Ebay 4" grinder

[cope]

Saw this on Ebay. They claim they won't last long at that price. Probably won't last long after being plugged in either. Still may be worth it for a spare.

http://cgi.aol.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2527957627&category=34099

[Pat]

Cope,

I purchased 2 of them last fall from a Cummins/Cummings? traveling tool store. They look just like the ebay versions. The one I put the wire brush on vibrates as if the bearings are square. The other one I use as a grinder and it does pretty well except somthing seems to be out of round. I have to apply a lot of pressure to keep it from bouncing. I tried several new grinding wheels but it still bounces. I also have a Milwaukee 4 1/2" grinder and use it when I need to do more precise bounce free grinding. I figure that using the el cheapo's when possible saves wear and tear on the good one.

[Arc Burn]

LOL,"lots of profit to be made on these",whatever!It's been my expierence that whenever they start measuring power in watts with hand tools,they are usually junk!
Someone once gave me a 500 or 600 watt hammer drill set with 75 bits and drivers.I took it out of the package,plugged it in and hit the trigger and smoked it before i got to put a bit in!

[bjdenommee]

I had 2 of those, 1 blew up after about an hours use. The other one I gave away with a wire feeder I sold to a kid starting out.

Nice as a back up, not for constant use.

Bernie

[morpheus]

I bought one of those for $4.99 at the traveling tool show last year and I think I paid too much for it !!!!!!!!!

It's my opinoin that there is no substitute for amps in a grinder and those el cheapo grinders just don't have enough.

- jack

[Snidley]

What is the price of frustration?? I think this is it.