Lidl angle grinder from 13th May

Yorky

Has anyone bought one of these http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages....Angle_Grinder and the discs http://www.lidl.ie/ie/home.nsf/pages....Cutting_Discs ?

Are they good quality and value?

King Mallie

Angle grinder is good quality for the price, but discs are ok not great. Better to buy higher quality discs for the specific you need them for.

gabbo is coming

King Mallie wrote: »

Angle grinder is good quality for the price, but discs are ok not great. Better to buy higher quality discs for the specific you need them for.

Tried the lidl discs on stone, terrible. Angle grinder grand for small jobs, with non-Lidl discs. Would probably manage to cut a bit of railing.....

deelite

gabbo is coming wrote: »

Tried the lidl discs on stone, terrible. Angle grinder grand for small jobs, with non-Lidl discs. Would probably manage to cut a bit of railing.....

Any good for cutting a car clamp off by any chance???? I'd buy it to put in my boot if it was....:D

slimjimmc

deelite wrote: »

Any good for cutting a car clamp off by any chance???? I'd buy it to put in my boot if it was....:D

good idea, except.... where would you plug in?

antiskeptic

slimjimmc wrote: »

good idea, except.... where would you plug in?

Into the petrol jennie that Lidl will surely offer at some point

slickmcvic

antiskeptic wrote: »

Into the petrol jennie that Lidl will surely offer at some point

slimjimmc wrote: »

good idea, except.... where would you plug in?

...or indeed the power inverter thats on offer in ALDI right this minute!!


http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_12899.htm

hitbit

I bought one of their grinders years ago, possibly the first time they offered same for sale in Ireland. It has serverd me very well over the years doing whatever I asked of it. My home was built in the 30's when men were men, women wore no knickers and domestic residences were built like " brick built ****houses ". All its internal dividing walls are, were concrete. I have taken down six such walls and cut deep into outside concrete paths to lay new sewage/water pipes and all with Lidls Angle Grinder. I have always used Aldis , made of metal Workzone Diamond Cutting Disks which are of a very high standard and will last years. The standard "black in colour" cutting disks rated poor quality by some on this site are not really that bad when you consider the cost. Such disks are not really for heavy work, regardless of the manufacturer or price they will soon shred. Much better to use the Aldi or Parkside if you only have a Lidl near you.

hitbit

Yorky

hitbit wrote: »

I bought one of their grinders years ago, possibly the first time they offered same for sale in Ireland. It has serverd me very well over the years doing whatever I asked of it. My home was built in the 30's when men were men, women wore no knickers and domestic residences were built like " brick built ****houses ". All its internal dividing walls are, were concrete. I have taken down six such walls and cut deep into outside concrete paths to lay new sewage/water pipes and all with Lidls Angle Grinder. I have always used Aldis , made of metal Workzone Diamond Cutting Disks which are of a very high standard and will last years. The standard "black in colour" cutting disks rated poor quality by some on this site are not really that bad when you consider the cost. Such disks are not really for heavy work, regardless of the manufacturer or price they will soon shred. Much better to use the Aldi or Parkside if you only have a Lidl near you.

hitbit

Thanks for the advice. Do you know what time of year ALDI sell those disks?

slimjimmc

slickmcvic wrote: »

...or indeed the power inverter thats on offer in ALDI right this minute!!

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_12899.htm

Ahh, great for phones, caravan lights, tv but a 150W power invertor ain't gonna run a 1000W angle grinder.

If used one of those Parkside grinders and they're not bad for the money.

KAGY

Don't know about about this particular one on sale, but I've bought a few cheap tools and on three of them the switches have burnt out, looks like the casing melts due to arcing and the contact move.
I heard that these are only designed for about 30hrs of service, that would be suitable for light diy usage only.

KAGY

Well the esb are installing power points for electric cars now, that should power it nicely!

antiskeptic

slimjimmc wrote: »

Ahh, great for phones, caravan lights, tv but a 150W power invertor ain't gonna run a 1000W angle grinder.

Well, you can either wait for Aldi to offer a batter powered angle grinder. Or you can buy 7 of those inverters and hook all 7 together

mullingar

antiskeptic wrote: »

Well, you can either wait for Aldi to offer a batter powered angle grinder. Or you can buy 7 of those inverters and hook all 7 together

Suicide!, trying to get all 7 outputs to be in phase!

Buy a cheap 1000W 12V inverter on ebay and attach a good pair of DC leads with battery clamps (or make from an old pair of jump leads)

http://cgi.ebay.ie/1000W-12V-220V-Power-Car-Inverter-W-USB-1500-PEAK-Boat-/170481600988?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27b17ec9dc#ht_5162wt_1012