Tom Orrow L
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Haha, if only! The marketing budget ain't that big!No they are free samples to the community? To enable us to spread the word
Haha, if only! The marketing budget ain't that big!No they are free samples to the community? To enable us to spread the word
Good quality.
Better than festool imho no idea what their range is like these days but there multitool was the one to buy for years.
you mean they wore out those grinders in a week?a customer who used 3-4 115mm Makita's a week
They did indeed, they're lads are animals with them. They go through abrasives like there's no tomorrow.you mean they wore out those grinders in a week?
I have to say my metabo 115s are a distance better in the vibration stakes than the blue Bosch I used before, would be interesting to see what the Fein wsg8 would be like, esp as looks to be similar price.
For a mag drill?Whilst we're on the subject of tools.. anyone got any good recommendations for HSS cutters?
They did indeed, they're lads are animals with them. They go through abrasives like there's no tomorrow.
My 18v DeWalt is coming to the end of it's life. Been hammered hard for 4 years.there the hilti of powertools
one was sold at the autojumble for 20 quid I was gutted as a gadgie just beat me 2 it
That's the important partI do buy my own tools though so that makes a huge difference.
I've done more grinding than a Vegas lapdancer
We had 9” Makitas dying in a day at the Power station. This went on for two weeks. Saying that, ambient was 45°C and we had about three 5” grinders plugged into the same big site transformer. I think it was a Power issue. We swapped to a more expensive model and they stopped dying.Got a couple of Fein polishers at work.
Take a fair bit of stick before they show up any signs of slowing.
Built solid, very positive but a bit chunky.
Its years old, so may be a little more ergonomic nowadays.
Side note on longevity of Makitas, I killed 2 in a week not long ago. One of the others got a spanker, 4 days later, it caught fire
They just don't give a toss about their tools, they'll chuck them around and batter them in every which way.That's hard to believe but c'mon, if a guy is shredding a grinder a week would he really be invited back for the next week to rip the guts out of another one? Are these guys working underwater or something?
I've had weeks where I've done more grinding than a Vegas lapdancer but I'd expect at least a year out of a Makita/Hitachi/Metabo in general use-heck even an Aldi special lasted 4 months..
I do buy my own tools though so that makes a huge difference.
My opinion, the guys need sacking. If they don't look after the tools, what's the rest of the job gonna look like!!They just don't give a toss about their tools, they'll chuck them around and batter them in every which way.