Aldi next Thursday, it's a larger one with rear handle and trigger, cheap enamel paint as well. I have a couple of tins of this and it's good stuff, dries quick and it's harder than Hammerite.

£8.99 125mm angle grinder

No disrespect Pete, but surely it will only be good for about 5 minutes before it gives up at that price - you get what you pay for an' all that

Also have a set including 'the tool' for £5.99
That angle grinder is 1020w

aldi tools are quite good, dont underestimate them

my aldi drill has outlasted my old black and decker

Matt

If it fails Aldi give you another or your money back. I've had various tools from there and the only one that conked was a soldering iron, which they exchanged immediately and the replacement has been fine since and did my wiring loom 5 years ago. A lot of their tools have a 3 year fair wear and tear warranty if you read the packaging although most of the stuff I have is now out of warranty and still working I will get one next week as a spare.

edit:- I did have a £70 grinder many moons ago which lasted just out of 12 month warranty which is why I'm reluctant to replace with expensive ones as I do tend to rag them. My 9" Metabo grinder is however indestructible and has done everything I could want.


[Edited on 16/2/07 by Peteff]

I bought a 13.99 angle grinder, no name thing and lasted ages, like four years and it only gave up when i broke the switch on it being too heavy handed. Aldi tools i have found to be quite good, ive got a cordles drill and a bench drill and they are both great, woulf have cost a hell of alot more from elsewhere and if it lasts twelce months its done its job for me.

Just my little input anyway.

And if you look atthis there isn't a lot of difference, except price!!

I bought a £40 black+decker angle grinder a couple of weeks ago,It lasted all of 1 minute.
Took it back and exchanged it for a £35 bosch,hope this lasts a bit longer.
My sealey grinder lasted about 6 years hard labour..

I usually buy these cheap ones few at a time. I then use them when I need to use a wirebrush for rustremoval (do that on farming machines so usually quite big surfaces).

I found that all brands, also the most expensive, go bust on this type of work. With the cheap ones I found that some last really long before the bearing wears out. At least as long as the 'proper'ones. Others last only a few minutes. Even if they are from the same brand/batch.
Have used 9 in the last two years and so far the score is 2 good ones for every bad one. Given the price I find it a good buy.

i would buy one but got a bosch angle grinder, my dad bought it like 16 years ago, it still going and aint had no probs with it and is used very often, while my mate bought his from argos and has gone through 3 in a matter of a year!! kept burning out because of variable speed.
the bosch one is only one speed which is FLAT out. cant fault it

I have three of these cheap grinders, one with a twisted wire brush, one with a thick grinding disc, and one with a 1mm think slotting disc for cutting.

The last one to bust was given hell rebuilding two very rusty Land Rovers, and did a lot of chassis cutting. The brushes went first, so I used the spare set that came with it, it lasted about 3-4 years with hard use.
I cant complain for £9 (about 5 years ago).

The 3 I have now are simply to avoid changing from brush to cutter to grinder, and at the price, is so far good value., they were all under a tenner each. OK, I dont expect them to last for ever, but at £7.99 its definately good value, plus the ease of not changing the discs over every 5 mins.

now that is a good idea, talk about cutting time down

I got a grinder and a tin of green paint, I can put it on and grind it back off again.