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I bought a Black and Decker 4" grinder 2nd hand for £25 in 1979, when you think back that was an awful lot of money, I do however still have it and it works great, of course I use my Argos cheapo 9" and Aldi 4.5" nowadays but my first grinder is there if I need it.
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Grinderettes?
Sounds like a sleezy girl band to me.
Where angle grinders really called that?
First angle grinder? about 10 years back, had just got y gas welding kit, saw an advert for Mincost, a cheapy tool shop in Forest of Dean, cycled a round trip of about 35 miles to buy a £5.00 angle grinder. Bargain, blew up in the end. They still occasionally get in a pallet of them for a fiver. Gets people in the door who then spend more than they expected.
Chunko'.
Sounds like a sleezy girl band to me.
Where angle grinders really called that?
First angle grinder? about 10 years back, had just got y gas welding kit, saw an advert for Mincost, a cheapy tool shop in Forest of Dean, cycled a round trip of about 35 miles to buy a £5.00 angle grinder. Bargain, blew up in the end. They still occasionally get in a pallet of them for a fiver. Gets people in the door who then spend more than they expected.
Chunko'.
, did the job ok with light use .
mike os
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graffian
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My first angle grinder was a 3 phase aluminium bodied thing I bought at
a sale[like an autojumble] for 50p, it was most probably 1975. It said 110V on it and
the bloke did say something like "you do realise it's 110V". I had a 110V transformer so wasn't to bothered. I took it back home and a mate who was an apprentice spark pointed out it was 110V three phase!!!!
The next one I bought a few weeks later, a wolf ali bodied 7" grinder I used till the 90's. I chucked several ali bodied grinders and drills away as they were just taking up shelf space!
First grinderette I saw was a mates 4" makita around 1979. Fantastic little thing. I carried on using a 7" on bodywork, till the mate with the makita was working in a big place and could get me a grinderette, a black and decker which was replaced every month or so.
I bought a bench grinder when I was 8, or maybe 9. I used to walk back from Guildford swiming pool past this place with a few old motors in the window[Pascals], one day there was this old bench grinder for 5/-. Anyway I get the 5 bob and carry this heavy thing a good few miles home. I pulled the cover off to wire it up and something looks wrong, so I cleaned the plate and it's something silly like 100V DC.
a sale[like an autojumble] for 50p, it was most probably 1975. It said 110V on it and
the bloke did say something like "you do realise it's 110V". I had a 110V transformer so wasn't to bothered. I took it back home and a mate who was an apprentice spark pointed out it was 110V three phase!!!!
The next one I bought a few weeks later, a wolf ali bodied 7" grinder I used till the 90's. I chucked several ali bodied grinders and drills away as they were just taking up shelf space!
First grinderette I saw was a mates 4" makita around 1979. Fantastic little thing. I carried on using a 7" on bodywork, till the mate with the makita was working in a big place and could get me a grinderette, a black and decker which was replaced every month or so.
I bought a bench grinder when I was 8, or maybe 9. I used to walk back from Guildford swiming pool past this place with a few old motors in the window[Pascals], one day there was this old bench grinder for 5/-. Anyway I get the 5 bob and carry this heavy thing a good few miles home. I pulled the cover off to wire it up and something looks wrong, so I cleaned the plate and it's something silly like 100V DC.
My first job was at Thames marine in 1980 (boat factory) great place to work!
All the assemblers were issued with an air drill,air jigsaw & 4 1/2" air grinder.
The grinder was known ubiquitously as a "Canvey plane" as it was used instead of one! I always thought it sounded far more practical than grinderette.
All the assemblers were issued with an air drill,air jigsaw & 4 1/2" air grinder.
The grinder was known ubiquitously as a "Canvey plane" as it was used instead of one! I always thought it sounded far more practical than grinderette.
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I bought a Wickes 41/2" grinder in the 70s and used it for almost 30 years. It died on me whilst cutting a floor for my Locost and was replaced by an Aldi £6 125mm which I still have. I bought a couple more cheap ones to save swapping disks for cutting, grinding and linishing and the theory is none of them are worked too hard so they will last as long as an expensive one doing all the work. It seems to be working out so far. I did splash out £90 to replace my 9" Metabo with the same make as it stood some real abuse for 17 years and if I bought an expensive 125mm it would be the Metabo.
