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Posted by Bob Minchin on June 17, 2008, 6:01 pm
Please log in for more thread options Scrim wrote:
> I sometimes wonder how low these prices can drop.
> There's 9" angle grinders on eBay for £34.95 + £7.95 P&P.
> I recently bought a 5" angle grinder from Aldi for about £13 (can't
> remember the exact price). At 1000W it should out perform my 4.5"
> one.
>
> John
>
> I got one of the Aldi grinders but I broke the spindle lock within days. It
> could have been nasty if the thing had fallen into the mechanism at those
> speeds!. You could say it was from over tightening the spindle nut and
> consequently over stressing the spindle locking mechanism, but I've had
> other of these cheap tools fail in similar ways: Basically the low melt
> alloy they cast these from is too feeble. It's really easy to strip threads
> cut into it - as you do a screw up there's no point at which it feels tight
> to indicate that further tightening will strip the thread - really you need
> to under tighten to be on the safe side.
> The other thing is the grinders really noisy! I've not used an angle grinder
> before so I can't compare it to others but you really need ear protection
> and friendly neighbours! A nice cheap tool to learn angle grinders on
> though!
>
> Scrim
>
>
One advantage of the ALDI tools is that if you do get a dud they do
offer a 3 year warranty on most things (but often not the accessories!)
If you want another one whilst they have stock then they will do that or
if you don't want another then you get your money back.
Also we have a store just a mile away!!
Bob
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> There's 9" angle grinders on eBay for £34.95 + £7.95 P&P.
> I recently bought a 5" angle grinder from Aldi for about £13 (can't
> remember the exact price). At 1000W it should out perform my 4.5"
> one.
>
> John
>
> I got one of the Aldi grinders but I broke the spindle lock within days. It
> could have been nasty if the thing had fallen into the mechanism at those
> speeds!. You could say it was from over tightening the spindle nut and
> consequently over stressing the spindle locking mechanism, but I've had
> other of these cheap tools fail in similar ways: Basically the low melt
> alloy they cast these from is too feeble. It's really easy to strip threads
> cut into it - as you do a screw up there's no point at which it feels tight
> to indicate that further tightening will strip the thread - really you need
> to under tighten to be on the safe side.
> The other thing is the grinders really noisy! I've not used an angle grinder
> before so I can't compare it to others but you really need ear protection
> and friendly neighbours! A nice cheap tool to learn angle grinders on
> though!
>
> Scrim
>
>