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angle grinder - where to get online

  • 19-04-2020 7:52am
    #1
    Sos88sos88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭


    Hi all

    Looking to do a small DIY project more for fun then anything but I would need an angle grinder. can you recommend any online which are good value?

    Would need it to cut some iron poles which are about 3 inches in diameter, I could use a hacksaw but there is about 30 cuts to be made


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  • #2
    pippip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    Lidl had them for sale on Thurs, must be a few left still.

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/diy-deals/angle-grinder/p40360

    Or if you want to get fancy

    https://www.lidl.ie/en/p/diy-deals/1100w-metal-cutting-bandsaw/p40352


  • #3
    obi604
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭obi604


    Did I hear DIY shops may be allowed to open soon?


  • #4
    pippip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    obi604 wrote: »
    Did I hear DIY shops may be allowed to open soon?

    Yes but delivery only and they don't seem to be able to handle the orders

    https://touch.boards.ie/thread/2058071174/2/#post113202300


  • #5
    GinSoaked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭GinSoaked


    I get just about everything from Amazon and they have plenty.

    How thick is the metal? If not that thick then a 115mm tool will be fine but you will have to cut around the outside not straight through. This Makita would be well know for being a decent tool for the money https://www.amazon.co.uk/Makita-GA4530RKD-Angle-Grinder-Switch/dp/B01BHZ9BOM/ .

    Discs can wear very quickly I'd probably go for thin disks used for cutting stainless steel something like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/QUALITY-Grinder-Circular-Stainless-cuttings/dp/B06X6J9JT5/. You could end up using one disc or more on cutting through a thick steel pipe. Thin steel one disc could last for ages.

    You can get a bigger tool say 230mm but discs become more expensive and the tools are heavier and more awkward to handle.

    Do wear gloves and goggles when using an angle grinder. The enemy of the cutting disc is a deep (or any) cut that closes up gripping the disc and suddenly needing somewhere for all the disc momentum to go, so if you can best to clamp your work piece.


  • #6
    Sos88sos88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭Sos88sos88


    pippip wrote:
    Lidl had them for sale on Thurs, must be a few left still.


    Cheers but I seen another thread where someone was giving out about them saying H&S wise a disaster as discs went anti clockwise and sparks were flying back towards you.... I'm not exactly a DIY expert but was a few people agreeing on it


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  • #7
    Sos88sos88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭Sos88sos88


    GinSoaked wrote:
    I get just about everything from Amazon and they have plenty.

    GinSoaked wrote:
    How thick is the metal? If not that thick then a 115mm tool will be fine but you will have to cut around the outside not straight through. This Makita would be well know for being a decent tool for the money

    GinSoaked wrote:
    Discs can wear very quickly I'd probably go for thin disks used for cutting stainless steel something like this

    GinSoaked wrote:
    Do wear gloves and goggles when using an angle grinder. The enemy of the cutting disc is a deep (or any) cut that closes up gripping the disc and suddenly needing somewhere for all the disc momentum to go, so if you can best to clamp your work piece.

    Thanks for all the advice absolutely spot on and I'll be using your recommendations


  • #8
    Audioslaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,432 ✭✭✭Audioslaven


    Sos88sos88 wrote: »
    Cheers but I seen another thread where someone was giving out about them saying H&S wise a disaster as discs went anti clockwise and sparks were flying back towards you.... I'm not exactly a DIY expert but was a few people agreeing on it

    Buy proper branded tools as you will be able to get them fixed if they break. You can pick up a small angle grinder off amazon.co.uk for 70 euro (bosch) which are far superior to the stuff in Lidl and aldi.
    Hitachi do a double angle grinder set for decent cash as well around 150 and this beats the stuff in Aldi/Lidl.


