07-09-2014, 02:53 PM
Crawdad Wrote:I buy HF stuff for small home projects, but I tend to buy good stuff for multiple uses. A grinder is one of them. Between cutting metal or removing rust you can't beat a Dewalt. Mine has lasted me for five years and I see it lasting even more. I bought a circular saw fir cutting pavers and luckily I bought the ext warrantee. I returned two of them over the past three months. Its a dirty job and didn't want to ruin my Dewalt circ saw. I like having excuses to go back to HF! half is one f those "You get what you pay for" store.
Go as big as you can on the air compressor. A 5hp, 60 gal or bigger is best, good deals on CL bc these can be rather pricey. I have a 5 hp 80 gal compressor and hopefully it will do a good job with a blasting cabinet. Stay away from HF when it comes to compressors. Even with a warrantee, it would be a bear to return when these things can be 400-600 lbs!
Yeah Circular saw I bought a makita a while back used when I was renovatting my house in AR and it still works like a champ had to have a new power cord put in it at one point but been fine other then that.
As for compressor I am watching CL and will pick up an Iwanna at some point thinking unless something hits me I should be able to do a grand come the 1st of the month hopping to find a good 7hp one in that price range as I wanna try media blasting myself, at least that is my ecscuse to by a bigger compressor, at least that way I have the compressor if I determine I can't handle the media blasting, it may slow me back a little if I can't but hopefully not too bad.