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Fifty discs, and the speed given twice

panlen plcw, 4-1/2 in × 0.045 in, 50-pack

A fifty-disc box that publishes both its rpm and its peripheral speed, and tells you a hundred-pack exists — the format for a workshop that cuts every week.

panlen 4-1/2 inch cut-off wheels, fifty in a box

panlen plcw, 4-1/2 in × 0.045 in, 50-pack

A fifty-disc box that publishes both its rpm and its peripheral speed, and tells you a hundred-pack exists — the format for a workshop that cuts every week.

Amazon reference
B08FR63K33
EAN
0664248791979
  • Fifty discs, which brings the price per disc to a fraction of the small packs on this shelf
  • Publishes 13,300 rpm and 80 m (262 ft)/s, the two forms of the same limit
  • Nothing about iron and sulfur content, while claiming stainless suitability

Best for: A workshop where discs are a running cost rather than a purchase

≈ $25
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Specifications

Amazon reference
B08FR63K33
EAN
0664248791979

Fifty discs is the format this shelf has been missing. A 4-1/2 in thin cutting wheel is consumed in minutes of real work, and the difference between a five-pack and a fifty-pack is the difference between rationing cuts and throwing a disc away the moment it stops cutting cleanly — which is what this hub’s buying tip asks you to do.

The specification is published in full and correctly. Outer diameter 4.5 in, bore 7/8 in, thickness 0.045 in, double fiberglass mesh, and the speed stated in both forms: 13,300 rpm and 80 m (262 ft)/s. The second figure is the one the wheel is actually designed to, and giving both is how a buyer squares a disc rating against a grinder nameplate. The listing even says that a hundred-pack exists under a separate code, which almost no seller volunteers.

Two gaps. The abrasive is described only as a proprietary aluminum oxide grain, with no grit size — and grit is what separates a wheel that cuts fast from one that lasts. And nothing addresses iron and sulfur, which is the second marking this hub names and the one that matters when the disc touches stainless. The bullets also read very close to those of a ten-pack from another brand on this shelf, which on a shelf of commodity abrasives is worth noticing.

Availability

Read on the day this page was built: $25 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

Is 13,300 rpm different from the 13,000 on the other box here?

Not meaningfully. Both listings state 80 meters (262 ft) per second, which is the real rating, and the rpm figure is that speed converted at the wheel’s diameter: at 4-1/2 in, 80 m/s is about 13,400 rpm. One maker rounds down to 13,000 and the other states 13,300. What matters is that both are above the 11,000 to 12,000 rpm of a typical 4-1/2 in angle grinder, and that both published the figure at all — five listings on this shelf did not.

Does buying fifty make sense?

If you cut steel regularly, yes, and the arithmetic is stark: fifty discs here cost about four times a five-pack of the same thickness. Discs do not deteriorate on a shelf if kept dry and flat, and this hub’s buying tip is to throw away a disc that has been dropped — which is much easier to do when there are forty-nine more. The caution is damp: a resin-bonded wheel stored in an unheated garage for years can absorb moisture and lose strength.

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    Amazon reference
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    Amazon reference
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    EAN
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    Amazon reference
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    Amazon reference
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    EAN
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