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Fifty per cent longer life, with an asterisk and no footnote

DEWALT DW8062, 4-1/2 in × .045 in, 5-pack

A named-brand thin cutting wheel in the smallest pack on this shelf, claiming fifty per cent longer life against nothing in particular — and publishing no maximum speed.

DEWALT 4-1/2 inch cut-off wheels in a five-pack

DEWALT DW8062, 4-1/2 in × .045 in, 5-pack

A named-brand thin cutting wheel in the smallest pack on this shelf, claiming fifty per cent longer life against nothing in particular — and publishing no maximum speed.

Amazon reference
B005B8LZCI
EAN
0028877525877
  • A .045 in wheel, which is the thin-cutting standard rather than a compromise thickness
  • Two sheets of fiberglass reinforcement stated, which is what stops a thin wheel shattering
  • No maximum speed published anywhere — the first of the two markings this hub says matters

Best for: A few cuts in steel, from a brand whose discs are on every builders’ merchant shelf

≈ $6
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Specifications

Amazon reference
B005B8LZCI
EAN
0028877525877

This is the smallest pack on the shelf from the best-known name on it, and the specification is the standard one: 4-1/2 by .045 by 7/8 in, aluminum oxide, two sheets of fiberglass. A .045 in wheel is a proper thin cutting disc rather than a general-purpose thickness, and two layers of reinforcement is what keeps a thin wheel together when it binds in a cut.

The claim the listing is built on is fifty per cent longer life, and it is presented in a way that cannot be checked: “50% Longer Life*”, with an asterisk that has no footnote on the page. The mechanism DEWALT names — tougher grains with better adhesion to the resin — is a real one. The comparison is missing.

What is also missing is the figure this hub asks for first. There is no maximum speed anywhere on the listing, on a disc that spins at over ten thousand revolutions a minute inches from your hands. The rating will be printed on the disc when it arrives; at least four of the fourteen listings on this shelf print it on the page as well. And nothing here addresses the second marking the hub names — freedom from iron and sulfur — although the wheel is sold for stainless.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $6 at the American Amazon shop.

Read from Keepa on the day this page was last revised; stock and price both move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-10-07. The live price is at the top of the page.

The questions welders ask

Why does the missing speed rating matter?

Because it is the limit the disc was tested to, and this hub’s introduction names it as one of the two markings that matter on every disc. A 4-1/2 in reinforced wheel is normally rated at 80 meters (262 ft) per second, which works out at about 13,400 rpm at that diameter — and most 4-1/2 in angle grinders run at 11,000 or 12,000, so the margin is real but not large. Four listings on this shelf publish a figure. This is not one of them, and the marking is printed on the disc itself even when the page omits it.

Fifty per cent longer than what?

The page does not say. The claim appears as "50% Longer Life*" with an asterisk and no footnote anywhere on the listing, and the description repeats it as "up to 50% longer life" without a comparison. DEWALT attributes it to a grain and resin formulation it calls Temper Point, which is a real thing to claim; what is missing is the wheel it is being compared with.

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    Amazon reference
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