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Subject:Re: New Seats and carpet kit
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:18:30 -0700

Get some flap disks for the grinder, 60 and 80 grit good start. I like Wurth, but Merit and Norton are ok too

ie this kind of flap disk  http://tinyurl.com/afp4ldf

You will love them for blending cuts, smoothing etc.

alistair

On 2013-03-14, at 3:27 PM, J B wrote:

> Looks like we've been doing some similar mods this year.
> 
> I agree - a face guard would have been a better choice when using that angle grinder but man those sparks were cool and it cut/smoothed metal like butter.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "neil n" [musomuso@GMAIL.COM]
> Date: 03/14/2013 01:17 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: New Seats and carpet kit
> 
> Heh. And I thought installing tan captain seats in my '81 were a big
> improvement!  (which they were)
> 
> Those seats look very form fitting. Will help with fast cornering?  < kidding >
> 
> Very nice seats!
> 
> And for sure; an angle grinder is super useful. I had made all my cuts
> with a hacksaw for my engine swap. Finally got a grinder. (and a face
> mask) Uh, just a little easier.
> 
> Neil.