WTF

[saex69]

How is it i manage to kill grinder's well it's just a well they always have a 3yr guarantee but i get them back to the shop within at least 6-12mths  but this time all three have forked up the first one the top bearing had gone the 2nd the bottom bearing has gone and all three need new carbon bush's so I've ordered new bearings and bush's because i can't be arsed to take two of the grinder's back to the shop. Tell you what though it's amazing how much you miss something when it's not there coz i can't do fork all without them.

[the coppersmith]

I have had 2 Hitachi grinders 9" and 4" for yonks (bet they pack up now) Also have a 5"Bosch that only gets used when alloy welding that is 10 years old and just starting to whine a bit. The 4" has been relegated to wire brush duty now. They were expensive back then, seems that a lot of stuff is a lot cheaper nowadays, so do you still get what you pay for?

[klogan45]

I always get my grinders from Argos coz I manage to break them within 12 months. They give me a new one.

[Manky Monkey]

I bought a couple of cheap Chinese grinders from an autojumble once. One of them literally lasted 10 minutes. None of them seem to live more than 6 months now, but they do get a lot of use. Mr Loon & I took 6 into the local toolshop to be repaired a little while ago. Turned out they either couldn't get the brushes, or couldn't get the bearings, or they were made as sealed units, not designed to be repaired. I think we got one out of the six back in the end. 

[lunatic]

We got 2 back, one caught fire the first time we switched it on! I generally only use Bosch grinders and drills, Chris has a Makita that seems to be doing well, cheap ones only last me a few weeks and it gets to the point that i have visited all the local b&q's to swap them and they start to get funny about it!

[saex69]

See this is the thing i always get the heavy duty ones but i use them every day for for cutting and grinding, These days i don't think the quality is as good as things used to be ten years ago, i had a black and Decker drill that lasted 15 years would have lasted a lot longer if i had not let the plumber us it to bore a hole in the wall and burnt it out  >:(but he did buy me a new one that lasted just over a year.