Is this a wise purchase?

[recom273]

I just noticed this on fb marketplace for 300B - I have an angle grinder already.

 

Sometimes in this heat, I feel too lazy to cut some small pieces metal by hand. So this would be ideal.

 

But does this look safe, seems like a lot of trust to place in something costing 300B. 

 

 

[tgw]

it's not a real photo

 

that would be the first red flag

 

the price is another red flag, I don't see how it's possible to make such a tool for such a low price.

 

my best guess is that this is a scam

[johng]

It's most probably made of "chinesium" and so will be ok for cutting  "chinesium" or other very soft materials like aluminium

or copper tube, other harder materials would have to be cut slowly and with a much thinner blade than shown 

1 mm cut off disc very gingerly ????

[Peterw42]

Is 300 baht including the angle grinder or just the jig ? If you visit those MR DIY chain of stores they have heaps of tools (without the grinder) for that price. New it would probably be the same price

[recom273]

9 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Is 300 baht including the angle grinder or just the jig ? If you visit those MR DIY chain of stores they have heaps of tools (without the grinder) for that price. New it would probably be the same price

 

Yes, it’s new - of course it doesn’t include the grinder. 
 

Like the other poster says, you couldn’t make the thing for 300B, so how safe is it? 

 

 

[recom273]

16 minutes ago, johng said:

It's most probably made of "chinesium" and so will be ok for cutting  "chinesium" or other very soft materials like aluminium

or copper tube, other harder materials would have to be cut slowly and with a much thinner blade than shown 

1 mm cut off disc very gingerly ????

 
yeah, that’s what I was thinking - look at the base, it’s plastic.
 

I will give it just for chopping bits of stud and the like.

[Peterw42]

21 minutes ago, recom273 said:

 

Yes, it’s new - of course it doesn’t include the grinder. 
 

Like the other poster says, you couldn’t make the thing for 300B, so how safe is it? 

 

 

 

We cant make it for 300 baht but Chinese can make it for 27 baht.

I'm always amazed just how cheap chinese stuff is MR DIY/ Lazada etc.  

 

I bought a digitial multimeter the other day for 98 baht

 

[BenDeCosta]

That's $9.60, and could well turn out to be the biggest regret in your life when it breaks and cuts your hand in half. Almost all of the tools I have bought here have broken within a couple of uses, the exception being Mr DIY, which is not only cheap, but seems to not stock the ultra cheap Chinese trash that you find on Lazada, actually they are reasonable quality. Probably because they have actual stores, they'd get a lot of angry customers if they sold that <deleted> that breaks when you first use it.

[recom273]

44 minutes ago, BenDeCosta said:

That's $9.60, and could well turn out to be the biggest regret in your life when it breaks and cuts your hand in half. Almost all of the tools I have bought here have broken within a couple of uses, the exception being Mr DIY, which is not only cheap, but seems to not stock the ultra cheap Chinese trash that you find on Lazada, actually they are reasonable quality. Probably because they have actual stores, they'd get a lot of angry customers if they sold that <deleted> that breaks when you first use it.

Exactly .. thanks for the reality check. 
 

There isn’t a Mr DIY here - but I found some better constructed jigs for 350B on Lazada. 

[recom273]

46 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

 

We cant make it for 300 baht but Chinese can make it for 27 baht.

I'm always amazed just how cheap chinese stuff is MR DIY/ Lazada etc.  

 

I bought a digitial multimeter the other day for 98 baht

 

Yup, but is multi meter won’t shatter and drop on your foot spinning away with no kill switch. 

[BenDeCosta]

Cheap hand tools that break when you use them aren't really a problem. Something that is plugged into the mains and could go flying and cut your face off is a whole new level of dangerous. I don't like using angle grinders in the UK even when I have bought good quality ones from a reputable outlet. I would be terrified of using one of these.

[Yellowtail]

To me it looks like an accident waiting to happen, plus you have to store it. 

 

Buy a vice to hold the material, or if you have a lot of cuts just buy a hot-saw.

[Crossy]

I like my power tools to shut off when I let go.

 

Neither of my baby angle-grinders do so I use them very carefully only hand held.

 

We have a Stanley 14" chop saw which cuts pretty much anything metallic, it came with a free angle grinder.