Poll: How many angle grinders do you get through in a year? [View Results]
Angle grinders are for girls, give me a hacksaw and a file and I'm a happy bunny
I've got one from 1972 and it works just fine (it buy a good one to begin with)
1 Per year
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BenB

posted on 30/1/08 at 06:57 PM Reply With Quote
How many angle grinders do you get through in a year?

Today I had one of those days that make you realise that working for a living (so you can pay someone to do PITA jobs) isn't that bad.....

A while back I put a StickyBoot on my tintop to scrape through MOT. Of course the boot fell apart shortly afterwards leaving me with a clacking CV joint.... Not being particularly enthusiastic about the possibility of a CVJ collapsing at speed I got a replacement CVJ (and boot kit!!)....

Only trouble was the suspension is now 11 years old and hasn't seen a spanner for the last 9 of those!! So all the nuts were rusted to buggery and back. Out came the angry grinder..... It was bad... And I've booked some intensive psychotherapy to try and forget just how siezed solid the brake disc was onto the hub.... Suffice to say that initial plan of gently tapping it with a rubber mallet quickly gave way to large tw@ts with the not-so-subtle persuader....

I was using the angry grinder that much that it became uncomfortable to hold, and blowing air into the vents with my air blower just produced copious amounts of smoke Ray Mears stylee... Shortly afterwards it started making funny noises then stopped working. I thought I'd sussed it when I saw the contacts had burnt out but replacing them just made a big spark come from the electromagnets and then it was all silent....

So it's angle grinder #3 in less than 12 months for me

ps Getting the old CVJ off the driveshaft BTW was a severe PITA. Never again!! Next time my Micra goes wonky I'll throw some money at the local garage (or give the car to the local scrappy )!!

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speedyxjs

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:00 PM Reply With Quote
I broke the button you hold to undo the disk after 1 month but my JCB one has lasted my 6 months and counting





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TGR-ECOSSE

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:01 PM Reply With Quote
I had a Makita for 15 years a bosch for 5 years and i am currently using 2 Aldi ones that i got for £7.99 3 years ago and are still going strong. When my mate was building his stock car we used 6 in 3 months






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Guinness

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:03 PM Reply With Quote
I've killed one B&Q one, and working hard at killing the second. Funny how the original B&Q one seemed to last 1 year and 1 day

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iank

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:07 PM Reply With Quote
Have yet to kill the cheap(ish) Erbauer I got from Screwfix a couple of years back.

Guess I mustn't be pressing hard enough





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thunderace

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:08 PM Reply With Quote
one word got it new years ago and the word is

DEWALT

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nitram38

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:09 PM Reply With Quote
Bought a bosch one about 10 years ago. Built two cars with it, still going strong!
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NS Dev

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:19 PM Reply With Quote
bosch industrial (blue) going just fine.

regular use tools are best paid for.

Just totalled two erbauer drills at work and finally proved to my boss that buying decent kit is worthwhile, now we have 2 makitas finally!





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minitici

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:27 PM Reply With Quote
I had four replacements for a cheapo grinder from Focus (in the space of two months).
Eventually took a full refund and bought a decent Makita.
Only good thing with the ones from Focus was that I got a set of 5 grinding discs with each replacement

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Howlor

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:35 PM Reply With Quote
Bosch and no probs 10 years on.

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locoR1

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:44 PM Reply With Quote
Had a Black & Decker Proline for about 20 years (god that makes me feel old)

Its still going strong considering the abuse its had over the years
Just goes to show you get what you pay for!

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Simon

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:50 PM Reply With Quote
Just killed my Bosch one at work. Lasted about two years, but they are worked hard.

Got a B&D drill cos of the fire, needed in a hurry and it lasted less than an hour!!!

ATB

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rusty nuts

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:54 PM Reply With Quote
I have 2 Hitachi angle grinders , both are in everyday use and a least 15 years old.
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onzarob

posted on 30/1/08 at 07:58 PM Reply With Quote
I've got a B&D been great 6 years old, but only home use. I did kill a cheap one in 3 months, but I was chasing walls with it when renovating my cottage, cement dust kills em quick
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Alan B

posted on 30/1/08 at 08:09 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
one word got it new years ago and the word is

DEWALT


Ditto...must have had mine at least 10 years....still works flawlessly

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jono_misfit

posted on 30/1/08 at 08:14 PM Reply With Quote
Weve got a Wolf grinderete which lasted for about 30 years but died last year and cant get spares for. Almost makes me want to put in a warranty claim but apparently they went out of business in 1980 something.

