Cheap 12V angle grinder

The Parkside angle grinder is great. Maybe not quite as much power as a similar makita but at a fraction of the price it's brilliant.
I have many makita battery tools. My friend is getting a large collection of Parkside so I have plenty of opportunity to compare.
The Parkside is no where near as smooth as a makita, same for their other cordless tools but they still do the job.
The Parkside circular saw though, that is really nice and very smooth.

I had a chinese 18v angle grinder with dead battery. I put two long leads into the battery connectors, inserted the battery (which is knackered) and connected it to the boats 12v with crocodile clips.. it's worked brilliantly and seemed to spin just as fast.
 
I have had the Aldi and Lidl offers in the past and have found them to be second quality but adequate for occasional use. They're not good enough for precision work but ok for a bodge. The angle grinder is poor in my opinion.. go for something better.
 
Bav32 said:
Looks like not available everywhere, at least in my area (Scotland). 12 volt drill and saw OK, just no angle grinder.
Noted that the cutting discs are only 75 mm; where do you get them?
Or do you just use a part worn one from your other grinder?
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It takes 76mm discs too e.g. bosch

 
fredrussell said:
Apols on thread drift, but the day the cordless angle grinder was invented just about all padlock, bike locks etc became worthless really. With a thin cutting disc on, bushwacka’s angle grinder will go through the most expensive bike D-lock in seconds.
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This

We were woken up at 3am by the sound of an angle grinder cutting through our neighbours chain securing their moped. By the time we had figured our what was happening the scroats were off with it.

This is the day after my wife had her bike handlebars stolen in broad daylight :mad:
 
I have a sold secure gold motorbike security chain that's 16mm.
In the interest of science I decided to sacrifice one link and see how long it took to cut through.
A mains powered 125mm grinder took 10 secs, a cheap 18v cordless took 20 secs.
The thieves of today just don't seem to care who watches them grinding through a lock as no one intervines as they probably have weapons.
Saw a guy yesterday load up with bottles of spirits from m&s then literally just walk out with alarms sounding as the female staff could not stop him and his identity was hidden by his face mask.
If caught they only get told off.
I use mooring chain on my machines now, coupled with a huge padlock. Would take a few batteries to cut through it.
 
Kukri said:
Useful thread. The downside to a 20 volt battery is that it is not so easy to charge from a 12 volt boat system, I suppose.
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I have the Ryobi one+ system which is 18v, and I have the 12v charger they make for it and works well.
(actually I have 2 chargers... during lockdown I forgot I had one and bought a 2nd :rolleyes: )
 
dolabriform said:
I have the Ryobi one+ system which is 18v, and I have the 12v charger they make for it and works well.
(actually I have 2 chargers... during lockdown I forgot I had one and bought a 2nd :rolleyes: )
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Do you have a link to the 12v charger to charge you 18 v Ryobi grinder as I also have a number of 18v Ryobi battery tools.
 
Rogershaw said:
Do you have a link to the 12v charger to charge you 18 v Ryobi grinder as I also have a number of 18v Ryobi battery tools.
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I have similar to keep the DeWalt 18v batteries charged on board.

You should find them if you search the internet for Ryobi in car charger

Finds them easier than having 12v in the search. Halfords, Machine Mart and Amazon all seem to have them.
 
bushwacka said:
Just bought a Parkside 12V angle grinder from Lidl for £17 plus another £11 for charger and battery. Are these any good? Thought it could be useful to keep on board for cutting rigging and maybe even aid in constructing a jury rig in the event of a dismasting in addition to being handy for a range of other everyday jobs.
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I have a Ryobi cordless + one of those cheapey Parkside ones too.
They're grand!
I use them a lot.
The Ryobi 18v has good power to it and will cut up beefy anchor chain easy, but by the time you're done the battery will probably be dead.
The Parkside battery is similar capacity but certainly weaker power. Putting any downward force the grinder just stops. Which I was disappointed with but not surprised for like 20/30 quid.
It is useless as cutting any steel really but would be OK for finished or rounding off corners etc.
Now I just use it with a wire brush fitting and it is an ideal setup.

Set of bolt cutters onboard is your only man for cutting any shrouds, especially if you're talking about dismasting.
You don't want any messing with running out of battery power or torque etc!
 
I’ve got one of the Parkside 12v grinders, bought it back when this thread started. Not used it until a couple of days ago when I used it to cut off a seized padlock. It cut though the hasp easily in a few seconds. I’ve got a number of Parkside tools, both mains and battery and find them to be good tools well up to doing the sort of jobs I need them for. Good value for money in that they’re used every now and then rather than hammered hard every working day.
 
dolabriform said:
I have the Ryobi one+ system which is 18v, and I have the 12v charger they make for it and works well.
(actually I have 2 chargers... during lockdown I forgot I had one and bought a 2nd :rolleyes: )
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Thanks - I have the one+ system and that is useful to know, Whilst searching I also found others which seem compatible with one+ Li-ion, not made by Ryobi but quite a lot cheaper (ca. £27 vs. ca. £43). I've of course no idea if they are anything like as good - but in keeping with the spirit of the thread!
 
I have the Bosch equivalent and it's fantastic. So good that after I used it to shorten my anchor chain last year 3 of my neighbours in the marina borrowed it in quick succession to do various jobs they had put off in the past. No more unsightly long bolt ends waiting to snag you on my or my neighbours boats anymore :)

I bought a small (300w) inverter at the same time so I can recharge it at sea if needed. 2 Batteries of course so one can charge whilst the other is in use but I reckon I could get through all my rigging screws on half a battery with juice to spare.
 
I started reading this thread waiting for someone to report it was crap but you all keep singing its praises. I bought a Parkside 240v bench grinder some years ago, it had "Germany" written on the side and a close to zero torque motor. Put the metal to the wheel and apply any pressure and it stopped. I paid a fiver for it second hand but i still felt mugged. Are these better motors now then? Can you apply any pressure with these things? He appears to be resting it on it in the first video.

For a not cry if its nicked leave in the boat emergency compact cutting device the price is right anyway. This sounds promising but its the bosch one, how would the Parkside do?:
Buck Turgidson said:
I reckon I could get through all my rigging screws on half a battery with juice to spare.
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Right... In the unlikely event... I have 14mm wire to get through. No “Armstrong’s Patent” bolt cutters are going to do that. It’s a battery driven angle grinder or one of those explosives operated cutters, costing Sums Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, but the angle grinder can do other stuff too.
 
Kukri said:
Right... In the unlikely event... I have 14mm wire to get through. No “Armstrong’s Patent” bolt cutters are going to do that. It’s a battery driven angle grinder or one of those explosives operated cutters, costing Sums Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, but the angle grinder can do other stuff too.
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Agreed, but with the Explosive ones you get to blow stuff up :ROFLMAO: (y)
 
I have the tiny one in post 8, bought specifically for the boat.
It is better than a hacksaw when working on chain, but the battery does not last long......my battery was flat after cutting through a 1 inch link.
I even dunked it slightly once. Very simple to take apart, clean the corrosion from the motor, clean the brushes and it still works,
The battery case can also be taken apart and new or better batteries installed.
 
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