Sunday, Dec 05, 2004 at 07:21
Your friend is correct....
Angle Grinders ARE a consumable, same as power drills,
well, in my business they are.
Yes, the sums do add up, especially if you have a large staff, who aren't careful with tools.
Over the tears, I have purchased about every grinder available, and they all seem to go about the same distance. The expensive ones that is...
I have 4 hanging by my bench, each with a different grade disk, and we run multiple power drills, each with a specific drill size, to avoid down time changing stuff.
Works
well.
I pay around $300-400 for a grinder, which will go 18 months, then pay $90 to have it repaired, which will get me another 18 months..... $450 @ 3 years. GMC would probably last me around 4 months tops..... so I would still be paying the same, but end up having lotsa spanners & spare handles & stuff!!!
Out of ALL the
tools we use, we have an American Made ( for export to Australia ) Huge Aluminium cased power drill, one of those really heavy mothers.....
Made in 1966, and only ever had one set of brushes......
When I was 17 in 1975, I bought a small diecast Makita power drill, 6.3 mm. chuck, single speed, but INLINE HANDLE!!
I took it to a large tool retailer to buy another chuck key for it, and they said to me..."Ian, you can choose ANYTHING on the top two shelves up to the value of $500.00, and give us the drill..."
I got my chuck key!!
Anyway, quality has gone out the door, I have ALL brands of tools, I mean ALL.... and there's not much in it anymore.
The only recent aquisition that is worth a shlt is my Fein Core Driller, nice bit of German work.
Cheers
Wolfie
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