Cordless grinder, who uses one ?
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Blunt Tool
Have a look at the Bosch blue range, I started with the drill driver with 2 4amp batteries for 150 then bought the grinder bare for 90 then got the multi tool for 150 all from screwfix then bought 3 5amp batteries on eBay
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Blunt Tool
Battery grinder ok for doing small bathroom floors etc where it’s all about speed and time efficient but I prefer corded for lots of cutting.
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Bill
Corded ones are balanced better, have a look at the Metabo grinder as this has a swivelling battery that can be turned to help with balance depending on the angle of your cutting/grinding. Not cheap mind you.
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Flintstone
It’s something I have considered but, i can see it encouraging me to just make that little cut, without a mask, indoors, etc.
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Dumbo
I use Makita battery grinder . I love it .
Av still got my old Bosch 14.4v cordless , replaced batteries a few times over the years , had it for 15 years.......you can still get it occasionally on e bay.... Great for dressing & small checks etc, even the odd kitchen splash, always handy to have one as a secondary grinder,
Hilti is by far the best cordless grinder that i've used. They are very expensive but just as good as a corded one. I had one rented for 3 yrs and i never used a corded grinder while i had it and i never had any problem whatsoever within the 3yrs, I didnt even have to replace the brushes as it was a brushless model. I've burned out 2 makita cordless in the past 2yrs but luckily screwfix replaced them free of charge...... When my present cordless Makita burns out I'll defnitely go back to Hilti......
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On one
Do Hilti still have a lifetime guarantee
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On one
Ouch!
Does it cut porcelain as good as a corded grinder ?
B
Blunt Tool
With a decent blade yes
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LM
Imo no cordless is as good as a corded. The best tools about are Hilti, again imo. Dewalt just haven’t considered tilers in their design of their cordless grinder, they’re so badly designed for us I wouldn’t want one for free. The best cordless grinder that lasts for bearable money is Metabo. The only one better is the Hilti, but you have to be prepared to pay big for them. All the corded grinders that I use day to day are Hilti.
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Blunt Tool
Flex is a good corded grinder aswell Lee but the Bosch blue corded is a lot thinner to hold than any other which makes it more comfortable and steady for one handed operation
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LM
Yes Ian, the thing that puts me off Flex is the change of ownership and where that looks like going. Perhaps I’m just paranoid but when certain companies from certain nations buy companies it’s usually to allow them to do other things with the brains of that companiy without fear of consequence. I’m a big fan of blue Bosch, but I find the Metabo to be more rugged without sacrificing dexterity.
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Blunt Tool
I do see your point and I think Antonio pointed this out Bosch blue not going to last long with prolonged use compared with Hilti which is more or less bombproof
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Concrete guy
Flex were bought by a Chinese company specifically so they (the new owners) could offer Flex manufactured tools in the domestic market, re branded. As opposed to having to start from scratch with a quality product.
I visited the Flex factory in Germany 18 months ago to see the manufacturing and assembly process. A very high percentage of components are manufactured and assembled in house, in Germany, we actually saw it all happening.
Flex have had a problem with switches which is being addressed.
The cordless range Flex now offer is very high spec indeed, but it's such a difficult market to break into with Dewalt and Makita being clear brand leaders.
Festool and Flex are much bigger brands on the continent, it's their main market.
We're a distributor for Flex, mainly because they offer specialist tools for stone masonry that simply don't exist elsewhere. So we offer them along side our products more as a convenience to our customers.
The margins in powertools is laughable and we'd prefer not to be involved in them at all. The only way it makes sense for us is we stock low volume and unusual tools that are available for next day delivery. The availability allows us to charge more than the tool shops who tend to have to order in from Germany once the customer has placed an order.
Money no object, the best quality stone masonry tools available are manufactured by Galeski, but they are at a Hilti price point.
Galeski - Manufaktur innovativer Maschinen - http://galeski.net/index.php
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LM
I’ve never even heard of Galeski. Tip of the hat sir🙂
Tim Saunders
TF
Use a Makita 18v LXT brushless with a quality blade. Nice touch is the inertia brake when you turn it off
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Julian 'Farmer' Bonsall
Hello all. I have a Dewalt DCG405 (flat head 5") 18v and a DCG414 56v (6") grinder. For my amount of tile work I used a corded Hitachi 5" but will use the cordless now. I have a kitchen to tile (wall) in a few weeks with some sockets to cut. I am not sure which blade to buy (I have a Erbauer Diamond Tile Blade 115 x 1.9 x 22.23mm)
but this is what I looked at. Is this the best size? Manufacturer? Type?
RUBI DIAMOND TILE BLADE 115 X 22.2MM (£25 from screwfix).
All the best.
but this is what I looked at. Is this the best size? Manufacturer? Type?
RUBI DIAMOND TILE BLADE 115 X 22.2MM (£25 from screwfix).
All the best.
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