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Looking for non-US made angle grinder

Performed the autopsy this morning, turns out one of the brushes decided to perform the now infamous
" unscheduled rapid disassembly" procedure and took the armature with it.

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On a brighter note, anyone have a use for this spiral ring and pinion?
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It's a newer Craftsman POS so not to worried about it and not worth the effort for me.

I'll use the hub parts when I make adaptors for the Makita and Metabo grinders. I may be able to drill and tap the spindle to fit the Makita if it's not hardened and I buy a tap.

Thanks for the offer.
 
I don't think the Makitas are as good as they used to be. Had one for years, wifey new I wanted a router and got me an angle grinder for Christmas, same thing right ? Used and abused it as it was my only non-armstrong metal cutting tool I had. Replaced just about every part you can. When it finally gave up the ghost I got another, then another and finally the one I had now. Stupid thing has a brain and it figured out that if it doesn't spin the wheel I can't hurt myself. So I finally had to give it a lobotomy and now it really screams, scared the hell out of me the first time I used it like that. Cuts way faster than anything I had before. Kinda wonder what it would be like if I converted it over to 220v.....hmmmm.
 
Nothing is as good as it used to be, me included.

Converted to 220v,,,,,,, it will pull your truck across the yard,,,,,,,, once! lol
 
Home Hardware use to carry Hitachi right angle grinders, I have 2, one is 25 yrs old the other 10, I abuse the hell out of both of them and they never let me down.
I'm pretty sure Hitachi is still Japanese.
 

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