Home Depot sale insert in todays paper, there is a section for tools. “Dewalt 2-pack 9.0 amp grinder” for $99. And the picture does show two grinders. Why would you buy two identical grinders?
And on the same page, Makita 5/8″ hammer drill with free grinder. Now that makes sense.
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I have two grinders, one usually has a diamond cup on it, the other an abrasive wheel. Got sick of changing them so I got another.
Same with drills.One with a stopped, taper drill bit. One with a screwdriver bit.Make sure you have a way to hang each, and then when yer on top of the ladder, it is a lot easier than fumbling with the bit every time, while you are holding on with an elbow...
Yeh... That'll work.
I've probably got 4 or 5 drills, but I only tend to use one at a time (don't swap between two drills). I've got several of those fast bit change dealies that I use. Takes maybe 2 seconds to swap bits.
jt8
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One for you - one for the wife!
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it really sounds like a good deal. Metal cutting - metal grinding - masonry cutting - wire cup brushes - multiple users in the business......I'm not sure, but I think I have three grinders.....
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Just what David wrote.
I often ask myself why I have nine routers. Then I ask myself why I have only nine routers!
Mongo
lol!
I've been eyeing that hammer drill/grinder combo. Problem is I have that hammer drill already and I have the same grinder since it came with the bigger sds plus hammer drill I bought.
I do have one grinder dedicated to coping with the sanding disk set up and another grinder gets the disk swapped out as needed, Hey, I do need another grinder after all. Now do I want 4 grinders and two hammer drills or 3 grinders and three hammer drills.
Decisions decisions.
Why would you buy two identical grinders?
Grinder fights.
I burnout grinders constantly-the dust kills em.
2 for 99 sounds good, I think I'll stop by hideous orange tomorro.
If you are like me, you need one for yourself and one to loan to your brother-in-law who would rather spend money on Jim Beam than tools.
You need two to do this.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRyrYcL5gpM
Mike
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I wouldn't buy those two, but I do have 4 grinders.
One has a core-bit for faucet holes, the other has a diamond blade for cutting granite/quartz, the third has a metal blade, and the forth is a beater for the nastiest of demo work.
Do I need 4? No, but I don't need the 4 routers I have, though I want more, I don't need the 5 different circular saws, 3 recips, lost count of drills.... 2 rotary hammers... etc.
I could get by with 2 grinders I suppose, but no less for C-top jobs b/c it's a pain in the rear to switch between the core bit and the cutter when I'm working.
same for routers & drills, no sense switching bits multiple times in either a drill or router.
What I really want is 2 large table saws, one with the dado blades and one for cutting.
My name is Neil and I have a tool problem.
Cabinet shop that I do business with is small - usually only one guy building in there at a time. They have three table saws. Two jet supersaws - one with a huge outfeed table for cutting sheet goods. One that is the rough cut stock before it goes through the jointer saw and a contractor saw that always has the stacked dado ready. Envy.
Man!!!And you're young yet too....Better get going on having kids before that tool problem makes it impossible
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first time I've gone to youtube
enjoyed it but next time please warn me to put on a dust mask
Ok, I stand corrected. It just seemed to me that HD is aimed more toward the DIY crowd, and I questioned how many of them would want to buy two identical grinders at the same time."Put your creed in your deed." Emerson
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The real reason those are sold in two packs, is cause they are Dewalt grinders, and you'll need the second one when the first one craps out.The $50 cost of the second one is cheaper than the $129 the service center will charge to fix the first one when it breaks.:)JulianSeriously, though, there have been better deals out ther for grinders - not that long ago, they were selling 2 Bosch grinders, each with a $27 diamond blade - all four items for $79!I try my best to sell tools as I get them, but I still have (3) grinders - a Hitachi super duty one I bought years ago, a Metabo clone/Ridgid Germany model I got on clearance at HD, and one of the Bosch models - sitting new in the box.
Ed, you really ought to know better by now.
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It just is what is.
Neil, Neil, Neil-
You need 3 large tablesaws-one for ripping, one for crosscuts, one for dados.
My name is John and I am right there with you.
Most nights are crystal clear, but tonight it's like he's stuck between stations.
Three? How painfully inadequate that would be. I'd suggest one for ripping, one for crosscutting with a sled, one for dadoes, one for tenoning, one for beveled cheek cuts, and probably another with a scoring saw setup for laminates. Maybe one additional saw with a veneer blade?
Ooh yeah, I forgot about the laminates. And it is a PITA to keep changing the bevel. And at least one should be set up with a power feeder. And so on...
Most nights are crystal clear, but tonight it's like he's stuck between stations.
you forgot you have to have a portable one so you can take it over and work on you bil house.larryif a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?
Two portables, at least...one for cutting and one for dadoes.I guess it doesn't really end.
Most nights are crystal clear, but tonight it's like he's stuck between stations.