DIY Shed brand cordless angle grinder

[norlander]

http://www.leroymerlin.fr/v3/p/prod...sans-fil-115-mm-dexter-power-18-v-e1400881707

I bought one of these a bit back, a bit of an impulse buy, but I had grabbed a deal they had going for a drill plus impact driver with charger and batteries.
I was impressed by the kit (the Chinese kit has improved quite a lot now in most stuff??).
So as I had the batteries and charger anyway, I got one.

Why- I had read on here that Langy uses Milwuakee cordless a/gs and rates them, I did not expect this to be in the same class as Milwaukee and its not, but it was the concept I wanted to try out without mega outlay.

Performance-not bad, I was suprised. I use a 60 grit flapwheel on it, no pressure apart from the weight of the tool itself and its pretty good.
Main use is for shining up steel before TIG, but also dressing of MIG welds and the occasional bevel prep on 3mm etc.

Battery life- ha, well, maybe 8-10 minutes at a guess; maybe less, but although that sounds pants, its actually not a problem for me.

General-being battery powered it seems less "agressive" than full powered version-I know that should be obvious but I find its quite a good feature and (I know slap my Rs) I can use it one handed no probs, even with my mullah'd wrists.
I did not expect much, but I can't put the flippin thing down, its been in daily use since I got it and so I'm well chuffed, and sold on the concept of cordless a/gs.

Conclusion-probably ok for light users, handy for car restoration guys n gals I would imagine. Serious fabrication/pro users would most likely find its battery life impractical.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Cordless angle grinders are great. I'm a complete convert for one particular job. Collecting steel from our local supplier who have started charging insane prices to cut bars up for transport. Last week I was loaned a cordless, strolled into the yard and ordered two six metre lengths of 10mm square bar, to take home in my Fiat seicento. Chop chop chop, six 2 metre lengths in seconds. Love it.

 

[gaz1]

Cordless angle grinders are great. I'm a complete convert for one particular job. Collecting steel from our local supplier who have started charging insane prices to cut bars up for transport. Last week I was loaned a cordless, strolled into the yard and ordered two six metre lengths of 10mm square bar, to take home in my Fiat seicento. Chop chop chop, six 2 metre lengths in seconds. Love it.

part of reason i thought what the hell buy one myself but i got the ryobi model not much good suppose i should redig it out and give it another go just to see what it will do on one battery

 

[Johnseat]

A work mate has a dewalt cordless 4.5“ grinder and it's really good for small jibs outside on trailers and trucks ect...
Keep meaning to buy one but I can never pull the trigger.

 

[Lufbramatt]

Didn't realise these were a thing- might have to invest in a Makita 18v one, I already have the charger and batteries so they're not too spendy for the body only.

 

[xmetal]

I have a Makita lithium-ion 18v 4.5" one that uses the same batteries as my cordless drills, etc. It works very well but the battery drain is quite high compared to a drill. Fortunately I have a few batteries shared between the other gear so I have a spare ready for when the battery runs down.

 

[eSCHEn]

Have the Makita 18V with a 4Ah battery and it's really nice as it's well balanced, light and can be used one-handed. Doesn't snatch easily but lacks all out grunt and runtime is poor (could be older battery though).

I had the chance to compare it directly against an equivalent Milwaukee and the Milwaukee had a lot more power. Didn't use it long enough for a runtime comparison though.

I use mine for awkward jobs, small jobs outside (a godsend) and chopping up stock at the merchants.

 

[Lufbramatt]

Looks like they do a couple of different ones- is yours the brushed or brushless motor?

 

[armalites]

I've got an 18V Dewalt, brilliant bit of kit, if all you do all day is grind then they are not the tool for job. For weld prep, quick cutting jobs in difficult places they are ideal. Mine is an old one running a NiMh and I get more than 10mins but I've never really timed it. As already said they are far less aggressive than a mains powered unit and work really well with a flap wheel

 

[brightspark]

Cordless angle grinders are great. I'm a complete convert for one particular job. Collecting steel from our local supplier who have started charging insane prices to cut bars up for transport. Last week I was loaned a cordless, strolled into the yard and ordered two six metre lengths of 10mm square bar, to take home in my Fiat seicento. Chop chop chop, six 2 metre lengths in seconds. Love it.

don't tell porkies your cutting peoples locks of with it it saves humping a portapack in haversack with cutting torch on

 

[eSCHEn]

don't tell porkies your cutting peoples locks of with it it saves humping a portapack in haversack with cutting torch on

You seem to know a lot about this...

 

[daleyd]

I've got the Bosch one, very good and powerful but limited runtime as with the others. Ideal for quick jobs though where running an ext nation would be a pain.

 

[julianthegypsy]

don't tell porkies your cutting peoples locks of with it it saves humping a portapack in haversack with cutting torch on

It's the sciatica, I just can't carry things as far as I used to!

 

[addjunkie]

Cordless angle grinders are great. I'm a complete convert for one particular job. Collecting steel from our local supplier who have started charging insane prices to cut bars up for transport. Last week I was loaned a cordless, strolled into the yard and ordered two six metre lengths of 10mm square bar, to take home in my Fiat seicento. Chop chop chop, six 2 metre lengths in seconds. Love it.

I have used a sthil saw a couple of times in the past.....when buying steel to build boat trailers.

 

[Kent]

I have a Matabo it's very good on new hi D 5.5 amp hour batteries you have plenty in one for bits on site ( maybe 20 mins use time?) I carry three though so you can put some proper work to it when required. However I am also running 6 " discs grinding wheels and sanding pads

 

[David2002]

part of reason i thought what the hell buy one myself but i got the ryobi model not much good suppose i should redig it out and give it another go just to see what it will do on one battery

Now I have 4amp hour lithium batteries my Ryobi kit is totally transformed compared to the old 1.5 amp nicads.
Angle grinder with a flap wheel does at least 20 mins running constantly

 

[gaz1]

not using nicads got the 1.3 lithium batteries tried it grinding pointing out did about 2ft in a line then died thats also going slow allowing the blade to do the work

 

[langy]

I have 2 Milwaukee jobbies with 4 ahr batteries one with a cutting disc and the other with s flap disc and virtually use them all the time now, I find a battery lasts about 2hrs on heavy use.
I recently got a call from a friend who got clamped , popped round and chopped it off in about 30 seconds, I then continued to see how many cuts I could get out of one battery they won't be using this clamp again !!!

 

[julianthegypsy]

I have 2 Milwaukee jobbies with 4 ahr batteries one with a cutting disc and the other with s flap disc and virtually use them all the time now, I find a battery lasts about 2hrs on heavy use.
I recently got a call from a friend who got clamped , popped round and chopped it off in about 30 seconds, I then continued to see how many cuts I could get out of one battery they won't be using this clamp again !!!

You mean you loaned your grinder to your friend, who chopped it up. Removing a clamp is legal, damaging it is against the law and of course you'd never do anything like that, and you'd certainly never publicise it all over the internet right?

 

[norlander]

I have a Matabo it's very good on new hi D 5.5 amp hour batteries you have plenty in one for bits on site ( maybe 20 mins use time?) I carry three though so you can put some proper work to it when required. However I am also running 6 " discs grinding wheels and sanding pads

Thats quality kit the Metabo, I got a 3ah battery for my cheapie but it does not give me much more time, but as said its not an issue for me.