Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 15:30:41 +0200, Paul Murphy
wrote:

Hi everyone, I'm new here. I was looking to buy an electric grinder and
I have finally came down to 2 options:


Metabo WEPBA17-125 110v Grinder
(http://www.snapco.org/product/metabo_wepba_110v_grinder) and Metabo W18
LTX 5.2Amp Cordless Grinder
(http://www.snapco.org/product/w18_lt...rdless_grinder)

Can anyone let me know their thoughts about them.

Thanks

What is its usage going to be? A quick deburr and clean? Or some
serious use? Buy the cord model.

As a note..I love Metabo..but only..only buy Harbor Freight..and the
reason is...they last well enough..and I can buy 8 (minimum) of them
for the price of (1) Metabo

http://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-d...der-91223.html

This is the new color..the previous ones were orange...same grinder.

My rational is I run through (1) grinder every 4-5 yrs..and I can set
up 3 grinders, one with a cup wire wheel, one with a medium flap wheel
and one with a heavy duty grinding wheel..all three of them will last
me 8 or more years, I dont need to keep changing media all the time,
just grab and plug it in, or grab it off the bench and use it (outlets
around my welding bench).

But if you only need (1)...the Metabos are beasts..powerful, tough,
rugged and marvelous grinders.

I dont trust cordless anything for something that may need to be used
hard and for long periods of time.

Gunner



Shops around me buy the HF units by the case for the same reason. The
one shop buys them, pulls the gear cases open and cleans them out, adds
good synthetic gear grease. A quick check of the brushes and they get
put into service. Like the owner says, they work good enough to last a
couple years and they get dropped and bounced around, when one fails
they do grab any good parts.

--
Steve W.