Convert your Angle Grinder to Tooless Quick Change Discs

do you struggle switching out grinder

discs are you always fumbling to find

the right wrench only to grab the wrong

one every

time you may suffer from grinder dis

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about hey guys today we're going over

this grinder Quick Change adapter by

Superior

Electric this is a toolless quick change

adapter for your angle grinder it makes

swapping out different grit flap discs a

breeze you don't have to keep track of

all of those pin wrenches anymore just

give this thing a little

twist and it's locked

on the device

has some kind of mechanism in it

there's a textured pad at the bottom to

grip onto the disc nice knurling around

the edges it even has two pin holes so

you can still use a regular grinder

wrench if this gets stuck

on this comes in a 5/8 by 11 thread

pitch so you need to confirm the thread

pitch of your grinder shaft before

ordering one then you can just replace

the factory nut with the

adapter and now you're good to

go one of the negatives on this is that

it's considerably thicker than most

Factory grinder

nuts on a flap disc which already has a

recessed Center the adapter still sticks

out it's not sticking past the guard

though so it's not that big of a deal

it's much more noticeable when you're

using a cutof wheel so if you're the

type that's banging your nuts while

grinding already I could see this making

it

worse it's also a hair wider than a

standard grinder nut the contact area on

the bottom is the same

size but the top part that you grip to

turn is a little larger

this could be an issue when working with

discs that have a recessed Center you

need to make sure it has some room in

there that is gripping on the flat part

of the disc now so far it's worked fine

on all of the discs that I've tried with

it but I haven't tried

everything it's also not going to work

if you have a really deep recess like on

this polishing disc there's just no way

you could grip that nut to turn it when

it's in there that deep also you may

have performance issues if you have a

short shaft on this DeWalt Grinder you

can see here the shaft doesn't go all

the way through so it's not engaging on

all the

threads I think it's still engaging

enough I haven't had it come loose this

Craftsman grinder is fine here it's

almost flush with the shaft but it's

something to be aware of especially if

using thicker discs there's also that

grippy pad on the bottom at some point

that's going to wear out and it's just

not going to grip as good so despite all

of those caveats do I still think that

this is worth the 20

bucks yeah I think I do I'm not going to

put one of these on every single one of

my grinders I'll probably just keep it

on the one that I use with flap discs it

makes it way more convenient to swap out

discs when you're running through the

Grits they do make a cheaper version

with a little lever that you flip out I

might try one of those at some point it

looks a little

thinner if you have a metric grinder I

don't see an offering from

superior but I did find this knockoff

version for 12 bucks no idea if it's

made by the same company or not all

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