Cheap angle grinder

[doubleboost]

30 seconds is all this lasted
The second one lasted a minute before the smoke escaped

 

[Spark plug]

Third time lucky?

 

[Woody.v8]

30 seconds is all this lasted
The second one lasted a minute before the smoke escaped

You will never spin the rollers with that

 

[brightspark]

2 hands and 12 stone on it not surprised buy a 5 inch Makita one

 

[brightspark]

You will never spin the rollers with that

trying to dyno the grinder

 

[Richard.]

So the equivalent of a years usage out of that would set you back about the price of 10,000 Milwaukee units.
Cheap ain't always cheap lol.

 

[normspanners]

30 seconds is all this lasted

Where in Rhodes???

 

[8ob]

Oh well its still got 364 days, 23hours 59 minutes and 30 seconds of warranty so it should not be a problem.

Bob

 

[doubleboost]

2 hands and 12 stone on it not surprised buy a 5 inch Makita one

Been a while since i was 12 stone

 

[Stueeee]

Sometimes the failure isn't electrical......

This one lasted about an hour, I had already sent its predecessor back as it arrived with a broken switch. This one made a satisfying thud as it hit the workshop bin. Replaced it with a not too spendy Screwfix job which has a two year warranty -I made sure to keep the receipt.

 

[ukracer]

Meanwhile, my £8 b&q special 4.5" grinder is still going strong - the same one I took apart on youtube and also used to demonstrate freehand drill bit sharpening.

Sometimes it's the operator and not the tool

I purchased 3.....2 blew up. Lol

 

[ukracer]

30 seconds is all this lasted
The second one lasted a minute before the smoke escaped

What brand...

 

[WorkshopChris]

Sometimes the failure isn't electrical......
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This one lasted about an hour, I had already sent its predecessor back as it arrived with a broken switch. This one made a satisfying thud as it hit the workshop bin. Replaced it with a not too spendy Screwfix job which has a two year warranty -I made sure to keep the receipt.

To give the manufacture of that some credit, with a casting that thin i am amazed they managed to assemble it without it braking.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Sometimes the failure isn't electrical......

A dab or two of Araldite'd soon fix that.........

 

[Brad93]

I've had a £50 dewalt 4.5" out of screwfix for about 3 years and it's had some serious abuse, still going strong.
It's aren't it's money many times over. Buy a dewalt, Makita, metabo you can't go wrong. Even hitachi aren't too sad.

 

[8ob]

Sometimes the operator is a tool

Fixed that for you

Bob

 

[Nomad]

^ Have you tried JB-weld

I picked up a £8 grinder from Homebase when I was driving around a few years back, it never worked when I got it home but would have cost more than £8 petrol to take it back.
Not all cheap stuff is junk, both my Argos grinders (4.5" and 9") are still going strong after lots of years use/abuse...

 

[doubleboost]

I have a Dewalt at home & a Hitachi at work both have been used very hard with no problems at all
I have a 4 inch Makita that i have had 20 years and it was second hand then
Every time it gets a new flex i re grease the gear case
The 9 inch Woolf grinder is at least ten years old (not used much as i am afraid of it)
Big aluminium job that came out of the ship yards

 

[arther dailey]

Wolf by name wolf by nature eh !

 

[Hitch]

5" Hitachi is the only one I use, grinding, cutting, sanding, polishing... last one lasted over 2 year, remember, thats being used in a fabrication shop, not a hobby shop.