Up coming Aldi tool sale

[sardine]

Aldi are selling 80 amp inverters for £60, helmets for £23, 125 mm grinders for £20, and other disappointingly low quality tools from 13 th Sept.

 

[8ob]

Aldi are selling 80 amp inverters for £60, helmets for £23, 125 mm grinders for £20, and other disappointingly low quality tools from 13 th Sept.

Thanks for the heads up on the 125mm grinder @sardine. I mistakenly ordered a gurt box of 125mm flap discs off the bay of thieves and was wondering what to do with them, even it just sees them gone it will be worth it

Bob

 

[sardine]

You can run the 125's in a good 115 grinder if you use a bigger guard. I had a stack of them to use up and made a bigger guard, which was no big job.

 

[gaz1]

ive been waiting for the grinder for weeks to be on sale again

i also noted the multi grinder /workstation that also seems a good buy

https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuy...ionalStatus:nontransactional:Event:DIY&page=0

https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-multifunction-sharpener/p/074543103864200

mat come in handy for other things like lath sharpener as well as drill bits got all the degrees on it for peanuts

 

[Parm]

Aldi are selling 80 amp inverters for £60, helmets for £23, 125 mm grinders for £20, and other disappointingly low quality tools from 13 th Sept.

But they all come with a three year old quibble guarantee

 

[MattF]

But they all come with a three year old quibble guarantee

Does that mean they have a toddler who argues with you if it's faulty?

 

[Tangledfeet]

Hmm... angle grinder with paddle switch for £19.99 - have to add a couple of sets of flap discs for free delivery!

@sardine Cheers!

 

[cumbriasteve]

Personally I think the tools are excellent quality for the price and have loads of them, it only becomes a problem when owners try to make them stand up to industrial use.

 

[gaz1]

i want a few of them so im having to order some down here and also get one while up there

 

[roofman]

Word of warning..dont even consider using the wire wheels without protective goggles I never buy these items anymore as i was sick of looking like Pin head from hellraiser

 

[Sean]

The inverter is great fits in one of those little flight cases with a box of rods and a set of gauntlets , doesnt trip domestic RCDs as much as big ole wire wound stuff.

 

[Robotstar5]

Personally I think the tools are excellent quality for the price and have loads of them, it only becomes a problem when owners try to make them stand up to industrial use.

Some can even survive that, we had some of the ratchet spanners at my last place and they lasted 5+ years of almost daily use

 

[Shedendman]

Personally I think the tools are excellent quality for the price and have loads of them, it only becomes a problem when owners try to make them stand up to industrial use.

Got to agree there,ok for Mr DIY use,but like me if you're bashing the hell out of it on a daily basis they dont hold up that good

 

[Bsmith]

But they all come with a three year old quibble guarantee

Does that mean they have a toddler who argues with you if it's faulty?

I can't complain anyway........https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/pays-to-keep-receipts.84892/

 

[cumbriasteve]

I think it was about 5 years ago they had their variable speed dremmel type machines on sale at £9.99, I bought two so when the first one packed in I had a spare.

The first one has done a massive amount of work over the five years and the spare is still in it's box.

My Aldi SDS is starting to show wear and getting rattly but it was only £29.99, has went through three house renovations, a garage build, fitted loads of gates and railings and more....can't complain about that.

 

[brightspark]

I wouldn't consider buying cheap stuff as my gear gets hammered 7 days a week . as said for diy use its probably great the only cheap tool I bought was the stand for the chopsaw for 39 quid and its very robust and fit for the job

 

[cumbriasteve]

The first one has done a massive amount of work over the five years and the spare is still in it's box.

Just realised something ........ doh

If I unbox the new spare one I have stored for five years and it's faulty my receipt is kaput by two years and I have never used it.

 

[ukracer]

Thanks for the heads up on the 125mm grinder @sardine. I mistakenly ordered a gurt box of 125mm flap discs off the bay of thieves and was wondering what to do with them, even it just sees them gone it will be worth it

Bob

Could you send me a link for the gurt flap discs please?

 

[winchman]

You can run the 125's in a good 115 grinder if you use a bigger guard. I had a stack of them to use up and made a bigger guard, which was no big job.

Personally I wouldn't do this as I do remember something from the Abrasive wheels course telling me not to, I am sure some one will be along soon to remind me
I did find this
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pUbns/priced/hsg17.pdf
Its the periphery speed that changes when you fit a bigger wheel to a grinder, so the rated speed on the machine may say 10000RPM and the periphery speed of the disc would be x? but if you fit a bigger disc the periphery speed would increase and may cause the disc to be running too fast.

 

[addjunkie]

Horses for courses as they say. I have an Aldi 9 inch grinder and a makitta one. Both work, both take abuse, see which dies first.
But having now had two aldi SDS drills, I quit with cheapies, though I was using the last one as a concrete breaker, it still drills but the hammer is no more. Having said that, they were both abused doing my house with 2 foot thick stone walls.