What wrong with my angle grinder?

[parbuckle]

Woooooooooooow! MS! You've already got one cheapy which does work, I threw away a cheap angle grinder which failed after two or three uses and paid £35 for a Makita one. Buy cheap buy twice.

Not always I bought a small angle grinder for knock down price of £10 at B & Q 5yrs ago and worked it to hell a real bargain but I have noticed that cheap power tools can be a lot noisier.

 

[William_H]

I agree never let it die until it really is dead. I got an angle grinder recently. I was cleaning out an old guy's shed for his daughter. Thought "this looks good" and the same as my own. Fired it up, made a beaut noise but wait the disc isn't turning? Investigation showed that the drive shaft motor to gearbox had parted. Yes that one went in the bin.
As said I would be expecting brushes to be stuck or not making good connection on OPs angry grinder. good luck olewill

 

[VicS]

I agree never let it die until it really is dead. I got an angle grinder recently. I was cleaning out an old guy's shed for his daughter. Thought "this looks good" and the same as my own. Fired it up, made a beaut noise but wait the disc isn't turning? Investigation showed that the drive shaft motor to gearbox had parted. Yes that one went in the bin.
As said I would be expecting brushes to be stuck or not making good connection on OPs angry grinder. good luck olewill

What.

You threw away a whole machine full of parts that would fit your own grinder if it goes wrong.

 

[William_H]

What.

You threw away a whole machine full of parts that would fit your own grinder if it goes wrong.

yes Vic it seems obsene now but I must have been on a clean up kick. If you saw the junk I bought home from this old geezer's shed and then all the junk I just naturally keep perhaps you would forgive me. For instance I am the worst welder in the world and now I have 2 old stick arc welders. And screwdrivers? There is a large fleet of them. olewill

 

[Lakesailor]

Screwdrivers are only at the start of there existence when you get one. Once the tip has snapped or rounded you can grind them back or make them into levers (tyre) or drifts and punches.
Angle grinders are junk when they bust.

 

[Keith 66]

Half an hour a year for 4 years, about 2 hours running, probably worn out. Par for the course with far eastrern junk.

 

[Sans Bateau]

Not always I bought a small angle grinder for knock down price of £10 at B & Q 5yrs ago and worked it to hell a real bargain but I have noticed that cheap power tools can be a lot noisier.

That sounds like a good plan, keep spending 10-15 quid a go until you get a good one. B&Q will love you.

 

[oldbilbo]

.....And screwdrivers? There is a large fleet of them. olewill

Huh! That's nuttin'....

Doing just a seated head-count, I have at least 6 electric drills..... 2 Workzone cordless /identical, 2 Bosch mains/identical, 1 Bosch mains/different, 1 Einhell SDS mains.... and 3 angle grinders, of varying size/power and pristine-ness. Yes, you may very well ask.....

 

[Cantata]

Jerry - I have checked continuity from the plug to the brushes. I can't check it live without taking the brushes out. Even if 230v isn't there then I can't fix it. Screwfix £15.99 here I come.

If it has a thermal cutout (which it probably has) it may be faulty. Happened to me on a cheap grinder, I simply removed it and carried on without.

 

[ghostlymoron]

Half an hour a year for 4 years, about 2 hours running, probably worn out. Par for the course with far eastern junk.

I don't disagree with you about buying quality tools if you're going to use them a lot but as for far Eastern junk - where do you think Makita come from? (Based in Japan and manufactured all over the world including China)

 

[MoodySabre]

If it has a thermal cutout (which it probably has) it may be faulty. Happened to me on a cheap grinder, I simply removed it and carried on without.

Can't see one - no mention in the user guide. Hang the expense - a very small item. As the boat hasn't been out for two years then I think the keel deserves a good one.

 

[vyv_cox]

Half an hour a year for 4 years, about 2 hours running, probably worn out. Par for the course with far eastrern junk.

Ridiculous statement. Almost everything we buy now comes from the far east, including the most hi-tech of equipment. I own a lot of power tools and other equipment, heavily used and in almost all cases failure free.

 

[oldharry]

I had a similar problem with a detail sander that had had even less use than your grinder. I took it apart and could find nothing wrong. There was a capacitor(?) and I assumed that might have failed.

My bench grindwheel went dead for no obvious reason. It too had what looked like a small capacitor on the windings. It was actually a thermal fuse set to blow at a specific temperature. 89p from Maplins in a range of temperatures.

 

[vyv_cox]

My bench grindwheel went dead for no obvious reason. It too had what looked like a small capacitor on the windings. It was actually a thermal fuse set to blow at a specific temperature. 89p from Maplins in a range of temperatures.

My windlass has one, failed, that I wanted to replace. I didn't know that Maplins sell them, so thanks for the heads up.

 

[sailorman]

Ridiculous statement. Almost everything we buy now comes from the far east, including the most hi-tech of equipment. I own a lot of power tools and other equipment, heavily used and in almost all cases failure free.

Including 20 of the all new Mearsk Triple E Class container ships.
The first being assembled in 34 weeks

OH so sorry a boaty post on the PBO how silly of me

 

[oldharry]

Far East is capable of producing almost anything, including v sophisticated high tech stuff built to precise and exacting standards. It also produces a load of cheap junk, with a service life measured in hours or even minutes because of poor design, materials and workmanship. Cheap is cheap.