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Message started by Oldfeller on 04/11/10 at 03:26:48

Title: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder?
Post by Oldfeller on 04/11/10 at 03:26:48

Would you pay $9.99 for a 4.3 amp, 11,000 rpm 4 1/2" angle grinder?

.... or $1.99 for a decent digital volt/ohm multimeter?

If so, check your Sunday paper for the Harbor Freight ad ....

(free flashlight too)

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/11/10 at 06:04:14

I have 2 angle grinders, one with a slide switch, one with a paddle switch. After about 2 years, the one w/ the paddle started getting hard to get it to go. I discovered the paddle had bent so that when I squeezed it, it wasnt getting enough pressure on the switch to make it go. I used some wire & epoxy & reinforced the paddle& it has worked perfectly since. I like the paddle switch grinders a lot. I have one grinder setup w/ a metal cutoff blade, the other has a grinder on it. The "El Cheapo" grinder disks at Harbor Freight arent very good, wear oput fast & sling all kinds of junk as they disintegrate. I use Norton or some other name brand for the cut off disks & grinders.

The el cheapo DVM for $1.99, I have one, along with one Ive had for almost 20 years I got @ Radio Shack. Its good to have one you can toss around.

The flashlight is a good light, & its really free.

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle gr
Post by Routy on 04/11/10 at 06:11:49

Believe it or not, I bought 2 grinders for $7 each (they had a pallet full) at Quartzsite. Quality? HF tools mite be better. I have seen cheap, and then I've seen really cheep ! Like the 4 new 3 ton bottle jacks for $2 each, but 2 of them woudn't work. When I tried to take them apart, I couldn't. They were a welded unit ;D

But good prices for here, and one thing about HF, you can take anything back.

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle gr
Post by Routy on 04/11/10 at 06:18:38

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The "El Cheapo" grinder disks at Harbor Freight arent very good, wear oput fast & sling all kinds of junk as they disintegrate.
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This is very true, and I believe this is one place where the law should set standards. Those wheels can hurt you !

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by buttgoat1 on 04/11/10 at 07:07:57

not if I wanted to use it twice.

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/11/10 at 07:17:22

Ive never had one break, they just wear so fast they are a steady stream of tiny bits. They are `rated to a certain RPM. Yea, they can break. People shouldnt use one if its chipped or if its been dropped hard.
The cheap grinders are pretty dependable. Maybe not Makita dependable, but, they cheap enough & dependable enough for the hobbyist. If I was a welder, making a living welding, I wouldnt have the HF grinder. For my needs & my pocketbook, I call HF a good place to shop.

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by Oldfeller on 04/11/10 at 08:59:40

Odd that somebody said a Makita is a good grinder because that is what this one is a carbon copy of.

Get real boys & girls -- real Japanese or American would cost you $9.99 jest for a two pack of grinding wheels.

We are talking cheep stuff here -- usable, but not fancy. You will get your investment back out of it several times before it breaks on you.

Toss rocks at it all you want -- you can have one to use or you can wish you had a real Japanese or real American grinder.

(BTW, real Japanese and real American doesn't really exist any more -- you may pay extra for the old reliable brand name but guess where it is all really made these days ....)

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by Phelonius on 04/11/10 at 10:58:20

I've been using HF grinders and air tools for years. Think of it like this,
Tht is about the same price you would pay to rent one for a day and it is brand new. I ave also noticed that if I loan one out it always comes back where'as my makita never was returned and a month later the guy moved away.
I once paid 80 bucks for an Ingersol Rand 90 degree air grinder. It crapped the bed on the second use. Chicago Pneumatics ( the brand HF) sells will last for years if you lube them properly.
another affordable brand is Grizzley or Enco. I have purchased lathes and milling machines from them. No complaints.

Phelonius

Phelonius

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by marine5317 on 04/11/10 at 11:37:46

The

Bitterness

Of poor quality

remains long after the

Sweetness

the low price is forgotten!

Ride Safe
Marine5317

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by Oldfeller on 04/11/10 at 13:58:20

hmmmmm ....

slogans vs the words of those who have used the stuff ....

$99.99 Makita vs $9.99 Makita rip off

oh, what to do? what to do?

oh, what to do with the other $90

that I didn't have to spend

to get the same look-pretty-much-alike

(but maybe not perform exactly alike)

4 1/2" grinder

for what I saved I can buy a $79.99 compound miter saw

(I always wanted me one of those)

oh, what to do, what to do?

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by Routy on 04/11/10 at 15:37:35

I almost always get a set of motor brushes w/ any of the little cheap grinders, and always wonder why. They know darn well that cheap grinder is never going to wear out a set of motor brushes. Now if they would have extra switches in w/ them, maybe, just maybe I mite need the motor brushes, ya think ?

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by Truckinduc on 04/11/10 at 15:44:02

Ive got a 200$ bosch hammer drill that burned up after 1 USE. They would not refund it or fix it or anything. I tried a HF hammerdrill and have had no problem with it after 2 years of hard abuse.

I Buy their cut off wheels cause I cant see spending 5 bucks on one thats gonna last a few minutes anyway.

Ive used the angle grinders but never owned one. Ive got a Hilti, 2 Bosch's, and 2 Makita's and the only trouble I have had out of them is the cords wearing out.

Most of the HF stuff is crap, but some stuff works well.

Title: Re: Would you pay $9.99 for a 4 1/2" angle grinder
Post by Routy on 04/12/10 at 07:43:25

I've had several that as the edge gets thinner, larger pcs break out of the edge and have even drawed blood >:( But these are probably not HFs wheels. At the tool places in Quartzsite, the 4.5 hardwheels are 4/ $100, and they should never let these wheels over the border !

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