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Stephen
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Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Posts: 278
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:00 am |
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Bought this grinder to replace a Makita that only lasted a few years.
Makita is supposed to be good, but we will never buy one again:
The screws worked loose on the head and the grease started weeping out.
Completely unrelated to that, there is also a bearing gone too.
The locking mechanism to change the disk has broken (which left bits of steel bouncing around the cogs for a while.
The tool to unscrew the spindle broke ages ago.
I was also told that armature was gone too, I'm not sure about that though.
Froogle found that grinder. It was £84 + vat in a local shop and as you can see it's £67 + vat delivered on that site.
It has a three year RTB warranty, which I hope will never be used.
The alternative was to buy a cheap Chinese one from Argos @ £20 + Vat plus extended cover for three years at £5 inc Vat. It does make sense, and I was temped, but we can't have tools breaking down. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:56 pm |
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I have a B&Q performance pro grinder, 4 inch. Its cut up 2 cars and used quite often.
£16 quid. outlasted 100 quid bosch etc models |
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Gentle Ben
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Joined: 07 Oct 2004
Posts: 2281
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Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:06 pm |
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All the blokes I work with own and swear by DeWalt kit. |
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R1916S
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Joined: 23 Jan 2005
Posts: 502
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:05 pm |
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Dan
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Joined: 28 Jan 2005
Posts: 3547
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Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:00 pm |
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DeWalt kit is good, and if anyone wants cheap dewalt stuff pm me! |
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