[TheForge] Belt sander recommendations/ now grinder

[Larry Brown]

On and off but frequently with a 4x1/4 wheel. Was on a ladder about twenty 
feet in the air, it started shooting sparks into my coat pocket and 
wouldn't shut off. By the time I got off the ladder it was a fire on a 
wire. The best one I ever had was a Sears professional that I replaced with 
these after about 16 years of use, still have the 7 inch Sears over 20 now.
I love the little pop off feature on the Brushes, eating the brush is what 
killed the first 4" grinder. At work I have a 5" Dewalt and a Bosch, the 
Bosch has better control and power

L Brown



At 07:59 PM 2/26/2006 -0800, you wrote:
>I guess I have had extraordinary good luck with my tools from Harbor freight
>tools.  I have a drill that I got from them for better than 20 years now.
>My grinder is going on five years.  I have three of them.  I bought a homier
>grinder and it lasted almost 5 min before I let the smoke out.  I have a 4
>inch Makita that is nice except that it has a breaker on it that I keep
>popping.  A question I have is , Were you using the grinder for a continues
>1 1/2 hours?  If so I know of only a few tools that will stand up to that
>type of use.
>
>Dan in Auburn
>
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>Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2006 6:34 PM
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>Subject: Re: [TheForge] Belt sander recommendations/ now grinder
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>
>The last two HF grinders I had, one lasted a weekend and the other (I
>bought hoping the first one was defective) went on fire while I was using
>it after about 1 1/2 hours. It made for an interesting morning. Bought a
>Bosch, after two years I bought another Bosch just to have around keeping
>the other company (Really to cut down on wheel changes)
>The only time the Bosch stops is when you wear the brushes down to a
>certain extent and this little plunger pops out shutting it off. $6 for new
>brushes and I'm off for a few new years. Different people different luck?
>I'm hard on my tools and I appreciate it when they laugh at me..
>L Brown
>
>At 06:27 PM 2/26/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >  > Go get three harbor freight 4 1/2 inch grinders.  They are on sale
> > > for 19 dollars all the time.
> >
> >I've had very mixed results with HF tools.  I've used a bunch of the 4
> >1/2" grinders as well as drills in my teen armor classes (I tried letting
> >them (ab)use my good tools, never again!)
> >Some lasted just fine, others fried in a single class.  Granted, they were
> >getting rough treatment!  The thing is, the quality control is about
> >non-existent.
> >
> >--Justin
> >
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