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Can angle grinders cut wood? The answer is YES...but it can be tricky. This short video from The Honest Carpenter will show you how to cut wood with an angle grinder. It includes several tips and tricks for cutting wood with angle grinders.

Angle grinders are typically used to cut metal and masonry. But those cutting wheels have abrasive edges instead of teeth, so they won't help much if you want to cut wood.

Graff sent me out their new speedcutter blades, which are specifically designed to cut wood with angle grinders. They have 3 tungsten carbide teeth, and a beefy wheel shape.

Angle grinders spin at about 11,000 RPMs. (Circular saws only spin at about 5,000 RPMs.)

They also lack a snap-back guard. They are a freehand tool. This, combined with their excessive speed, makes them a very dangerous tool

When you cut wood with an angle grinder, be sure to keep body parts and clothing AWAY FROM THE BLADE! Let the blade spin down before you set the tool down.

CAN YOU CUT WOOD WITH AN ANGLE GRINDER?? (Tips + Tricks--cutting wood with angle grinders):

1) Set the blade guard low so it protects your fingers.
2) Use the blade guard as a pivot to lower the blade into the wood.
3) Angle grinders cut on the "Pull", so the teeth will engage if you draw the angle grinder towards yourself, cutting through the wood.
4) Thick material will be harder to cut because the angle grinder wood blade is not very big. You may have to flip wood stock to cut all the way through it with an angle grinder.
5) This Graff speedcutter blade is also rated to cut some aerated concrete products. I like to use it to cut hardie plank siding.
6) You can us an angle grinder with woodcutting blade to SHAPE WOOD! Just hold the blade flat and pass it back and forth across your stock--it will pare or gouge away layers of wood.
7) Angle grinders with woodcutting blades can be used to NOTCH wood as well. Just be sure to wear gloves when you create notches in wood with an angle grinder, because it can throw wood chips back at your fingers.

BE SURE TO EXERCISE ALL CAUTION WHEN CUTTING WOOD WITH AN ANGLE GRINDER. UNPLUG THE TOOL WHEN IT'S NOT IN USE, OR BEFORE YOU CHANGE THE BLADE OR ADJUST THE GUARD. WEAR SAFTEY GLASSES, EAR PROTECTION, AND A RESPIRATOR!

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