! who sells the wire wheels ?

You got a new sub.

are there different arbor sizes? i bought an adapter for sanding disk but the thread is way bigger than the arbor of my makita

Avoid grinding with a nylon shirt on. I caught my belly on fire. Interesting exercise in "think fast".

I love how what appears to be a fuel can close to your metal grinders.... beware as it can cause flames especially when you are grinding.

I got my Easy MIG 100T/1 from Ebay. This is my first time using welding machine and I have a question. I put the flux core wire included and the motor pulled the wire fine but when I try to start soldering nothing happened. The ground cable is on my metal part and moved the switches to differents position from 1 to 2 and from Min to Max andnothing happened. Can you tell me what is the problem? I hear the motor running. Maybe the ground cable is not conected inside the machine. What I need to do? Thank you in advantage.

If you wanted to take a lot of metal off, how would you best use an angel grinder? Which disc would you suggest? Thank you in advance. Great video :)

i agree with you about the gaurd, but i do appliance installation and cutting granite for replacing cooktops, that gaurd does in fact get in the way. I dont use the gaurd but it definitely makes me a little uncomfortable to be honest

Great tutorial. Thanks!

WeldFever How much rpm grinder machine does it have and what voltage to run these machine??

Which type of cutting disc you would recommend to use on Wood, MDF Board, Particle Boards etc?

awesome knowledge thanks mate!

Very interesting, and very informative. Thanks for the video!

thanks for the share :)

helpful video 👍

As a dumb fool who is currently nursing a nice groove I cut in the tip of my thumb 2 days ago by using a grinder and cutting disk without the guard, I second your remark regarding guards. It's stupid and it takes a fraction of a second to remove the flesh almost to the bone. Thankfully I managed to get the grinder stopped without doing myself any serious harm, I dread to think what could have happened if I'd dropped the thing in shock whilst it was running. I won't be doing that again!

I'm cleaning an engine bay out what disc do u recommend using? To remove rust and paint was thinking if using a flap disc on certain areas like you did so I can get a nice polish to it :)

thanks. i was able to grind something off in the garage with your tutorial!

Bro how many clamps do you need??? No wonder I can't find any at the hardware store.

I have an iron/steel staircase, lots of spindles and custom design thingies and the previous owner painted over the gold paint with a hideous grey... I've been using a dremel and an orbital sander and it's taking FOREVER to take the paint off and sand down the imperfections... can you give me some advice on how to sand this staircase quicker?

Thank you - major help!!!!!!!

I just picked one up at a yard sale. It is gritty, but works and is not broken in any way that I know of. Is it okay if the bolt piece for the wheel a little wobbly? It is secure, just wobbly

nice video sir...keep cool..

I was looking for instant brake, anti restart and anti counter-blow systems. Could you test those systems for us?

totally agree with you brother. I usually find methheads and crackheads take off the guards, don't wear breathing guards or eye guards.

Thanks and nicely explaind

Great video nice tips.

im scared of angle grinders

Beefy looking vise. Whats the make?

I use mine with the guard on with no problem !

Thanks great video.

Thanks chap.

very nice video tx

Good job!

Can I use an impact wrench with a wire brush instead of a drill/grinder

can I use a angle grinder to cut of a nut that is welded on a strut? my head bolt snapped so the bolt is still stuck in the strut and knuckle. I think the bolt is made of tapered steel or (metal)

what should I add to my grinder? I cut my finger open pretty bad last night and had to get 2 stitches so I'd like to put something on to prevent it from happening again. I used one that had the body style of the far right but a grinding wheel on the far left but it has no guard on it.