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Hi everyone got a little time this morning to have a look inside my fakita grinder.
Now that's a clone of the DGA504Z brushless Makita.
And I was wrong the other day saying it has only 3 preset speed lever, it does have 4 actually.
Got it used with a kit not sure if it's available alone.
Surely available under other manufactures on Banggood, AliExpress, Amazon, Gisam, Katsu.
I'd like to get both the Gisam and the Katsu in the future for comparison.
Beneath the stickers there are holes for the infamous "Makita" name plates.
And the only other thing that might tell you at first impression that it's not genuine are the air intakes on the battery well.
Otherwise it looks almost perfectly genuine to an untrained eye.
It works great for the price, doesn't stall that easy and has a good amount of torque to keep the RPM high.
I use it regularly for quick cuts and deburring, nothing heavy duty but I've managed to do more heavier jobs too.
It not perfect it does have lots of downsides but we are talking about a 30 euro tool we can't really complain about its flaws TBH.
As most clones it comes in rough shape, they don't take care of the packaging so it arrives practically like it's been used, so scratched over moldings, little dents here and there.
Damages occurred during the shipping or most likely they left the factory already in those conditions.
For sure they don't pay attention to casting quality and Skip important passages to provide a better product.
But again you get what you pay for.
Here an example of what I mean.
About the gears and their housing we have a press fitted crown gear, no key or Seeger ring.
They look machined and not sintered metal powder
Ground spindle which runs into a bronze bushing in the housing.
I've added grease because it comes completely dry
I think Makita uses proper bearing.
3 spindle lock catches.
Not sure about the bearing beneath because I didn't removed the gear to check it, probably a 6072Z or similar
608Z on the pinion gear and nylock nut
607Z on the rotor which honestly doesn't look great quality compared to other clones I've took a part briefly.
The cooling fan wobbles on the shaft as it's not running true with shaft, very poor quality here I have to say.
The stator looks a lot better than the rotor, with thick windings well seated and well held in place.
A lot of space for the wirings and the electronics, and thick wire from the PCB to the stator.
Useless because of the thinner wires from the battery to the PCB.
Two little wire from the PCB to the switch
Just a normal switch you find on corded grinders.
Overall it's a good enough grinder for the price, not great because it's far from perfection but it does the job without many problems.
I don't like the brake when you switch it off because occasionally it throws the wheel as it stops too early and the nut gets loosened by inertia.
I like the fact that it has restart protection, If you replace the battery with the power on it will not start and a warning light starts blinking.
Just switch it off and it will work again when you turn it back on.
Now that's a clone of the DGA504Z brushless Makita.
And I was wrong the other day saying it has only 3 preset speed lever, it does have 4 actually.
Got it used with a kit not sure if it's available alone.
Surely available under other manufactures on Banggood, AliExpress, Amazon, Gisam, Katsu.
I'd like to get both the Gisam and the Katsu in the future for comparison.
Beneath the stickers there are holes for the infamous "Makita" name plates.
And the only other thing that might tell you at first impression that it's not genuine are the air intakes on the battery well.
Otherwise it looks almost perfectly genuine to an untrained eye.
It works great for the price, doesn't stall that easy and has a good amount of torque to keep the RPM high.
I use it regularly for quick cuts and deburring, nothing heavy duty but I've managed to do more heavier jobs too.
It not perfect it does have lots of downsides but we are talking about a 30 euro tool we can't really complain about its flaws TBH.
As most clones it comes in rough shape, they don't take care of the packaging so it arrives practically like it's been used, so scratched over moldings, little dents here and there.
Damages occurred during the shipping or most likely they left the factory already in those conditions.
For sure they don't pay attention to casting quality and Skip important passages to provide a better product.
But again you get what you pay for.
Here an example of what I mean.
About the gears and their housing we have a press fitted crown gear, no key or Seeger ring.
They look machined and not sintered metal powder
Ground spindle which runs into a bronze bushing in the housing.
I've added grease because it comes completely dry
I think Makita uses proper bearing.
3 spindle lock catches.
Not sure about the bearing beneath because I didn't removed the gear to check it, probably a 6072Z or similar
608Z on the pinion gear and nylock nut
607Z on the rotor which honestly doesn't look great quality compared to other clones I've took a part briefly.
The cooling fan wobbles on the shaft as it's not running true with shaft, very poor quality here I have to say.
The stator looks a lot better than the rotor, with thick windings well seated and well held in place.
A lot of space for the wirings and the electronics, and thick wire from the PCB to the stator.
Useless because of the thinner wires from the battery to the PCB.
Two little wire from the PCB to the switch
Just a normal switch you find on corded grinders.
Overall it's a good enough grinder for the price, not great because it's far from perfection but it does the job without many problems.
I don't like the brake when you switch it off because occasionally it throws the wheel as it stops too early and the nut gets loosened by inertia.
I like the fact that it has restart protection, If you replace the battery with the power on it will not start and a warning light starts blinking.
Just switch it off and it will work again when you turn it back on.
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