A stainless steel wheel is a must if you are working on stainless steel. A good quality mild steel wheel will run $12 to $15. Locksmiths even use a wheel with plastic strands that is very good for light pressure work. You will also find wire wheels made of different materials like brass, mild steel and stainless steel. There are also special "knotted" or "braided" wire wheels for removing rust or paint, but these work better on handheld grinders where you can move the tool into tight nooks. For restoration work you'll need at least the fine type. Like sandpaper, the wire wheels come in coarse, medium and fine varities. Cheap ones look just about the same, but the wire bristles will come flying out at high rpms much more easily. Buy only high-quality, name brand wire wheels. If your bench grinder has two grinding wheels, replace one with a wire wheel. Grinders come in 6-, 8-, 10- and 12-inch models and bigger ones cost more. But this second hand grinder works fine in my home shop. A new grinder will look prettier than mine and have a face shield, which is a plus. Brand name grinders can run up to $150 or more. Discount tool stores will cough up a nice bench grinder for around $49 and $79 will get you a better model with a stronger motor an overstock Website. The one I use at home is pictured and fits in this category. You can probably shop around to get an old bench grinder for $10 or $20. With all we saved on this job we could buy ourselves the Cadillac of grinders and have change. At $16 each plus shipping for four new ones, this clean up saved us about $67. This work takes no special skills and if you have the time you can save big.Įven the filthy brake return springs cleaned up perfectly. And the professional would not be ripping you off-he'd only be charging you for his time. If you were having a vehicle completely restored at a shop like "3 Gs" and a professional restorer was charging you $40 an hour (or more) to clean up your parts, fittings and fasteners with a wire wheel and then prime and paint them, you would be spending thousands of dollars for work you can easily do yourself. After being lightly media blasted and then buffed with a fine wire wheel, a once-crusty old carburetor looked like a part for a Duesenberg rather than a Dodge pickup. Rusty Whitworth bolts for an MG TD that would cost a couple of bucks each to replace can be saved and put back into service with a wire wheel clean up. The mild steel brake pipe with two fittings is pitted and will need to be replaced for about $18.Īfter a few minutes against the wire wheel, a brass brake line fitting that at first resembled a piece of junk seemed like a candidate for museum display. We saved the brass banjo fittings that cost $151 for the pair and the $20 steel wheel cylinder adaptor. Please ask us for a quote if requiring delivery outside of UK.The same parts after wire brushing. ![]() Other Countries: We have carrier contracts that enable us to deliver to most countries. If you are VAT registered we can provide VAT-free shipments. Ireland: This website is now enabled for the Republic of Ireland. Saturday delivery is available for most parts of Britain for an extra £10.00 + VAT. ![]() We can offer a faster 'Before 1.00pm' option for deliveries to most of mainland Britain for an extra £4.00 + VAT. ![]() This will be next working day for most of Great Britain but a little longer in some remote areas. Orders valued £50 or over + VAT will be given free express delivery. Orders valued at below £50.00 + VAT will be given the default 2-3 day delivery at a charge of just £3.00, unless next day delivery is selected at just £5.00. We will normally dispatch orders received by 3.00pm on any working day, that same day.
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