Re: Garolite (G9, G10, G11) questions.

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

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>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jim-at-jlproduction-dot-com>
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>I would like to pipe in a dose of opinion here.
>It is my uneducated opinion that you are all WAY too worked up about
>strength and speed here. 1800 to 3600 rpm is small potatoes speed wise
>and in a rotary gap use has no real load at all. I work in an automotive
>machine shop and most abrasives which we use are only glue and grit turn
>up to 10,000 rpm all day long. Add to that some severe plunge and side
>load, dry cutting, extreme heat build up and general abuse and I have
>never seen one come apart in nearly 15 years. You car and your house are
>full of cheap junk materials that spin twice as fast and runs constantly
>for years with no trouble. As long as its semi balanced and non
>conductive I would think you could use practically anything for a wheel
>and never have a lick of trouble.
>You may want to, for example, look into the chop saw wheel like I used
>as it has many of these properties and are dirt cheap. They can spin in
>excess of 10,000 rpm, are thin and light, well balanced, can take
>tremendous heat, machine nicely and have a variety of hole sizes from
>the factory. They also are non conductive as far as I know.
>
>Just my .02
>Jim L
>http://www.jlproduction-dot-com/Tesla.html
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you may have come across an item that could be used for SRSG disc but 
they do come apart and when they  do its spectacular....

why take the chance