"Richard A Downing" wrote in message
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I bought a very cheap 115mm 900W angle grinder to cut up a rusty old
2000L oil tank (because of later building and a power-pole it
couldn't be removed intact). The grinder worked well for a while, and
I was careful not to force it and to run it only for short periods and
let it cool right down. But before the end of the job it has
burnt-out. No complains at all about the tool supplier, they refunded
the cost immediately without quibble.

But now I need a new grinder. Is it worth buying another sub-20 GPB
grinder or should I get a 60-70 GPB industrial unit? If so which
model? I still have lots of 115mm/22mm Norton cutting disks left that
I'd like to use up.

I've never had much use for a grinder before, but then I haven't really
considered what I might use one for - I guess I could use it for
buffing waxed wood.

R.

A branded type like Makita is usually better, especially since they have a
much smaller body to hold.

That said I also have several cheapies that suffer abuse a lot, none have
burnt out! I keep different disks in each so that I don't have to unmount a
wire brush to use a cutting disk etc. I still have the first black and
Decker one that I bought 20 plus years ago, only fault is that the trigger
lock fell off.
For medium cutting I use a Draper professional 125mm (free gift from a
customer because it is 110 volt, not a make I would have chosen but it is
absolutely ok), for big stuff a cheap 9 inch thing from aldi, I defy anyone
to overload that, it has soft start and a 2kw motor, it is heavy though, but
at half the price of a bosch and for occasional use it is fine, if I needed
it every day then I would buy a bosch or Makita or Hitachi, mainly for the
reduced weight.

Probably they all run too fast for wood buffing.!!!

mrcheerful