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Tool question
Some time ago I bought an adapter to use on my angle grinder to make it an orbital sander, like a DA to use for body work. A while back after many years of use it fell apart and I have been able to find another like it. The store I I bought it from doesn't have them and it's useless to ask anyone working there about ordering a new one. I've been searching the net and haven't been able to find anything like it. I did find one but it was in England, I think, and it was hundreds of dollars and I know I didn't pay that much for it, maybe $50, at most.
Anybody have something like this?
Anybody have something like this?
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They used to be made by/for Milwaukee, but now you can only get them from the junk dealers.
Lematec LE-ADP01
https://www.wish.com/product/convert...371606bdbc86e0
This is one, but I don’t see it available at any retailer.
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They used to be made by/for Milwaukee, but now you can only get them from the junk dealers.
Lematec LE-ADP01
https://www.wish.com/product/convert...371606bdbc86e0
Thanks, this is one, but I don’t see it available at any retailer.
I'll have to do a search for one. One hardware store here is a big dealer of Milwaukee tools, maybe they can find it for me. My son's fiancé works there so maybe she can talk to someone at Milwaukee Tool.
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I called Milwaukee Tool this morning to see if maybe they had a few on a shelf somewhere, they didn't.
The prices I've seen posted for this are a lot more than I know I paid for mine. Too bad no one has them in stock
I initiated an item watch on eBay, just might get lucky
The prices I've seen posted for this are a lot more than I know I paid for mine. Too bad no one has them in stock
I initiated an item watch on eBay, just might get lucky
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I feel a little stupid. I thought I lost a piece of this tool but after looking it over this afternoon I realized the corded Milwaukee angle grinder I had used the attachment on must have had a slightly shorter shaft than my new cordless Milwaukee grinder. When I installed the attachment on the cordless grinder the threaded shaft went too far into the gray disc and locked the free spinning "nut" the sandpaper pad screwed into. Put a spacer in between the gray disc and the grinder and it works fine.
This tool is very handy if you don't have a ready source of air to power a conventional air powered DA. It's also handy if you're doing a smaller job and just need to use it for a few minutes. I've used it on wood projects and body work on cars.
This tool is very handy if you don't have a ready source of air to power a conventional air powered DA. It's also handy if you're doing a smaller job and just need to use it for a few minutes. I've used it on wood projects and body work on cars.
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The other similar tools I've found on the net were a lot more complex than this. I'm pretty sure I paid less than $30 for this one about 10-15 years ago. I never had a problem with it until the pad tore off the screw base. At first I thought it was some special part but then saw it was a simple DA pad. After it broke I threw in the grinder box and got busy and forgot about it for a while. I do find it very handy.
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