erbauer chaser

ExArmy · Oct 11, 2012

Erbauer ERB383WCH 125mm Wall Chaser 230-240V | Screwfix.com

for £70 these are worth it! i'd reccomend to anybody

D80 · Oct 11, 2012

I'd recommend to anybody at the normal price of £100. £70 is a bargain and then some!

a-z electrics · Oct 12, 2012

just ordered one!! better be good..........

1shortcircuit · Oct 12, 2012

Happy dusting

amlu · Oct 12, 2012

yeah, got one for £100. very very dusty but does the job fine.

ExArmy · Oct 12, 2012

they are not that dusty, if you go slow and always go backwards and use a decent hoover

i=p/u · Oct 12, 2012

Until you hit a spot where bricky filled a big gap with mortor , some dust when chasing unless good Hoover , be good to yourself where glasses and mask

i=p/u · Oct 12, 2012

Good price too , doesn't come with blades tho. I bought Stanley fat max grinder and diamond blade separate.

electric will · Oct 12, 2012

I got the sparky one, hardly and dust at all with Hoover connected, could use in a occupied house.

shazbutz · Oct 31, 2012

Which one did you go for electric will, 125 or 230 discs?

DNS1 · Oct 31, 2012

Cheers for the recommendations chaps.

I'm in the market for a chaser and have looked at the Erbauer one but wasn't sure. It seemed a bit too cheap to be good.

I'm assuming it's not in the Makita/Bosch blue/DeWalt quality bracket. What could you compare the brand to? Ryobi?

Kiers1970 · Oct 31, 2012

God, I swear I'm addicted to power tools... Spent 4 ton today alone.... Now I want one of these...

AP Electrical · Oct 31, 2012

Kiers1970 said:
God, I swear I'm addicted to power tools... Spent 4 ton today alone.... Now I want one of these...

I try not going into shops for odds and sods anymore as I always end up buying half the shop.

MarkieSparkie · Oct 31, 2012

DNS1 said:
Cheers for the recommendations chaps.

I'm in the market for a chaser and have looked at the Erbauer one but wasn't sure. It seemed a bit too cheap to be good.

I'm assuming it's not in the Makita/Bosch blue/DeWalt quality bracket. What could you compare the brand to? Ryobi?

The other value for money chaser you should consider is the annual Powercraft offering from Aldi. Both the chaser and the dust extractor usually both offered at the same time are excellent, putting many more well known brands to shame. Aldi's Powercraft agents offer a full spares and servicing backup for all their power tools.

electric will · Nov 1, 2012

shazbutz said:
Which one did you go for electric will, 125 or 230 discs?

just the smaller one, I think it's 115mm light e ought to just one handed if you have to stretch to the ceiling.
must use a Hoover though, I've had the pipe come off as ive been "stretching" to the ceiling, not very nice, covered in dust before you realise

fjr1300 · Nov 4, 2012

I Have the Sparky version and have chased rock walls with great success.

As for the dust, check and see which way the disks rotate because if you chase one way, the dust gets pushed out of the slots you have just cut.
For example, if I cut from floor to ceiling I get loads of dust even with the hoover attached, holding the chaser the same way and cut ceiling down to floor I get less - the cutting disks fling the bits/dust towards the extraction hose outlet
You WILL still get a very fine dust though so open windows and use masks/goggles/ear defender (Its loud !!)

Also you will find cutting with the rotation causes the tool to ride up in the slot so it won't be not deep enough and if you don't have a good hold, it will try and run away with you - This mainly happens when you suddenly hit a hard patch

If you do a lot of chasing think about getting a good large extraction hoover, my cheap wet&dry vac with 20Ltr paper bags get clogged in a few mins so the suction drops very quickly.

Just my experience of chasing

Lee

ExArmy · Nov 4, 2012

fjr1300, do you go backwards with it? i mean, hold it so the on off switch is at the bottom and the blades are at the top, place it on the wall at the ceiling and pull it down to the floor? thats the way to do it. from reading your post it seems like you are going forwards with it?

sparkdog · Nov 4, 2012

I got the Erbauer one when it was full price.Seems fine.I think how much dust you get all depends on the quality of the hoover.

fjr1300 · Nov 5, 2012

ExArmy said:
fjr1300, do you go backwards with it? i mean, hold it so the on off switch is at the bottom and the blades are at the top, place it on the wall at the ceiling and pull it down to the floor? thats the way to do it. from reading your post it seems like you are going forwards with it?

Can't remember exactly which way since it's been a while since I've used it but I was trying to point out (with the Sparky anyway) that if you use it one way the dust gets thrown out of the slots you've just cut, the other way the dust has a chance of being held inside the case and then get drawn up.
Just have a play with the chaser and see which way is the best - I assume not all the chasers rotate in the same direction and some have extraction hoses at the front, some at the rear.

Lee

LeckyBill · Nov 5, 2012

I got the erbauer one from electrofix over a year ago its still on the blades that come with it

Rappid · Nov 5, 2012

I got the erbauer, it's srewfix's own brand and comes with a 2 year guarantee.

Skimpy Wan · Feb 22, 2013

Hi,

I contacted Screwfix today to order a 'Erbauer ERB125Y 125mm Wall Chaser' (Erbauer ERB125Y 125mm Wall Chaser 230V | Screwfix.com), but these are out of stock and apparently they have been discontinued. They do however have a 'Erbauer ERB383WCH 125mm Wall Chaser' (Erbauer ERB383WCH 125mm Wall Chaser 230-240V | Screwfix.com) - both for £99.99.

Which one do people have and recommend as I want to order one tomorrow?

Thanks in advance.

Skimpy Wan

Stuuk1 · Feb 22, 2013

May be of no help, but I got mine from Fixmart, its made by Clark, and does the job just great. The only issue I had is that the Hoover attachment has jammed and I cannot open it now! Nevermnd though, a hard push and the hose fits in ok.

amlu · Feb 22, 2013

Skimpy Wan said:
Hi,

I contacted Screwfix today to order a 'Erbauer ERB125Y 125mm Wall Chaser' (Erbauer ERB125Y 125mm Wall Chaser 230V | Screwfix.com), but these are out of stock and apparently they have been discontinued. They do however have a 'Erbauer ERB383WCH 125mm Wall Chaser' (Erbauer ERB383WCH 125mm Wall Chaser 230-240V | Screwfix.com) - both for £99.99.

Which one do people have and recommend as I want to order one tomorrow?

Thanks in advance.

Skimpy Wan

got the second one, that one they have in stock. bit dusty sometimes but does the job no problem.

Skimpy Wan · Feb 26, 2013

Well I picked up the ERB383WCH 125mm Wall Chaser and Karcher WD2-200 Wet and Dry Hoover from Screwfix today, so I guess I'll find out just how dusty this is going to get tomorrow.

Has anyone used the Karcher Wet and Dry vacuum cleaner for chasing (or other jobs)?

Skimpy Wan · Feb 27, 2013

Well Karcher and chaser used and I thought I'd slipped into a teleportation device and ended up in the Sahara. Lucking no scorpions were found once I cleaned the filter out every 30 centimetres or so.