Angle grinder
Angle grinder
A while back there was a thread where Twiss was saying he needed a new angle grinder and he didn't want to pay fortunes for it... I recommended going to argos to get a cheapie grinder(about£17.99) and buying the insurance they sell (something I've never done in the past)..
Well.. The insurance(£5.99 for three years) was worth it because I killed the first grinder then killed it's replacement and today I picked up my third grinder ..Free..No questions asked.
Wonder how many grinders I can go throu in three years
Well.. The insurance(£5.99 for three years) was worth it because I killed the first grinder then killed it's replacement and today I picked up my third grinder ..Free..No questions asked.
Wonder how many grinders I can go throu in three years
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haha so that the £5.99 warranty well spent then! , the things with tools is that they say, if you pay cheap you you pay more , and if you by expensive you pay less , something like that anyway
speaking of which i need to sort my grinder out because the switch is stuck on the on postion
speaking of which i need to sort my grinder out because the switch is stuck on the on postion
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Well I gave up looking for a cheap grinder...
my mate left his round my house and then moved 2 counties away so I've sort of adopted it now
my mate left his round my house and then moved 2 counties away so I've sort of adopted it now
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I bought a £40 one from B&Q, it comes with a 3 year warrantee but so far its taken all the abuse ive thrown at it!
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I totally agree, cheap tools are usually rubbish but, if you're doing a one off job or on a budget then ?turbo-tom wrote:haha so that the £5.99 warranty well spent then! , the things with tools is that they say, if you pay cheap you you pay more , and if you by expensive you pay less , something like that anyway
speaking of which i need to sort my grinder out because the switch is stuck on the on postion
Funny thing is every time I take the grinder back they give me a newly dated receipt..Wonder if the three years starts again from the new date?
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yeah i bought a cheap 4inch hole saw for about 4 pound to do my exhaust , but the teeth on the saw just desoveled and scratch the paint wor, so i bit the bullet and spend £14 ona decent one and got the job done in about 30 secondsNewtomud wrote:I totally agree, cheap tools are usually rubbish but, if you're doing a one off job or on a budget then ?turbo-tom wrote:haha so that the £5.99 warranty well spent then! , the things with tools is that they say, if you pay cheap you you pay more , and if you by expensive you pay less , something like that anyway
speaking of which i need to sort my grinder out because the switch is stuck on the on postion
Funny thing is every time I take the grinder back they give me a newly dated receipt..Wonder if the three years starts again from the new date?
and that would be great if it did
Tom
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Best place to buy hole saws is off e-bay, look for Starret saws, IMHO about the best. I recently bought a job lot of 11 for £14, included an arbour as well.turbo-tom wrote:Newtomud wrote:
yeah i bought a cheap 4inch hole saw for about 4 pound to do my exhaust , but the teeth on the saw just desoveled and scratch the paint wor, so i bit the bullet and spend £14 ona decent one and got the job done in about 30 seconds
and that would be great if it did
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ohrite cheers for that tim , i normally stick with dewalt , makita , snap on , blue point tools , but i spoze it dont hurt change
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Never bought one just borrow them from work with discs and forget to return they come with life time guaranty swap when well used and abused. lol
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Holy thread revival!
My borrowed angle grinder is still going well!
My borrowed angle grinder is still going well!
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'93 Maruti Gypsy MG410
"If brute force doesn't fix your problem, you aren't using enough of it."