chasing

[Dave_]

Alright lads,

Just bought a makita chaser and Hoover. Lovely bit of kit.

I'd love to make my life even easier and get an angle grinder to cut out holes for back boxes...

Does anybody have advice on what grinder to buy? I'd like one that can cut 35mm deep and that is quite light so I can have the Hoover in one hand and the grinder in another. I do love Bosch professional tools and see they do a 125mm diameter grinder but I'm not sure of the cutting depth.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Dave

 

[markc123]

You after battery or mains?

 

[Richard Burns]

If you are going to use a grinder for back boxes then just use the chaser, it has better depth control.

A 125mm grinder will manage 35mm deep, but will spread the cut well outside the box area.

 

[onions1066]

Whatever you get I would not recommend holding a grinder in one hand if it snatches your next post will be " what's the best drill to buy if I only have 1 hand ?"

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Alright lads,

Just bought a makita chaser and Hoover. Lovely bit of kit.

I'd love to make my life even easier and get an angle grinder to cut out holes for back boxes...

Does anybody have advice on what grinder to buy? I'd like one that can cut 35mm deep and that is quite light so I can have the Hoover in one hand and the grinder in another. I do love Bosch professional tools and see they do a 125mm diameter grinder but I'm not sure of the cutting depth.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Dave

bosch blue, makita, dewalt, metabo or milwaukee.....the rest are turd...
i use makita stuff myself....
dont make the mistake of buying a 230V one because its in a domestic property and so its `allright`...
not so....even a domestic property is counted as a place of work..if you are carrying out install there...so choose a 110V one wont you....

 

[sparkdog]

Loads of dust with an angle grinder.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Loads of dust with an angle grinder.

yes but if the property is in a state of reconstruction...then i wouldn`t waste time arsin about with a box sinker

 

[ayjay]

take my advice a wide SHARP chisel is far better
up to u

 

[Dave 85]

bosch blue, makita, dewalt, metabo or milwaukee.....the rest are turd...
i use makita stuff myself....
dont make the mistake of buying a 230V one because its in a domestic property and so its `allright`...
not so....even a domestic property is counted as a place of work..if you are carrying out install there...so choose a 110V one wont you....

110v tools?
On a domestic job?
Never!!!

 

[Sharpend]

I think you'll find it is a requirement. The actual written verse escapes me just now.

 

[Dave 85]

I think you'll find it is a requirement. The actual written verse escapes me just now.

Im not gonna lose any sleep over it

 

[SYKRAPS]

I use an apprentice...............in between him making brews of course lol

 

[Dave_]

110 a requirement? I just bought a 240 drill cos I'm fed up of lugging a tranny around. Id be interested to know of this requirement?

I have loads of Bosch blue kit in 10.8v and 18. I'm considering the 18v Bosch blue. The wall chaser is great for switches but a pig for a double socket that's around 300mm to the top! You cant really see what your cutting. Hard to get that low down when your 6ft!

I agree that using a Hoover with one hand and a grinder with the other is not the safest, I see builders (with five digits on each hand) do it all the time but that justifies nothing....

 

[Elmer BeFuddled]

Take it from someone who's had an angle grinder bounce off his nut when relieving tension in his left hand, luckily just the body, not the spinning disc. Never use an angle grinder one handed. There. I think the safety warnings are sorted.

 

[londonfire]

I find it easiest to cut the plaster with a multi tool and finish off with a chisel tip on the sds. That way i dont need to do any repairs around the socket just fill the chase.

 

[Mr.Si]

If you are going to use a grinder for back boxes then just use the chaser, it has better depth control.

A 125mm grinder will manage 35mm deep, but will spread the cut well outside the box area.

I can confirm this!

 

[telectrix]

makes me wonder how houses ever got wired before all these wonderful labour saving electrically powered tools were invented. for example. this is how we used to drill joists.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

110v tools?
On a domestic job?
Never!!!

David: regardless of wether its a domestic scenario or not is neither here nor there....its still classed as a site...a place of work and as such 110V tools should be used...

