20v grinder for cutting away rigging

[Kelpie]

Slight drift...this week I received a Toolstation or Screwfix email, featuring a cordless 18 volt Bosch angle grinder, for £89.95...

...unsurprisingly, it is sold 'bare', without the necessary lithium ion battery. But, I bought an 18v Bosch drill/driver in May, and according to the emailed advertising, the grinder will work with any Bosch 18v battery.

So, suddenly a prestige branded power-tool which I'd admired but believed was far too costly to be worth acquiring, starts to look distinctly reasonable. Granted it takes a few seconds (maybe five?) to remove the battery from one tool and attach it to the other, but as a very amateur user, I'm unlikely to be troubled by that.

If anyone is thinking their cordless drill needs replacing anyway, I'd recommend the Bosch 'professional' 18v with its 4aH battery...it and the 4.5" grinder will be under £190.

There's a lot to be said for carefully picking a brand and sticking with it.
I've got a drill, impact driver, grinder, sander, and circ saw but only two batteries to power them all. It works out quite econmically compared to buying lots of different makes which also clutters your workbench up with their various chargers.

 

[Neeves]

Yeah, I reckon the cauterising instance is unusual.

When my landlord's attention slipped and he dropped his cabled grinder, it went half-through his upper leg...

...the only thing that stopped him bleeding catastrophically was the electric cable, serving as a tourniquet round his leg. Meanwhile the grinder continued speeding lethally round the tiled floor like H.R. Giger's Alien.

And it is suggested they are ideal to work on a heaving deck in the dark to liberate a mast. They are quick, they are amazingly effective - but get it wrong.

 

[savageseadog]

"Shootit" is a cartridge powered rigging cutter, possibly the only one.