Lewis_RX8
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Variable speed makes a huge difference to wire wheel life, and also effectiveness
Quite painful when you accidentally push one further into your skin after it just sticks or sticks in fabric.
Variable speed makes a huge difference to wire wheel life, and also effectiveness
I recently purchased a Kress 750 watt (made in china) and a Metabo 900 watt (made in germany) both 125mm discs. The Kress spins really fast, much faster than the metabo. It's useless for grinding as the speed it too high and my hand feels numb for hours after. I use the Kress for cutting, which it does really well. The Kress also has a long cable and easy to use thumb switch. The metabo on the other hand has a shorter cable and a thumb switch that initially needed both my thumbs to operate, but after prying it off and smoothing the contact surfaces with sandpaper and applying some grease is now much easier to use, but still I think thumb switches are a stupid invention. I prefer paddle switches.
Slightly off topic, do all wire wheels throw wire at you?
I do like to get your same 710 plus but it's just way too expensiveHad a bosch that never felt quite good and then the switch fell apart and bearings were shot. Then i bought Perles (former iskra) 115mm that works like a champ, makita 9050r is nice and light for cutting steel. My die grinder is metabo 710 plus, I havent put many hours in it but I noticed most of metabo angle and die grinders have switch that has a lot of play in it and you just wait for it to
Metabo usually use 4 meters long power cords on their tools ,I think that is enough long .
Thumb switches have to be depressed down then slide forward and locked in place sliding the thumb again forward , and then to switch it off just depress the switch
Can't understand why to use sandpaper grease etc
Nope there are rubber bounded wire wheels that looks like grinding wheels those don't throw any wire
I do like to get your same 710 plus but it's just way too expensive
Anyway again can't understand all these problems with the switch on metabo
Switch on my metabo is ok in terms of pressing and releasing but its not ridgid as I would like it to. Every time I use it I feels like its going to fall apart, it has a lot of play in it
My Metabos have all 4 meters long cables from the factory but I think that it has to be said my metabos aren't low end ones .The Kress has a 3.7m cable length.
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The metabo has a 2.3m cable length.
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This is where the line is blurred between a collection and a fetishI've got about 20 grinders. The most used/abused are my blue Bosch 125mm grinders. I like the much smaller Makita 125mm grinders but have killed 2 of them so far. I used my Hitachi 115mm grinders often but have broken the switch in one of them. My Metabo grinders function well as does my old Skill grinder. I've killed numerous no-brand models, one didn't last an hour before some iron sparks got sucked into the motor and killed it...
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We have the same 7" metaboI've got about 20 grinders. The most used/abused are my blue Bosch 125mm grinders. I like the much smaller Makita 125mm grinders but have killed 2 of them so far. I used my Hitachi 115mm grinders often but have broken the switch in one of them. My Metabo grinders function well as does my old Skill grinder. I've killed numerous no-brand models, one didn't last an hour before some iron sparks got sucked into the motor and killed it...
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We have the same 7" metabo
I've got about 20 grinders.
A nice lightweight tool...
I thought the same but now I know that 20 is not bad so I have the excuse to buy another oneI thought I was bad at 6
Liking that [home-made?] anvil, what do you use that for?
Barely two inches on my Hitachi.The Kress has a 3.7m cable length.
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The metabo has a 2.3m cable length.
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I thought I was bad at 6
Liking that [home-made?] anvil, what do you use that for?
Barely two inches on my Hitachi.
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