Race Engine Forum UK

Hello everyone , new member here.. Any suggestions where to get a decently priced 220v Die grinder?

If you need something cheap but high quality then you might consider buying Celma die grinder. This is a polish company that makes very good tools but may not be known outside Poland. I use such grinder for at least 5 years and it never broke and I am using it very hard, not only for preparing heads but often for grinding steel in hard to get places. There are all the spare parts for it available at low cost(ball bearings and all the bits and pieces) but as I said, it never broke. The cost is around 150euro and for that you get a tool for the profesionals, which is I belive half the price of other die grinders from Makita or Bosch. If you need something like this please let me know and I could give you details of the sellers of those tools or I could get you one and send it to you.

some tech data:
Power W 510
230V
27000rpm
dimensions mm 395x72x72
weight kg 1,7

I'd be very interested in that mate! Please send me any info you can , that is cheap! Plus preferably a flexi shaft , and some carbide cutters?
Regards Tristan .

Tristan, hi

thank you for putting up with the site delays over New Year and last week and patiently rejoining.

I 'swear by' the Metabo unit, torque feedback and speed control (which you DO need) flexi-shaft and 6mm collet, see photo, I won't mention price because discussion of price is forbidden here, but this baby will last for ten years and it's the tool that did all the porting on view on the GC DVD, watch it being used, says more than I could write here in a week, can't say fairer than that.

The best carbide burrs - and I use/have tried more than most - come from ATI Garryson see: http://www.atigarryson.com
I rarely use anything other than 10/12mm dia oval shapes and with 'standard cut' but for high removal their Alucut style is rapid...

You may find a Garryson distr in Ireland, if not contact Lincoln-based MGB supplies, top exporters of top tools and very good friends to me, see links. They can supply the Metabo stuff too.

Best abrasives, well Norton is best for abrasive cloth-backed tapes as shown in my home-made split-fork deburrer in the DVD and I am a great fan of ATA Atabands and Policaps. The BEST way BY FAR to get them is via MGB (Maurice Bull) who are distributors and won't keep you waiting for weeks. I have put a link to Norton on Sasha's post on rod polishing. If you want to know part numbers and sizes call me, OK?

GC

Thats really great , thanks Guy . Nice to hear from one who uses the bits.
Walezy , I will be in touch with you too.

Guy..thanks for the emails , and for checking out that Metabo for me!

If you work on cast iron heads i would try and locate a long nose version of whatever tool you choose (cheap is usualy just that). I have found the extra lenght to be very usefull for getting a firm grip on the grinder. Flex shaft is nice for detailing or alloy but if you have to remove lots of metal like i do , a large grinder is a must IMHO.

btw the metabo grinder Guy uses is allso available in long nose version.you can still use it with a flex shaft