I sometimes wonder how low these prices can drop.
There's 9" angle grinders on eBay for £34.95  £7.95 P&P.
I recently bought a 5" angle grinder from Aldi for about £13 (can't
remember the exact price). At 1000W it should out perform my 4.5" one.

John

On Jun 15, 8:34 pm, John  wrote:
> I sometimes wonder how low these prices can drop.
> There's 9" angle grinders on eBay for £34.95  £7.95 P&P.
> I recently bought a 5" angle grinder from Aldi for about £13 (can't
> remember the exact price). At 1000W it should out perform my 4.5" one.
>
> John

It makes you wonder what with the price of oil and scrap constantly
going up how the the Chinese produce things ever cheaper,theres got to
be a tipping point somewhere.

As witheverything else the quality drops with the price. My employer's 
workshop is often full with small oriental generator and welding sets which 
self destruct on a regular basis and aren't worth even looking at, never 
mind repairing. I bought a cheap and nasty 18v Battery drill not too long 
ago thinking that it would last forever because I don't use it much. Ha-Ha 
it was the battery and charger that self destructed ,replacement parts not 
available, so the whole thing joined the gensets in the works skip!! You 
gets what you pay for !!!!
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On Jun 15, 8:34 pm, John  wrote:
> I sometimes wonder how low these prices can drop.
> There's 9" angle grinders on eBay for £34.95 + £7.95 P&P.
> I recently bought a 5" angle grinder from Aldi for about £13 (can't
> remember the exact price). At 1000W it should out perform my 4.5" one.
>
> John

It makes you wonder what with the price of oil and scrap constantly
going up how the the Chinese produce things ever cheaper,theres got to
be a tipping point somewhere.

The Chinese are currently applying "Japanese Motorbike" tactics. In ten 
years time we will all be mourning the total disappearance of the good old 
British manufacturing industry, or at least whats left of it. You have been 
warned!!!!
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I sometimes wonder how low these prices can drop.
There's 9" angle grinders on eBay for £34.95 + £7.95 P&P.
I recently bought a 5" angle grinder from Aldi for about £13 (can't
remember the exact price). At 1000W it should out perform my 4.5" one.

John

On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:34:49 -0700 (PDT), John
 wrote:

>There's 9" angle grinders on eBay for £34.95 + £7.95 P&P.

Check the weight of the £40 ones vs. the £80 ones. They're about twice
the weight.

On Jun 17, 2:35 am, Andy Dingley  wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:34:49 -0700 (PDT), John
>
>  wrote:
> >There's 9" angle grinders on eBay for £34.95  £7.95 P&P.
>
> Check the weight of the £40 ones vs. the £80 ones. They're about twice
> the weight.

Sometime ago when Chinese stuff was just emerging i purchased a set of
drill bits from Morrisons,i have never before seen a masonary bit bend
in such an amusing way,it virtually turned to jelly.