I think we do about 2 per year of cheap ones, although the current aldi or liddle speacial has lasted a year of abuse.

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NigeEss

posted on 30/1/08 at 08:19 PM Reply With Quote
15 year old Bosch is still going strong despite lots of hard use.

It even survived full chat to zero in a millisecond when the clay pipe
I was cutting dropped and grabbed the diamond blade. My wrist
came off much worse, sprained and a kin big bruise where the grinder
body twatted it.
Bent the blade but it didn't explode like a conventional one would of.

Had to use water pump pliers to undo the nuts as I couldn't hold the push
button in enough.

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Confused but excited.

posted on 30/1/08 at 08:20 PM Reply With Quote
I have a cheap Chinese one that I bought twelve yers ago. It's still going strong and it has been severely abused.
Downside; my hands vibrate for half an hour after I stop using it.
Must buy a Makita.





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caber

posted on 30/1/08 at 08:34 PM Reply With Quote
Just killed my 20year old ,£70 when I bought, it Black and Decker proline cutting through 10mm plate steel for a manifold I made. My second proline is still going. the side handle broke of my Macro one after 2 days nearly castrating me in the process, I made it a steel handle and the button for the disk lock promptly broke off. It still goes round and is used for a wire brush. I still have 2 other cheapies one Aldi which is excellent 125mm disk and one lidl 115 disk, both still OK after about 1 year. Having several with different disks o seems to work for me, none get serious abuse this way

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martin1973

posted on 30/1/08 at 08:40 PM Reply With Quote
i got a clark life time garantee one in june
11 time its been replaced

but i have a wolf one which must be 20+ years old still going strong?

[Edited on 30/1/08 by martin1973]








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dhutch

posted on 30/1/08 at 09:16 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
...but my JCB one has lasted my 6 months and counting
How is that anyway? I'll report your thoughts on it back to branded products...

Persaonly i have makita i looted of my grandad, via the boat, on the assumtion that anything on the boat is now mine.
- God knows how old it is, but ive been giving it abuse for 5/10 years, plus whatever it had before than.

Smoke from the vents just means i need a cuppa, and it would like to be left running while i do that to cool down.


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Simon

posted on 30/1/08 at 09:24 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Alan B
quote:
Originally posted by thunderace
one word got it new years ago and the word is

DEWALT


Ditto...must have had mine at least 10 years....still works flawlessly


Don't want to upset you, but de Walt is B&D

ATB

Simon






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trextr7monkey

posted on 31/1/08 at 12:37 AM Reply With Quote
Old Makita getting a bit hit and miss now, Machine mart cheapo went on fire first time we used it - they sent it back to be examined before giving a refund, can't be too carefult hese days!

have and Aldi cheapo which is heavy but functional and we try and leave cutting and grinding discs on seperate machines.

I bought a Dewalt which is good and still going strong but the Dewalt drill purchased from B and Q (and hardly used) has packed up in about 14 months which has put me off their stuff and confirms that they have gone down the no QC route -if they are made by Black and Decker that reduces my confidence further as we had one of their mid range cordless drills strip the gears while putting a few screws in.





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tomblyth

posted on 31/1/08 at 08:13 AM Reply With Quote
B & Q have an offer on about £35 1 year G/tee and 50 free disk's (that right 50 disks... or buy any from argos and take 3 year optional cover , only down side is SOD'S Law (It will break at the most inconvenient time!)
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02GF74

posted on 31/1/08 at 08:38 AM Reply With Quote
there are two approaches to this.

first by cheapie grinders: screwfix/aldi/netto/argos for a fiver and treat them as consumables. you'll probalby go through one every couple of months.

or buy a mega expensive one that last longer .... but how mcuh longer?

... and which way is cheaper?

I have a b&d profession grinder bought over 20 yrs ago; not abused but still going strong.

I keep meaning to take it apart to service (oil bearing etc) but never get round to it shomehow.

I have never know the grinder to get hot.

Are you like realy pressing hard? Just hold it gently against the workpiece mincer style and let the stone to the work.

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