 

[imago]

David: regardless of wether its a domestic scenario or not is neither here nor there....its still classed as a site...a place of work and as such 110V tools should be used...

There is no requirement to automatically use 110v equipment, the requirement is for the person responsible to carry out a risk assessment and act accordingly.

 

[telectrix]

exactly. weigh the risk of electocution against the risk of a hernia dragging a 3kva tranny up several flights of stairs.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

There is no requirement to automatically use 110v equipment, the requirement is for the person responsible to carry out a risk assessment and act accordingly.

should be used

 

[GLENNSPARK]

exactly. weigh the risk of electocution against the risk of a hernia dragging a 3kva tranny up several flights of stairs.

lol....old git...lol....

 

[imago]

Does red text mean it's a regulation?

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Does red text mean it's a regulation?

no....just a `guidance note` mate...lol..
anyway..its up to the individual...but i just wouldn`t use 230V out at work....

 

[GLENNSPARK]

exactly. weigh the risk of electocution against the risk of a hernia dragging a 3kva tranny up several flights of stairs.

whats up with leaving it at the bottom of the stairs then...and using a 110V commando extention...otherwise your kind of defeating the object of using it in the first plaec....

 

[imago]

no....just a `guidance note` mate...lol..
anyway..its up to the individual...but i just wouldn`t use 230V out at work....

Gotta love those guidance notes

 

[Guitarist]

110v OR RCD protection if using 230v equipment is recommended. Some sites won't allow you on with 230v gear though, so if that's going to be an issue then go for 110v.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

110v OR RCD protection if using 230v equipment is recommended. Some sites won't allow you on with 230v gear though, so if that's going to be an issue then go for 110v.

this is it guitarist...why go buying 2 sets of tools....when 110V covers it?...

 

[imago]

this is it guitarist...why go buying 2 sets of tools....when 110V covers it?...

Quite right, but maybe 'when either 230v or 110v covers it' is more accurate. It all depends on where and under what circumstances you do your work.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Quite right, but maybe 'when either 230v or 110v covers it' is more accurate. It all depends on where and under what circumstances you do your work.

well...when you buys your gear...you takes your choice...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i just wouldn`t use 230V myself...and if and when i eventually decide to take on an apprentice of my own...i wouldn`t accept him turning up wit 230V stuff either...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

and god help him if he ever turned up with monstrosities like this:

 

[Guitarist]

230v doesn't bother me tbh, and there are no actual rules against it, just as long as there is RCD protection. I don't go on big sites who enforce this policy, because I hate working with other trades...

 

[GLENNSPARK]

230v doesn't bother me tbh, and there are no actual rules against it, just as long as there is RCD protection. I don't go on big sites who enforce this policy, because I hate working with other trades...

guitarist....nothings cast in stone mate...
i just prefer 110V...like i says...thats just me....

 

[amlu]

i got a 125mm makita grinder for back boxes. easier on the hands 1.6kilo weight, you can do precise cuts.
bit dusty only for unoccupied properties.
was 60 quid i screwfix a a month ago.

 

[PEM]

I use a worx sonic for chasing out sockets. Works great on plaster, block work and reasonable brickwork.

Blades are cheap on eBay and cuts out a double with little dust and total accuracy in less than 5 minutes.

Lot safer than an angle grinder.

 

[derek]

You can get dust shrouds for grinders that you attach a vacuum cleaner to , some are better designed than others. Some allegedly are so good you can use them in an occupied house without a problem. Saves using one hand as well.

 

[simpson93]

sds with chisel for me :>

 

[tom79bmth]

whats up with leaving it at the bottom of the stairs then...and using a 110V commando extention...otherwise your kind of defeating the object of using it in the first plaec....

I would be more worried about someone tripping over it and falling down the stairs

 

[GLENNSPARK]

I would be more worried about someone tripping over it and falling down the stairs

eh?...lol
rather than maintain safety aspects of 55V to earth....you would happily run 230V extentions upstairs....and probably site the transformer next to where your working?...
LOL...LOL...