Metabo 5inch grinder

Just got done cleaning and greasing this metabo w 1080-125rt 5 inch 10a grinder. Took in total about 4 hours to clean . I completely cleaned out the gear box of the old grease and put new and cleaned everything else good. The grinder is the welding shops at my school at took it home and clean her up real good, i have included some pictures from what it looked like before and after 🙂 have a good one thanks for stopping by 

wow, good job man. Wish I had the confidence to attempt something like that.

dwain wrote:

4 hours ago, dwain said:

wow, good job man. Wish I had the confidence to attempt something like that.

Thanks man 🙂 have a good one 

Looks awesome man. I’m thinking you should start a side business cleaning up used tools!

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kruton wrote:

33 minutes ago, kruton said:

Looks awesome man. I’m thinking you should start a side business cleaning up used tools!

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Nice job Trevor, I’ll send some grubby tools your way, lol!

wildroamer wrote:

2 hours ago, wildroamer said:

Nice job Trevor, I’ll send some grubby tools your way, lol!

thanks man sure thing just send them on down 🙂 lol what grubby tools do u have 

Looks a lot better now that you cleaned it up

Logan wrote:

1 minute ago, Logan said:

Looks a lot better now that you cleaned it up

thanks man 🙂 have a good one 

Love it, definitely a worthy tool to do that to!

KnarlyCarl wrote:

3 hours ago, KnarlyCarl said:

Love it, definitely a worthy tool to do that to!

thanks man to be truthful i think its not very good it boggs down easy and quality is norm. i will take my makitas over that anyday maybe it was just this on but man i wasnt very impressed 🙂 thanks for stopping bye have a good one 

I like how you snuck your makita tools into the picture.

Jronman wrote:

2 hours ago, Jronman said:

I like how you snuck your makita tools into the picture.

Lol got to get them in some how 😉 

CATERPILLAR wrote:

9 hours ago, CATERPILLAR said:

Lol got to get them in some how 😉 

I may or may not have a habit of doing that with my Milwaukee hehe

KnarlyCarl wrote:

40 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:

I may or may not have a habit of doing that with my Milwaukee hehe

Lol sneaky ?

you want an ultimate grinder, get a hold of a Walter, now you may not have heard of this grinder name but I will tell you they are probably the best grinders in the tool industry…..

Here

comp56 wrote:

6 minutes ago, comp56 said:

you want an ultimate grinder, get a hold of a Walter, now you may not have heard of this grinder name but I will tell you they are probably the best grinders in the tool industry…..

Here

Have heard of them a couple times thats what i heard people praising to metabo and to be truthful wasnt very impressed with this grinder ot the other metabo at my school bog down to easy compared to my makita i will take a makita or bosch any day over metabo the only reason why metabo are a slightly better is over load protection but still i will take a makita 5 inch made in georgia over a german made metabo 😉 i will check out walter have a good one 

CATERPILLAR wrote:

5 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:

Have heard of them a couple times thats what i heard people praising to metabo and to be truthful wasnt very impressed with this grinder ot the other metabo at my school bog down to easy compared to my makita i will take a makita or bosch any day over metabo 😉 i will check out walter have a good one 

and see I like my Milwaukee grinder however if someone gave me a Walter I would throw the Milwaukee away….that is how much confidence I have with Walter….I have many hours of grinding with all kinds of Walters and hands down best grinder out there ….if you are using a Walter grinder and are not happy with it 2 things could be wrong:

NO.1 you don’t know how to use a grinder and broke it

NO.2 the grinder is broken refer to NO.1

comp56 wrote:

3 minutes ago, comp56 said:

and see I like my Milwaukee grinder however if someone gave me a Walter I would throw the Milwaukee away….that is how much confidence I have with Walter….I have many hours of grinding with all kinds of Walters and hands down best grinder out there ….

I wish i could get my hands on one to take apart to look at they look a hell of alot better than metabo in your video 

comp56 wrote:

11 minutes ago, comp56 said:

and see I like my Milwaukee grinder however if someone gave me a Walter I would throw the Milwaukee away….that is how much confidence I have with Walter….I have many hours of grinding with all kinds of Walters and hands down best grinder out there ….if you are using a Walter grinder and are not happy with it 2 things could be wrong:

NO.1 you don’t know how to use a grinder and broke it

NO.2 the grinder is broken refer to NO.1

Do u own a walter or have just used one also congrats on becoming a moderator?you deserved it 

I had one but it was stolen and at the time I replaced it with Milwaukee never did get a new one only because I wasn’t grinding as much,,,,,

comp56 wrote:

1 minute ago, comp56 said:

I had one but it was stolen and at the time I replaced it with Milwaukee never did get a new one only because I wasn’t grinding as much,,,,,

Sorry to hear that man i am to loyal to makita to get one lol and plus they are double the price mabye one day.with the makitas i have had very good luck and many hours with them and like there quality  🙂 

I’ll run a Metabo all day everyday, and sometimes do. Absolutely love the grinders and the prices I got mine at. That being said I want to pick up a Walter and a Fein, but they are hard to find locally.

