I wonder if there is such a contraption for a 7″ angle grinder?  I have a Harbor Frieght 7″ that I use to cut most stock off rough (and I do mean rough).  I have plans to get a Rage Evolution multipurpose miter saw for this activity later on.  I'm really running low on space I can dedicate to metal-only tools and I loved the fact that the Rage can be a much-needed wood tool as well.  Anyway something like that little grinder press would make do nicely and keep my cuts a little more square and true.  Right now I have to allow almost a 1/4″ to stay safe on dimensions when cutting things apart.

Yes, that tool scares the bejesus out of me more than anything else I use.  It is amazing how fast it can bind and come leaping out of a cut and how powerfully it will do so.  I worry about one of those disks shattering even with the guard on.  Steel is the easiest to cut and aluminum is the worst, it gets gummy and wants to grab at the disk.  I keep water near by to cool it down and that seems to help get back to cutting and not just melting.

     As always, oh mighty Reptillian, you are correct, but A. don't have any HSS tool blanks yet, and B. haven't tried any long [2-3 foot long] bar stock through the spindle of the BGT yet. It is set up for this – there's even a cute swiveling plastic cover for the outboard opening :)

     As for slipping in the pools of sweat, the driveway concrete is rough, so no problems there. Some day will get around to posting pics of the BGT with its mobile base – rolled to the garage doorway, I get a zillion candlepower of sunlight [for tanning AND illumination of work, as well as solid, non-slip footing [or for Mammoths is that 'hoofing'??? :) ] on the driveway.Can picture a long piece of stock through the spindle, slightly bent causing a propeller effect as the BGT powers up, zooming the BGT around the yard with the Mammoth frantically hanging on, ponytail flapping in the breeze, inventing new colorful cuss words!

     – Don     Betting a machinist was the first one to say "#%$^*!  :):)

HACKSAW: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board
principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable
motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more
dismal your future becomes.

Hi Ironman,

     Mammoths is friendly… :) probably too nice actually… hummm, could be why we is nearly extinct :):)  besides, with hind hip joints each replaced TWICE, da Mammoth can't run fast enough to catch anybody!  So, re the $'s for a metal cutting bandsaw, A. retired on disability ain't the most lucrative retirement, B. maybe more important right now, don't have the room for a bandsaw… sigh… Work table, BGT, air compressor, mechanic's tool chest, and table saw are all mounted on HD casters so they can be wheeled out of the 'garage' for use… sigh… have begun watching for a used bandsaw in the area though. However, there are cigars to buy and a couple of other interests to fund as well… sigh….. so much fun, so little money…:):) Appreciate everyone's thoughts and ideas though.

     – Don      Figuring that when I win the Lottery, 47 thousand other folks will have the winning numbers too, and we'll each win $67 bucks!!! :):):)

PLIERS: Used to round off bolt heads.. Sometimes used in the creation of
blood-blisters.