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From: John Rumm <see.my.signature@nowhere.null>
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Subject: Re: Cutting open padlock
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 22:14:46 +0000
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On 18/02/2022 18:10, billy bookcase wrote:
> "Bazza" <letshaveit@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:4d07a93f-8d52-4678-99a9-53319999f149n@googlegroups.com...
>> Looking to get a cordless angle grinder to cut open a couple padlocks on a storage unit
>> I have. My question is  .. will standard metal slitting discks do the job or does it
>> need something with diamond bits in the disk?
> 
> I used standard brown metal cutting disks bought from Wilko
> used in a specially bought cheapo portable drill to cut
> through the "hardened" shackle on a Citadel bike lock.
> 
> The mechanism had seized with the bike locked
> to a railing in  a supermarket car park.
> 
> It took around half an hour spraying with water
> but nobody turned a hair
> .
> So the only variables are  how long it will take
> and the number of discs.

one thin slitting disk in an AG, and 30 secs probably. (the rotational 
speed is typically 10x higher than a battery drill)


-- 
Cheers,

John.

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