Stercorarius wrote:

5 hours ago, Stercorarius said:

I’ll run a Metabo all day everyday, and sometimes do. Absolutely love the grinders and the prices I got mine at. That being said I want to pick up a Walter and a Fein, but they are hard to find locally.

Dont u have cordless or do u have some corded metabo too

Stercorarius wrote:

6 hours ago, Stercorarius said:

I’ll run a Metabo all day everyday, and sometimes do. Absolutely love the grinders and the prices I got mine at. That being said I want to pick up a Walter and a Fein, but they are hard to find locally.

CATERPILLAR wrote:

19 minutes ago, CATERPILLAR said:

Dont u have cordless or do u have some corded metabo too

Your Metabo was probably older, the new ones are much more powerful, more so than your Makita probably..

Also, Walter cordless grinders are rebranded Metabo, so no difference there.

Stercorarius wrote:

6 hours ago, Stercorarius said:

I’ll run a Metabo all day everyday, and sometimes do. Absolutely love the grinders and the prices I got mine at. That being said I want to pick up a Walter and a Fein, but they are hard to find locally.

yes that is one of the reasons I didn’t bother to get another Walter, they are not sold openly as the other brands they cater more so to mainly industrial industry and are not trying to be mainstream.

KnarlyCarl wrote:

10 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:

 

 

Your Metabo was probably older, the new ones are much more powerful, more so than your Makita probably..

 

 

Also, Walter cordless grinders are rebranded Metabo, so no difference there.

and some Metabo’s were rebranded bosch so what gives who makes what…

KnarlyCarl wrote:

33 minutes ago, KnarlyCarl said:

 

 

Your Metabo was probably older, the new ones are much more powerful, more so than your Makita probably..

 

 

Also, Walter cordless grinders are rebranded Metabo, so no difference there.

I dont care as much about power as reliability  and walters do look alot like metabos plus my makita is only a year old 

CATERPILLAR wrote:

4 hours ago, CATERPILLAR said:

Dont u have cordless or do u have some corded metabo too

I have two corded Metabos, a rat tail and a flat head. I love them. I had a bunch of Metabo cordless stuff including a die grinder and a 4.5″ brushless grinder along with 4 6.2ah batteries, one 5.5 and three 3.somethings, but we know how well that ended.

comp56 wrote:

4 hours ago, comp56 said:

and some Metabo’s were rebranded bosch so what gives who makes what…

 

Bosch grinders i have bought and used have all seemed mechanically nice, but are a hit and miss on ergonomics. Did any of the guys run Boschs back in your shop days?

comp56 wrote:

4 hours ago, comp56 said:

yes that is one of the reasons I didn’t bother to get another Walter, they are not sold openly as the other brands they cater more so to mainly industrial industry and are not trying to be mainstream.

Yeah, I’ve been eyeballing some Fein grinders on clearance at CPO and have started looking around at Walter. I’ll probably wait to kill at least one of my grinders before I jump on anything though.

Stercorarius wrote:

1 hour ago, Stercorarius said:

Bosch grinders i have bought and used have all seemed mechanically nice, but are a hit and miss on ergonomics. Did any of the guys run Boschs back in your shop days?

Yeah, I’ve been eyeballing some Fein grinders on clearance at CPO and have started looking around at Walter. I’ll probably wait to kill at least one of my grinders before I jump on anything though.

when I was working in the fab shop Walter was NO.1 corded and big, but bullet proof…….Milwaukee was a close second and Makita was the last resort no one wanted to grab the Makita’s ………this was a big shop any given time there was over 100 guys on the floor and probably 20 -30 using grinders at any given time not even close to serious DIYer’s….Porter Cable came into the picture for awhile but couldn’t stand up and didn’t last long……..

JIMBO!!! you need this grinder please. @JimboS1ice

comp56 wrote:

53 minutes ago, comp56 said:

when I was working in the fab shop Walter was NO.1 corded and big, but bullet proof…….Milwaukee was a close second and Makita was the last resort no one wanted to grab the Makita’s ………this was a big shop any given time there was over 100 guys on the floor and probably 20 -30 using grinders at any given time not even close to serious DIYer’s….Porter Cable came into the picture for awhile but couldn’t stand up and didn’t last long……..

Why was makita last 

Stercorarius wrote:

Yeah, I’ve been eyeballing some Fein grinders on clearance at CPO and have started looking around at Walter. I’ll probably wait to kill at least one of my grinders before I jump on anything though.

Jronman wrote:

JIMBO!!! you need this grinder please. @JimboS1ice

JimboS1ice wrote:

On 12/11/2016 at 3:56 PM, JimboS1ice said:

The Walter?


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yes… and the Bosch and Makita and Metabo… might as well have all the grinders.