So like the title says, A local plant for a national welding supply chain hired my day job to do some welding on their compressed gas tank structures, and the torch got passed to me. The tanks have their own support frame that sits on a sub frame made from angle iron thats about 2' tall. The job is ...

Glad to hear that you are up and grinding, Chris. If you don't mind, can you keep us posted IF you should hear back from them about the machine failures and also about price diff in the machines. What I had/have at the repair shop is the wep 17-150 quick, and they shipped me a wepba 17-150 quick ds...

New grinder showed up yesterday in the mail. I cut about 3' of 1/8" plate with it just now with the volt meter plugged in just encase. He sent me the DS version with the break so maybe not exactly apples to apples but it seems to be working fine. Hope I didn't just jinx my a self....sent me a b...

I honestly didn't go to metabo asking for a new grinder, I went to them asking what I could check or do to figure out what I was doing to cook two of them so fast. When I told them the facts stated above about cord and breaker size, and my voltage readings they offered to make the situation right wi...

In so many words Metabo basically said if my power readings are what they say they are(and they never doubted them) that the fault must be with the tool in some way but made no assumptions to what exactly failed. In their defense, as soon as I actually told them I had bought the grinder and had the ...

Metabo got back to me, I guess presented with the facts we had to conclude I got two lemons in a row and they offered to ship me a third and a box of cut off wheels for my troubles. Can't really argue with that or a company that stands behind their products. Hopefully third time lucky...or I just se...

hey Chris, did ya get a really good deal on the grinder. Sometimes the mfg has refurbs they want to get rid of. Just a thought. A fella out this way has a bunch of "refurbs" and used units for sale "cheap". A acquaintance of mine said "stay the hell away from 'em". No ...

The voltage issue there warning you about, is like low voltage either from line drop from a long cord or running off a maxed out generator. Common scenarios in construction. Sounds like they may have gotten a bad batch of brushes. You need to check the voltage at the grinder plug while the grinder ...

I guess, It just seems like the odds of getting two lemons in a row are pretty slim, /shrug. Although I do have extremely bad luck....probably shouldn't be using grinders in the first place tbh. I thought it was the same grinder you had repaired and it's back in the repair shop again. I agree 2 dif...

Yeah it’s 120. The election checked the ground and everything. I have 3 other 13.2 or .5 amp metabos I run off the same circuits with the same ext cords and have zero problems /shrug. I havent been able to use it enough to try it out at home, it’s currently at the shop awaiting a new motor. Im tryi...

Yeah it’s 120. The election checked the ground and everything. I have 3 other 13.2 or .5 amp metabos I run off the same circuits with the same ext cords and have zero problems /shrug. I havent been able to use it enough to try it out at home, it’s currently at the shop awaiting a new motor. Im tryin...

First off: I'm new here and not really sure this is the right place for this, but I'm not sure where else to go with it? if you have a better suggestion please suggest! I recently bought the above mentioned Metabo, started using it, instantly in-love. Unfortunately the love did not last long and abo...