Cheap 3" mini grinders

[droopsnoot]

I'll try to remember to video mine tomorrow. I've used it again a bit this afternoon, the biggest issue with it now is the dodgy on-off switch. For grinding down welds (which is the main thing I use the air one for) it's been OK, cutting is OK if I don't put much pressure on it, because when it stops the dodgy switch makes it difficult to start again.

 

[500e]

SW appears to be standard microswitch the trigger is poor design
If you look at third photo you can see through casing where armature should be

 

[Gragson]

Mine arrived earlier, it is pretty smooth and quiet.

Works well.



Not tried it on deep pan yet tho...

 

[500e]

Had a good look it is brushless also you can feel the magnets + SW mechanism
Cut 31mm X 3.5mm
@droopsnoot reckon SW ok problem in battery, the cut I did was at least 8/10 on /off
Runs ok off load battery just clips together And there is no connection on the T lead out of battery reckon it it is in the batt control circuit

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[MattF]

Yep.

Yours is louder than mine. Have you tried it with a disc on it?

 

[droopsnoot]

Well, I can't video mine as it now won't start at all. Before, I'd sometimes have to switch it on four or five times, but now I try a dozen times on a newly-charged battery and it still won't start. The disc moves a little as if it's trying, but no more.

 

[500e]

Think I should put this one down to experience

 

[jsf55]

Tried mine today, vibration didn't seem so bad, then put it back in it's box, maybe i should give my mate this one or make sure the other one is ok

 

[500e]

Mine came from
info@orangesolutions.co.uk
Sent them an Email asking for refund
Suggest we all do

 

[Onoff]

I blame the OP for starting this.

Looking on Companies House the proprietor with a warehouse full of them appears to be a Mr W Inchman...

 

[winchman]

I blame the OP for starting this.

Looking on Companies House the proprietor with a warehouse full of them appears to be a Mr W Inchman...

Just wait until you see the sh Quality stuff I have bought from Aliexpress. At least Ebay you can claim from Paypal if its a non starter

 

[MattF]

I have bought from Aliexpress

Funnily enough, I've bought the odd few things from Aliexpress now due to @Smouser bringing one thing on there to our attention.

 

[MattF]

Just wait until you see the sh Quality stuff I have bought from Aliexpress. At least Ebay you can claim from Paypal if its a non starter

Last time I had used Aliexpress until recently was a few year ago. I had a seller dicking about not despatching an item. A message to Aliexpress regarding the matter, & they sorted refund without hassle.

 

[Smouser]

Last time I had used Aliexpress until recently was a few year ago. I had a seller dicking about not despatching an item. A message to Aliexpress regarding the matter, & they sorted refund without hassle.

AliExpress can be a little hit-and-miss.

You need to read the descriptions of products carefully. You also can't expect the quality of a £50 item if you only paid £10 either.

Finally, the AliExpress customer care can also be hit-and-miss.

I have had items refunded easily if they did not turn up/were the wrong items.

However, I also had to claim through my bank twice over the last 5 years.
The items I bought got delivered by Royal Mail to a random address, on the RM tracking it showed the item was delivered by a delivery office not even close to my local area and it had a photo of a random house proving delivery.

AliExpress just could not understand that I did not receive the items and that the items were delivered to a random address. They just said 'items show as delivered, case closed'

Long story short, there is a risk ordering from AliExpress, but the good outweighs the bad.

 

[winchman]

Well tried mine when it arrived worked fine. Charged both batteries, got it out of the boot today to do it's first job and it won't switch on!
Contacted seller for return label!

 

[droopsnoot]

I've had trouble with mine doing the same thing - it'll work sometimes, and not other times.

 

[winchman]

I've had trouble with mine doing the same thing - it'll work sometimes, and not other times.

Looks like mine was a one hit wonder, just waiting for the Ebay shop to ask me for all the usual pictures video etc then we will refund £2 nonsense, but I will give them a chance and see what they say.
I did try shaking it standing on one leg etc

 

[winchman]

Contacted Vendor on Ebay offered me a 30% reduction as it doesn't work! Looks like it will be a Ebay claim.

 

[droopsnoot]

Contacted Vendor on Ebay offered me a 30% reduction as it doesn't work! Looks like it will be a Ebay claim.

I had the same - mine works some of the time, and not others. Obviously every time I test it while it's sat at home, it works fine. I went with it, took the discount, it might come in handy as long as it doesn't just fail every time I want to use it. I was 50/50 on whether to insist, and just couldn't be bothered for the price, which is unusual for me - normally I'd argue on, regardless.

 

[steveo3002]

keep arguing , chances are ebay refund you and let you keep it