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Originally Posted by GregWeld
My issue is with "expensive" offshore stuff - like the Blue Point tools that SNAP-ON tools sells - riding their name for the good stuff and using needless markup on offshore stuff. If you're going to buy offshore - then buy the lowest price/best quality. There's not much point in buying the highest price/mediocre quality offshore stuff. IMHO. Everybody has a budget - and they need to use these funds wisely... In the end - you need to do what's right for you.
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Good point. I also have a few other off-shore angle grinders. And there really is a difference. My IR 302 grinders are made in Japan. I have some super inexpensive grinders from HF that are 19 bucks each. They are the worst of the worst. You have to oil them up regularly not for fear of running them dry and hurting them but because the tolerances are so large the oil is needed to take up all the slop and make them turn.
Then I have a 50 dollar Husky (Home Depot) angle grinder. Its a chinese grinder. But its better than the HF grinder by ten fold. Strong, and dependable. I thrash that thing and it keeps on going. Problems with it? Speed control. But plenty of power.
Id love to use the Snap-On 210R. But at 300 bucks I dont need it. I want it no doubt. But the need isnt there. If I was making money with the tool then the need might be there. But other than that its just a desire and Id be hard pressed to swap out three IR 302 grinders for one 210r grinder. Doesnt make much sense for me. JR
Grinders...
HF
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93088
Husky
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...=Thousand+oaks
IR
http://www.amazon.com/Ingersoll-Rand.../dp/B00004XOST
Blue Point
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....6&group_ID=812
Snap-On
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....5&group_ID=812
Matco
http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/to...at=2389&page=2