OBA Wood Carving Disc for Angle Grinder 4 1/2 Inch, Wood Shaping Grinding Wheel with 7/8” Arbor

We're great for carving logs, but it is very dangerous. If you're not holding on tight, it could get away on you be very, very careful. Did I say be careful I mean it--be very careful

This removes wood as well as the higher priced options. It is a course cut but great for heavier removal. I do custom trim work and am using it to cope my inside miters. This is 10x better than traditional flap disks and much more affordable than the name brand carving disks, while still delivering similar performance.

Amazingly useful and effective. Definitely have a good grip on your grinder while using this as it can suddenly grab onto the wood and this can result in serious personal injury. A face mask and eye protection are both essential as there will be a large amount of wood chips flying all over and especially in your direction. I used it to grind the bottom of a shed door which had been sticking for years. I would definitely buy this again.

This is a fun tool. Used it to carve a bowl in a hardwood stump. Worked well. Took a long time.

I’ve been using the more-convex 4.5” discs for the past few months to shape bowls. I’ve tried several other brands of wood-carving discs for the angle grinder, including cheaper imports from Asia, and the OBA discs are the best I’ve found. They’re mild steel, so they don’t stay sharp for very long (when carving a large hardwood bowl, such as 20” diameter and 12” deep, I will often go through two or three discs in the process). But when sharp, they are super aggressive cutters, and, in my experience, well-behaved in terms of kick-back, binding, or pulling in unwanted directions. I’ve used them for local Hawaiian hardwoods (mango, lychee, Milo, Koa), and while they do dull more quickly, they still cut these hardwoods quite well. They do have their limits though, and local Kiawe wood (Janka hardness of 3500 or more) causes excessive chattering and rapid dulling). While using the discs I frequently (every few minutes) blow them off with a high-pressure air gun attached to my air compressor and this helps keep them cutting well for longer. Once the teeth become clogged with wood fiber and resins I soak them in drain de-clogger overnight and then brush out the teeth with a brass-bristle brush. The cleaned-off discs don’t cut hardwoods as well as new, but are still good for less demanding woods and for de-barking. I have found that, when cutting hardwoods, it’s helpful to keep the angle of attack and the degree of pressure somewhat lower in order to avoid chattering, which seems to result in bent teeth that quickly shorted the lifespan of the discs. My only complaint is that I wish the discs were available with carbide teeth. Changing the discs every hour or so of carving does become a nuisance, but a manageable one.