[TheForge] Re: Cutting steel-

[Larry Brown]

I agree with Ries on this, I have been using bosh small 4 1/2 grinders for 
years, have three, and I use them without mercy. I like ones with a switch 
on the side rather than having to hold a large switch underneath. When the 
brushes wear too much it will shut off and I think the new set is like $4 
and your off and grinding. I picked up a dewalt 5" with the switch on the 
side but its only been 2 years so I can't give a great rating to it yet. 
One of the cheap ones lasted me 3 hours into the day when it melted down in 
my hand, the longest lasting one was the one I never used after I bought 
the Bosch. I used Sears Industrial ones I bought 20 years ago (I needed 
them to work on DC at the time) and I still have and use the 7" with only 
one rebuilding.

The Chinese ones are for people who use them on Sundays with nice clothes 
on ;-)
Larry Brown


At 05:18 PM 6/16/2005 -0700, you wrote:

>On Thursday, June 16, 2005, at 10:10 AM, Keporter at aol.com wrote:
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>>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