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I have owned Makita, Dewalt, and the older B&D Power tool, all these have served me well. But I am mot a power user. Recently I have been introduced to the Metabo brand of power tools. I haven’t seen much review or experiences by users on these brand. I am interested in the brand, are there anyone with experiences with the Metabo line of Tools? thanks for your reply…
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Metabo grinders are the number one welding shop brand...The rebar contact stop drill is on the leading bleeding edge of technology...
they are expensive and very nice tools.
My grinder was stolen though...Wish it was the Dewalt that I now own.
near the stream,
aj
*If you need to drill a big hole in some concrete, that's the brand that the local rental shops carry - I always figure that's a real good sign.
*I have the 800 Watt hammer drill. Over the years, I've used quite a number of different brands. The Metabo is the finest 1/2" drill I've had in my hands.Larry Williams
*I have a Metabo 6020 SDS roto hammer that is the finest drill I have ever owned. It is over 13 years old now, and has drilled thousands of holes, many of them large and deep, with unbelievable speed. A true story: In 1991 I "outsulated" a brick house in Colorado with a friend who owned a Bosch Bulldog the same rated capacity as my Metabo. We had to drill 3/16" by 4" holes in the (then) 50-year-old concrete foundation to receive special spiral grooved Masonry nails that held on our first layer of 2x4 strapping. So anyhow I say, "We can use my drill, it is handy." He picks it up and drills the first few holes in the concrete, exclaiming, "Guess what, Bill, we have crummy concrete. The bit is just flying into it. I sure hope the spikes will hold." Then he goes to drive the first spike. What a surprise! It takes dozens of mighty blows with the 4# drilling hammer to sink the first spike. And all the others, too. He was really impressed. When his Bulldog wore out, he bought a Metabo, and loves it. Their stuff is really well built, and worth the higher price in drills and grinders, anyway. They don't change models very often, so the competitors may have more cool features in some lines.Bill
*My experience with grinders was with the 4" Dewalt Brand, the grinder is okay with use (except the yellow color which is very easy to get dirty and takes time to clean), but when I used a diamond blade (for masonry ) the inner flange got so stuck that even the dealer can't take it off , probably have to bring it to the Dewalt Rapair center which is very far from my place, it still works fine but can only use cutting disk due the stuck inner flange. How about the metabo inner flanges used with diamond blades, any experience? I am thinking of buying a Metabo Grinder.
*AJ - please explain a 'rebar contact stop drill'. I have no idea what that is.
*I've used a Metabo random orbit sander to sand thousands of square feet of corian and have at no time felt it wasn't a good buy. gabe
*The Metabo drills have (had ?) two different technologies for detecting a change in the density/character of the material you're drilling through, the latest is really quite leading edge. It can be useful in several ways, for example :a) not drilling through a pipe or conduit b) not ruining an expensive concrete bit (+ pushing your hole off-line) by repeatedly pounding it into a steel reinforcing bar.
*My Metabo 1/2-inch drill is still going strong after about 15 years. It even has the original cord, chuck and triger switch. For the first five years or so, it was used heavily almost daily, but gets only occasional usage now. The brand is expensive, but I'd buy another.
*Ed Hilton,Like Phill says, just thought I'd expand on it as AJ is away. The contact-stop feature detects when the drill bit contacts anything which conducts electricity, most likely to be metal, and shuts off the drill to save the bit and quite possibly the user, the building, the bottom line. Think gas pipe, big circuit in EMT, copper water line. Ouch avoidance, big time.Bill
*I use the half-sheet sander, good tool... contemplating a drill next.
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I have owned Makita, Dewalt, and the older B&D Power tool, all these have served me well. But I am mot a power user. Recently I have been introduced to the Metabo brand of power tools. I haven't seen much review or experiences by users on these brand. I am interested in the brand, are there anyone with experiences with the Metabo line of Tools? thanks for your reply...