Cutting steel- was Re: [TheForge] Re: A recipe for EmperorWilson...

[David E. Smucker]

I'm with Ries on this one -- I think the Metabo is the best angle grinder 
out there.  I have Makita that is under powered so I have always used it 
with a wire cup wheel on it.  (That make using wire cub wheels safer.) 
Bearing are starting to go and when they do I will replace it with another 
Metabo.

Dave Smucker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ries Niemi" <rniemi at fidalgo.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: Cutting steel- was Re: [TheForge] Re: A recipe for 
EmperorWilson...


>
> On Thursday, June 16, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Keporter at aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Makita, who invented them, makes the very best small angle grinders.
>
> As a lifelong tool abuser, I gotta disagree with this statement. By and 
> large Makita tools last about 2 weeks in a real shop environment full of 
> gorillas like me and the boys that work for me.
> The only grinders I will let in my shop are Bosch or Metabo. We have one 
> big 9" Milwaukee, which, while it has lasted a long time, is one of the 
> most ergonomically misdesigned pieces I own.
>
> Bosch and Metabo 4 1/2" ers both go for around 100 bucks, but will last 
> years, and then are rebuildable. You can drop em off ladders, cut the 
> cords off with a grinder, saw or dropped 1000lb piece of metal, burn em, 
> use em for wheel chocks, and they just keep working.
>
> Chicago is now a small town in China.
>
> ries
>
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