hi i'm after a shrinking disc to suit an 8" angle grinder. does anyone know where i could get one in australia? the flat style not the wavy style.

thanks

henry.

Do you have a picture. I have been in the panel game for a long time and never heard of one?

same here

matt

about 1:40 you get a decent look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8cruauERmI 


henry.

ebay usa generally has them

Hi

Interesting, the metal would get pretty thin after a while.

Steve

Steve, not in the slightest. You'd be surprised actually.
It's one of the tools I used on my Oval to help get panels flat and fast. Way quicker than heating up with an oxy torch that you can only do a spot at a time. A shrinking disk will allow you to get an area flat in a fraction of the time.

Henry, try rods and relics.
http://www.rodsandrelics.com.au/site/index.php?cat=tools093218&sub=tools 

Cheers
Dino

thanks flinstones. it looks like i'll be getting a 9" disc after all (my wife bought me an 8" grinder for a present a while back so i didn't get a choice of the size... not complaining though, i think tools are one of the best presents i could get).

i didn't want to have to get one form overseas if i could help it.

i'd never seen compressed air used to cool the panel, looks like a good idea.

Lots of info and videos here:

http://allshops.org/cgi-bin/community/communityalbums.cgi?ownerid=9990093068868 

hth

no worries Henry.
best thing about compressed air is that there's no mess

another good site is http://metalmeet.com/forum 

Cheers
D

thanks. i've spent, errr... , a bit of time on metal meet. it's time to do some actual shaping now.