spunkey_monkey_boy Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 about to buy a grinder and really don't know what i should belooking for. i know i want stone cutting disks but how powerful a grinder do i need or should i just go find a bargain one and buy that? cheers tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tartridge Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 The cheapest one you can find :huh: Got mine from B&Q for £14 with 2 discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkey_monkey_boy Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i've found an AM TECH one on ebay for £8, its 580watt and takes 4.5" disks, buy it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_Buchanan Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Surprised tarty bikes doesnt sell grinders he sells everything else.... Anyway its only a grinder....if its got power and a disc then buy it... Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanRs Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 If your willing to spend a good hour and half grinding your wheel, then get a Dremol ! they'll give you a better more accurate and tidyer finish than and angle grinder and there also Super useful for loads of other stuff, like polishing, drilling, Smoothing in the scratches in your crank arms and bashguard! But it will take ages to grind a rim with one. I love dremols, there like Soldiering irons -something you don't perticually need but just got to have! lol Ry :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkey_monkey_boy Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 If your willing to spend a good hour and half grinding your wheel, then get a Dremol ! they'll give you a better more accurate and tidyer finish than and angle grinder and there also Super useful for loads of other stuff, like polishing, drilling, Smoothing in the scratches in your crank arms and bashguard! But it will take ages to grind a rim with one. I love dremols, there like Soldiering irons -something you don't perticually need but just got to have! lol Ry :huh: ← hmmm its not really just for me, its going to be for the club so all the club members can use it to grind their rims so i think i'll go for a proper grinder rather than a dremol but thanks anyway :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomturd Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Just get down B&Q, argos (just had a look, £15 is the cheapest, or a variable speed one with extra stuff for £25), woolies, car shops, market stalls, theyre all over the place :huh: EDIT: or if you have a decent drill (like an old style plug into mains one, or a decent battery one) you can get angle grinding attachments methinks, might be worth looking into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkey_monkey_boy Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 (edited) Just get down B&Q, argos (just had a look, £15 is the cheapest, or a variable speed one with extra stuff for £25), woolies, car shops, market stalls, theyre all over the place :huh: EDIT: or if you have a decent drill (like an old style plug into mains one, or a decent battery one) you can get angle grinding attachments methinks, might be worth looking into. ← ahha thank you very much, yes i do have a very good drill so maybe i'll just buy the attachment... cheers tom :P where did you find one for £15? i've searched online and couldn't find any for less than £50 other than the cheapies on ebay :P Edited April 19, 2005 by spunkey_monkey_boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Cheap as chips :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spunkey_monkey_boy Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Cheap as chips :P ← :huh: i'll be ahving one of those i think!!! cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 :huh: i'll be ahving one of those i think!!! cheers ← Ive got one of those and for the sake of grinding a few rims it does the job perfect :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy P Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Halfords, I think at the moment they're about £11.99. At one point we were selling them for £9.99 with a free electric screwdriver - bargain! (Although i didn't have £9.99 at the time :huh: ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich4130 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Screwfix did have one for £6, check out the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulltrialser Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I got one from macro for £7 with a cutting disk just find the cheapest one. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducko Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 dont worry about the power to much tom just make sure you buy a good disk ive been using a few diffrent ones i think the stone is best but a metal one was also good? make sure you geta good technique going aswell (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punkrider Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Make sure you practice on an old rim first, then you won't go cutting up your rim's (Y)" Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPace Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 homebase have one for 10 quid with a disc and its good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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