  • #9
    ongarite
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,373 ✭✭✭ongarite


    Sos88sos88 wrote: »
    Cheers but I seen another thread where someone was giving out about them saying H&S wise a disaster as discs went anti clockwise and sparks were flying back towards you.... I'm not exactly a DIY expert but was a few people agreeing on it

    Read that thread again.
    The poster who proclaimed to be an expert & tradesman was shown to 100% in the wrong.
    He had the angle grinder setup incorrectly, was holding it wrong.
    Then blamed Lidl on selling left handed angle grinder and ran off with his tail between his legs.


  • #10
    dh1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 621 ✭✭✭dh1985


    Caulfield industrial is generally good. Might not be still delivering though, not sure


  • #11
    cletus
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    ongarite wrote: »
    Read that thread again.
    The poster who proclaimed to be an expert & tradesman was shown to 100% in the wrong.
    He had the angle grinder setup incorrectly, was holding it wrong.
    Then blamed Lidl on selling left handed angle grinder and ran off with his tail between his legs.

    I hadn't seen the thread on question, but I was about to say similar. Never seen an angle grinder that runs anti clockwise. Being left handed, I'd be happy to find one :D


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  • #12
    Leftyflip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,463 ✭✭✭Leftyflip


    Sos88sos88 wrote: »
    Hi all

    Looking to do a small DIY project more for fun then anything but I would need an angle grinder. can you recommend any online which are good value?

    Would need it to cut some iron poles which are about 3 inches in diameter, I could use a hacksaw but there is about 30 cuts to be made

    Caulfield Industrial are doing deliveries, I've used them before and highly reccomend them. Screwfix too it seems!

    But for the love of god, read the manual, and get gloves, glasses And a face shield. Grinders can be lethal!


  • #13
    Sos88sos88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭Sos88sos88


    ongarite wrote:
    Read that thread again. The poster who proclaimed to be an expert & tradesman was shown to 100% in the wrong. He had the angle grinder setup incorrectly, was holding it wrong. Then blamed Lidl on selling left handed angle grinder and ran off with his tail between his legs.

    Ah brilliant I had only seen the first couple posts!


  • #14
    Sos88sos88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 63 ✭✭Sos88sos88


    Leftyflip wrote:
    But for the love of god, read the manual, and get gloves, glasses And a face shield. Grinders can be lethal!

    Dont worry no fear of that. I'm such a novice at DIY that I would use glasses hammering a nail!


  • #15
    Leftyflip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,463 ✭✭✭Leftyflip


    Sos88sos88 wrote: »
    Dont worry no fear of that. I'm such a novice at DIY that I would use glasses hammering a nail!

    Do you have anyone close who could give you a rundown of how to handle and use it correctly? Failing that, youtube is a wealth of knowledge. Do plenty of research. I've had blades explode on me before and it's terrifying.


  • #16
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,888 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    OP, where are you in the country, for 30 cuts on a 3" pipe, I think the small a/g will both be struggle and a danger.
    You need someone with a steel chop saw really so see can you locate a local steel shop who may cut it for you for cash.
    each piece will be the same length, square and ready for use.
    I have one, that job would take a few minutes once the jig was set up.
    What length is the pipe now?
    how long are the pieces?
    you making a mortar launcher?

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #17
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Sos88sos88 wrote: »
    Cheers but I seen another thread where someone was giving out about them saying H&S wise a disaster as discs went anti clockwise and sparks were flying back towards you.... I'm not exactly a DIY expert but was a few people agreeing on it

    That poster was an idiot. Is an idiot and still is an idiot.

    There is nothing and I'll put this bluntly nothing wrong with he grinder in Lidl or its operation or its direction.

    Idiot simple as that.


  • #18
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,190 ✭✭✭cletus


    Has anyone a link to the thread, I haven't seen it, and wouldn't mind something to read with my mid morning cup of tea :)


  • #19
    GinSoaked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭GinSoaked


    cletus wrote: »
    Has anyone a link to the thread, I haven't seen it, and wouldn't mind something to read with my mid morning cup of tea :)

    It started out in the Shooting forum of all places before finally ending up in Consumer Issues https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058070820


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