marc n
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 09:01 AM |
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all our grinders are makita, all used everyday, just about all day for shaping tube etc, and they all have lasted 3 + years on the same brushes, then
brushes cost £3-50 a set, i have had some makita ones that have had lighter use that have lasted 10 years  , each grinder cost me £38 - £54 , i have
had the £20 jobs and they have lasted a week / two weeks in our enviroment
cheers
marc
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BenB
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| posted on 31/1/08 at 09:32 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
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.
I was grinding for about 25 minutes without a break  I think that was why it got so hot... I wasn't pressing very hard against the workpiece
but the edge of the cutting blade were catching in the sides of the notch, occasionally the grinder would slow down considerably when that
happened....
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vxwestie
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| posted on 1/2/08 at 11:22 PM |
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Go for a Makita, last for years..
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Fred W B
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| posted on 2/2/08 at 04:20 AM |
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I have 4 or 5 relatively cheapies under the bench, with cutting/grinding/finishing discs/the tool on them respectivly. Saves time changing blades,
plus you can rotate then into whatever is getting the most use.
Haven't burnt one out yet, but have dropped a few, braking the case on one and bending the shaft on another. Isn't it a bugger whn you
trip over the cord and pull them off something?
Cheers
Fred W B
You can do it quickly. You can do it cheap. You can do it right. – Pick any two.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 4/2/08 at 02:38 PM |
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My 9" DeWalt is still going strong after a few years. 4.5" DeWalt is fine too but doesnt see as much work.
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DarrenW
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| posted on 4/2/08 at 02:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by trextr7monkey
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.
Its no secret that Black & Deckers owns DeWalt but i can catagoricallt state that the products are very very different. I designed an installed
the production line that made all of the European cordless drills from about 1996 to 2001 ish and was a member of the development team. Everything
about the DeWalt stuff is different to the B&D gear. B&D did do a professional brand a few years back and again these arent as good as the
true DeWalt stuff.
The only thing you have to be aware of is that there is full heavy duty DeWalt drills and a slightly cheaper range. The motors in the cheaper range
are (or were) pretty good johnson motors but still not as good as the DeWalt manufactured motors.
I think some of the quality suffered when production was transferred out of Spennymoor a few years ago. The american factories make good stuff - they
had some nice production processes and good engineers looking after them.
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