Repairing Angle Grinders

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Makita makes the customer a winner here, the fact they sell the parts 👍

I like how you explained the testing process on your multi-meter, alot of guys skip over that important part.

I am glad to see somebody take the time and effort to repair perfectly serviceable power tools. In most cases they would end up in a land fill.

Excellent work. I'm also pleased to see that Makita is willing to supply parts, let alone for less than the price of a new tool. That's getting frustratingly rare these days.

What a really interesting video, and great to watch. No irritating background music, just logical, factual, and interesting. Thank you!

That little tip about backing it out a couple turns when driving into plastic thread was really useful, thank you.

Can you imagine how incredible our world would be if everyone had the thoroughness, the lucidity, and the integrity of Mike here? There would be no need for courts and judges. Bravo for this excellent video Mike. Thank you. And thank you Makita for still making this practice possible!

Now you have a lifetime supply of angle grinders. Nice.

Massively satisfying. Hard to find people with the patience to just fix it and not throw it away these days.

Nicely done, the mere fact that you can disassemble them speaks to the quality of the build of some of the older grinders

As an old motor rewinder aboard some our country's finest ships, I applaud you for the work you did and for the excellent video you made.

Makita should sponsor you. I don't need a Makita grinder, but I almost want to buy one. Looks like quality.

And he never had to worry about changing attachments for different uses again. Gratz dude.

10 out of 10 my friend! I LOVE THE TIP/HACK @ 17:22 "when running a course thread screw back into plastic turn it in reverse until you get the click so that you use the old thread and don't cut new ones, "GENIUS"!

You sir are rare commodity, not many can turn garbage into gold.

My cousin used to buy their saws in bulk and would give them to his kid when they died, he fixed them and sold them on. I am amazed at the parts support and ease of repair for Makita- things aren't glued together and soldered so you can actually fix them I saw one tool with soldered brush wires

I am in my mid 50's and find myself back in school learning to weld. This is awesome to see as I'm using the hell out of my grinder and may need to do this. "A grinder & paint for the welder I aint" Thank you!

I used to work at a fabrication shop briefly, I told them I was good at fixing stuff and they had a pile of tools about two bootfulls worth, including lots of these grinders and hikoki ones, among lots of other dead tools. I managed to fix more than half of them but using good parts from different dead ones. Soon learned the common failures for each brand. Was good fun. This video really reminded me of that job. Nice job. I had like 6 dewalt 1/2 impact drivers that all failed the same way, at the cable strain relief clamp, ironically the screws had been so tight from factory it would just shear the copper wires inside. I thought about buying them as it was pretty obviously a factory issue and knew there would be a lotttt out there in the world with the same fault. But they just aren't worth any money anymore as everyone has gone cordless.

This stuff is like lawnmowers. If you're running a business it's much cheaper to simply replace broken tools than try to fix them. However, for the person with time you can bring "trash" back to life. Makes me sick to think how much of this stuff is simply thrown in a dumpster. Computers too.