[wrath]

I buy the cheap Black and Decker 4.5" grinders. When the cutting one starts getting noisy/sloppy/out of balance then it becomes the grinding one. When the grinding one starts getting noisier/sloppier/more out of balance then it becomes the concrete cutting one. Once I'm done with that, if I'm unhappy with it then I take it back to Walmart for exchange. If it served me well, I just buy a new one.

I have a couple Bosch ones that are really nice. Much smaller body and quieter. Sometimes you can find a 2-pack of them at Lowes for about $100.

Milwaukee stuff is chinese junk.

 

[whiterhino]

Were is everybody getting wheels from? I've found the wheel makes almost as much difference as the grinder.

Get the good ARC Abrasive wheels. Not sure who all carries them but they are the bomb.

 

[wilinsonlevi]

I really like Pearl brand cutoff wheels and flap discs.

 

[bigbchevy]

Metabo 4-1/2" ftw. Thrown in the dirt, sand mud snow, cold as fawk hot as fawk, I have cut thousands of pieces of bar with it and done more rubbing and patching walls than I care to recall. I bought mine at ace cutting in novi about 5 years ago. Expensive at first but a worthwhile investment considering I probably would have burnt up 5 or 6 dewalts by now.(I smoked two in one season prior to the metabo):thumb:

Yup still stand by this


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[fsumotorhead]

You would recommend a cordless for fab work? Why is that?

I'm not sure about fab work, but some work places don't allow repaired cords to be used on electric tools, mine sites are one of them. If you fuk up the cord, you have to replace the grinder I have a few grinders with repaired cords I inherited from a buddy because of this.

 

[bigbchevy]

I'm not sure about fab work, but some work places don't allow repaired cords to be used on electric tools, mine sites are one of them. If you fuk up the cord, you have to replace the grinder I have a few grinders with repaired cords I inherited from a buddy because of this.

If I fukc up a cord I take it apart and put a new cord on it .............or just don't fukc it up haha


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[fsumotorhead]

If I fukc up a cord I take it apart and put a new cord on it .............or just don't fukc it up haha


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I didn't work there, I was only on the recieving end of a freebie!

 

[concreteguy82]

I'm not sure about fab work, but some work places don't allow repaired cords to be used on electric tools, mine sites are one of them. If you fuk up the cord, you have to replace the grinder I have a few grinders with repaired cords I inherited from a buddy because of this.

If I fukc up a cord I take it apart and put a new cord on it .............or just don't fukc it up haha


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New grinder-$200 New cord and 15 minutes of tinkering= < $50

 

[chadcooper55]

I'm not sure about fab work, but some work places don't allow repaired cords to be used on electric tools, mine sites are one of them. If you fuk up the cord, you have to replace the grinder I have a few grinders with repaired cords I inherited from a buddy because of this.

Ummmm ok...... What kind of cheap ass piece of crap grinders are you buying that you can't replace a cord? I have atleast 2 replacement cords on my truck just in case.