Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?

10 Aug.,2022

The diamond blade is actually a type of circular cutting blade with diamond segments as an accessory for power tools, and it is widely used with all kinds of power cutting machines, like angle grinder, marble cutter, handheld cutting machine, table saw and bench saw. Ect.,

 

The answer is an absolute YES. 10 Types of Rope that All DIY Enthusiasts Should Know is actually a type of circular cutting blade with diamond segments as an accessory for power tools, and it is widely used with all kinds of power cutting machines, like angle grinder, marble cutter, handheld cutting machine, table saw and bench saw. Ect.,

 

However, when you try to apply a piece of diamond blades on an angle grinder, you are suggested to be clear about some points for safer use and better job.

 

No.1 What is an angle grinder?

You can learn from the name, that it is originally designed for grinding & polishing hard surface of metal or stone, which requires operating in a vertical angle. In this way, the removed chips and debris will not get to the workers directly; however, cutting job with diamond blades will brings the chip towards direction to workers. In this condition, the worker shall be more careful when using the diamond blades to cut stone, brick, concrete or other brittle material. Especially, do not remove the guard or try to use oversize blades than the angle grinder that you use.

 

Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?

 

And there is a certain cutting range for the angle grinders, common diameter from 4’’ to 9’’. Therefore, you shall mind the max cutting speed & max cutting blade diameter and follow as below.

 

Luckily, most of our blades can fit the angle grinders and within the safe rotation speed range.

 

No.2 How to amount a cutting blade on the angle grinder?

It is the same way to amount the diamond blade as a cutting disc:

 

Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?

 

Step 1:Remove the flange from the shaft. Models may be different from each other. For example, you need to push the button on the machine head to unlock the flange and remove it.

 

Step 2: Put the diamond blades or cutting discs on the shaft to fit. Here requires your attention, that the shaft diameter may be different from the arbor hole of your diamond blades. So a metal washer is needed to exchange. For example, most 4’’ angle grinder is of 16mm shaft, but the common 4’’ diamond blades are with 20mm center hole. In this case, you need a washer changing 20mm to 16mm.

 

Step 3: Put the flange back and use a wrench to screw up!

 

Be aware all above steps are going with power cut off!!!

 

No.3 What material can the diamond blade to cut on angle grinder?

Equipped with different types of diamond blades, you can use the angle grinder to cut a wide range of material.

 

1.Stone slab/ masonry. We have 2 models of turbo rim blades featuring sharp cutting and fine heat emission without water. Feel free to click the picture and enter our product page for more details.

 

Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?

 

 

2.Brick/concrete. These 2 materials are the most common ones we will meet in daily work, which are abrasive in some countries or regions. Like in Malaysia, their sand bricks consume the blade very fast. To solve this problem, we have the below product offering a relatively long-lasting solution:

 

Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?

 

3.Wall chasing is a very general working scenario in home renovation and building construction, to make the work easier and higher efficient, we develop specific wall chasing blades to equip on different models of angle grinders.

 

Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?

4.Most important & original application is the diamond cup wheels. Used with the angle grinders, you can work on the concrete/ metal / stone surface to make them even and flat.

 

Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?Can You Use a Diamond Blade on an Angle Grinder?

 

All in all, tools are designed to serve human, you are welcome to share your creativity on doing jobs with angle grinders with diamond blades!