[Spridgets] Made in China....

Bill Gilroy wmgilroy at gmail.com
Thu Jul 2 00:54:20 MDT 2009


Impress yes, but only because I got a chuckle when that thing slowed down.
You could hear it wind down the second you applied pressure.

-g

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 8:19 AM, Richard Ball <richb at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> But, but Bill?  You kept telling me how impressed you were with my cheap
> china bench grinder at the NOSHIT in May.  Especially it's ability to come
> to a complete stop while wire brushing rusty bolts.  You're giving us mixed
> signals.
>
> Rich Ball
> '76 Midget
> Everett, Wa
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gilroy" <wmgilroy at gmail.com>
> To: "Frank" <spritenut at comcast.net>
> Cc: <spridgets at autox.team.net>; "Robert E. Shlafer" <pilotrob at webtv.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Made in China....
>
>
>  While I can't speak for all tools, but if you want a grinder that will
>> last
>> get a Flex Grinder <http://www.flexnorthamerica.com/naturalstone.html>.
>>
>> They are about $180 new, but they don't break.  If you can find them in
>> pawn
>> shops snap it up.  In this case you pay for quality and you get quality.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:47 PM, Frank <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I now have to replace most of my power and air tools for work annually as
>>> DeWalt is now all chinese as is most other name brands.
>>> So I buy 2 of them and when one dies, I use the receipt with the newest
>>> date and tell the store to get me the asshole who made it, I want to show
>>> him something.
>>> But that doesn't happen so I get my money back. 3rd trim nailer in 2
>>> years
>>> now, but I only paid for 2, and the 3rd will get replaced before the year
>>>
>> is
>>
>>> out.
>>> Chink-Walt can eat em, I don't care anymore.
>>> They play games, so do I.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> geniuses
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