Lidl 9" Angle Grinder - any good?
The Night Tripper
Lidl have a 230mm Angle Grider for £30 on Monday. I really donlt want or
like angle grinders (it's one tool it's good to be scared of, I feel), but I
have a possible use for one coming up - cutting up the angle iron of an old
trailer for scrap.
At that price I'm tempted to buy one and try to sell it on cheap afterwards.
Any opinions on its general suitability for such a job? I have an
alternative offer of an old (B&D?) Proline Angle Grinder which I could buy
instead, if the team thinks that would be a better bet ;-o.
Thanks
Jon N
The Natural Philosopher
should be less than £15
fred
Night Tripper <jkn...@nicorp.co.uk> writes
>Hi All
> Lidl have a 230mm Angle Grider for Ł30 on Monday. I really donlt want or
narrow head/gearbox which should allow it to make marginally deeper cuts
and get into tighter spots. Soft start too so no kick to be scared of.
Buy one!
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Bolted
wrote:
> The Night Tripper wrote:
> > Hi All
> > Lidl have a 230mm Angle Grider for £30 on Monday.
It never is though, so many times I've made that mistake. Latest was
a plate compactor for the patio, by the time that came off hire I was
well over the ebay price for a reasonable one, and didn't get the same
refund option. Mind, my shed and cellar are both big and yet
completely full of stuff which I will be using again at some point in
the hereafter.
Andy Dingley
> Hi All
> Lidl have a 230mm Angle Grider for £30 on Monday. I really donlt want or
> like angle grinders (it's one tool it's good to be scared of, I feel), but I
> have a possible use for one coming up - cutting up the angle iron of an old
> trailer for scrap.
No, get a moderate quality 4 1/2" grinder instead. 9" machines have a
scary gyroscopic effect - if you're not an angle grinder fan, then a
9" will put you right off.
The use for a cheap 9" is when you have thickish masonry to saw up.
The idea of "selling on" one's angle grinder sounds simply bizarre. I
expect to only part with mine when they pry them from my cold dead
fingers.
John Rumm
> Hi All
> like angle grinders (it's one tool it's good to be scared of, I feel), but I
> have a possible use for one coming up - cutting up the angle iron of an old
> trailer for scrap.
Unless you really need the depth of cut, then a 4.5" grinder is vastly
preferable for cutting metal stuff up. Cheaper discs, much lighter, and
far harder to do yourself a serious mischief with!
Big ones are good for masonry...
> At that price I'm tempted to buy one and try to sell it on cheap afterwards.
> Any opinions on its general suitability for such a job? I have an
> alternative offer of an old (B&D?) Proline Angle Grinder which I could buy
> instead, if the team thinks that would be a better bet ;-o.
I have an old 115mm proline one. On the plus side, its lasted many years
and does a fair job. The switch is ruggest and not affected by dust. Has
enough power etc.
The less handy bits are that it has a removable mains lead which is
actually not much benefit since you have to take it off to get it back
in the box, and if you forget to lock it, then it can fall off - usually
when you try lowering the no longer required tool by its wire! It also
runs very hot if you work it hard for 15 mins or so.
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The Night Tripper
I should have said that I already have a cheap 4 1/2" grinder, so if as
John Rumm advises they are likely to be better for this job anyway I'll
stick with that. The trailor is made from fairly 'serious' angle iron but
I'm sure a combination of using the smaller grinder with a hacksaw and a
sledgehammer will get there eventually... worth knowing that the main use
for the larger size would be for masonry, ta.
I probably should also have said that another thought about the Lidl one was
that it's 230V, rather than 110V. I hadn't noticed that it has a soft start,
I'd like that feature on my smaller one.
Andy D, the only reason I talked about selling in on was 'cos it would be
the larger one that I expected to have very occasional use for. I might not
enjoy using the 4 1/2" one, but I'm not getting rid of it.... An alternative
for me would have been to take TNP's suggestion and hire one for the day.
Thanks again
J^n
Dave Plowman (News)
I bought a Lidl 9" grinder a couple of years ago just for the one job -
cutting the bricks for installing a larger window. It did the job
perfectly. I was surprised to find it was a soft start type - so nothing
like so scary as a 4" one without.
For the time I needed it, was cheaper than hiring. And of course it's had
occasional use since.
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Steve Walker
I have a clearout of the garage every few years and it is absolutely
guaranteed that a week later I will be doing something and think "I just
need a ... I've got one somewhere ... Oh shit I threw it out 'cos I
haven't needed it for the past fifteen years!" It happens every time :(
SteveW
Grimly Curmudgeon
drugs began to take hold. I remember Steve Walker
<steve.m...@removethis.talktalk.net> saying something like:
>I have a clearout of the garage every few years and it is absolutely
>guaranteed that a week later I will be doing something and think "I just
>need a ... I've got one somewhere ... Oh shit I threw it out 'cos I
>haven't needed it for the past fifteen years!" It happens every time :(
Silly boy; never throw anything that's even vaguely tool-shaped away.
John Rumm
I don't know... there have been a few items I was very pleased to be
shot of! (B&D Scorpion saw, NuTool hammer drill etc)
Nick Leverton
It happens with papers too, take my word for it.
Nick
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Harry Bloomfield
> Hi All
> Lidl have a 230mm Angle Grider for £30 on Monday. I really donlt want or
> like angle grinders (it's one tool it's good to be scared of, I feel), but I
> have a possible use for one coming up - cutting up the angle iron of an old
> trailer for scrap.
I would suggest buy it, they are always a mix reasonable quality and
extremely good value. It bit more expensive than hiring once, but the
second time you need it you are into profit.
If I get near a Lidl on Monday I'll pick one up.
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Andy Dingley
wrote:
> Silly boy; never throw anything that's even vaguely tool-shaped away.
I need to throw away lots of tools and tool-shaped lumps - otherwise
I've no room for shiny new ones!
Grimly Curmudgeon
<din...@codesmiths.com> saying something like:
>> Silly boy; never throw anything that's even vaguely tool-shaped away.
>
>I need to throw away lots of tools and tool-shaped lumps - otherwise
>I've no room for shiny new ones!
Mmmm... shiny new toys...
Therein lies the exception, of course.
Practical
Go and buy it..it is cheaper than hiring..will be there 1st thing monday
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Dave Plowman (News)
> replying to The Natural Philosopher, Practical wrote:
> Go and buy it..it is cheaper than hiring..will be there 1st thing monday
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Andy Burns
> Practical wrote:
>
>> Go and buy it..it is cheaper than hiring..will be there 1st thing monday
>
> Which Monday would that be? ;-)
DICEGEORGE
bigger ones for cutting concrete blocks etc.
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