[patrick_g]

Originally Posted by IXLR8

Does anybody know if one of these $20 4-1/2" angle grinders is better than the other?

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I saw them on special in one of the stores for $8. Surely it had to be worth $8. I don't recall if it was the orange one or the blue one. I paid about $50 to get my American brand, made who knows where) $100 4 1/2 inch rebuilt. I could have bought 3 to 5 (depending on specials etc) for the price of the repair.

I recently bought the 7 inch Milwaukee. It is quite a handful (heavy) but what a torque monster. I hope it lasts as well as some of my other Milwaukee tools which are over 30 yrs old and running strong. I intend to abuse the heck out of it, treatment that would be courting disaster with the light duty HF stuff.

Pat