Re: Die grinder

Posted by NCWayne on November 30, 2011 at 03:44:46 from (69.40.232.132):

In Reply to: Die grinder posted by ridgelane on November 29, 2011 at 22:03:58:

I've had a variety of brands of die grinders over the years and in that time have opened pretty much all of them up to repair. That said inside the die grinders are all pretty much identical across the board. That being the case it's not really worth spending the high dollar amount for the IR name brand in the majority of cases. I will agree that their impacts, and some of the other impact related tools always seem to be better designed, and the gearing in their angle head grinders seem to last longer. Too the collet assembly on the name brand tools usually tends to be a better quality and as a result lasts longer in an 'industrial' environment because it isn't as easily damaged by an idiot overtightening it, etc, etc. The problem there is once damaged the cost of repair parts is usually higher than the cost of another new tool. Thing is a little care in using your own, personal tools usually goesa along way in the life expectancy of any tool regardless of price.

Ultimately when it comes to a simple air motor with a shaft stuck out the end (which is all every straigtht die grinder is), there's not alot of reason to waste big money on a tool you can find in a dozen other brand names for 1/3 -1/4 the price. Right now I've got a 20 plus year old miniture MAC (bought new), an IR, one from 'China', and another unknown (all three bought used in pawn shops for a few bucks) and they all work just fine for what I do with them. Personally I haven't bought a new air tool in years because I can typically find an older, name brand one, that works just as good as a new one, in one of the local pawn shops for usually less than 1/4 the price of new. The only thing to watch out for there is that they often put out the China made ones and have them priced, used, equivilent to the name brands. If you check around you can often get a new China made one for just a couple dollars more, with a warranty. In that case it's not worth it to buy used.

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