wall chaser ....???

[james55]

Hi all, I work for a company doing maintenance work but generally do bit am bobs and the side for myself.... I have been thinking about buying 1 of these wall chasers (double disk angle grinders basically). Do many of you guys use them??

Thanks

James

 

[7029 dave]

Hammer and bolster with plenty of guts behind it!!:8:

 

[MDJ]

Hi all, I work for a company doing maintenance work but generally do bit am bobs and the side for myself.... I have been thinking about buying 1 of these wall chasers (double disk angle grinders basically). Do many of you guys use them??

Thanks

James

Hi James, I have used one several times, they can come with bags and vacuums on them to attempt to stop the dust, however they are generally very messy. That aside though they are helpful on concrete block and my bosch 36 volt battery drill with a chisel in it usually is capable of getting the block out of the chase afterwards. Combined together it can be a god send compared to just chasing with a Kango by it's self.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

Hammer and bolster with plenty of guts behind it!!:8:

Agreed. Least messy and noisy way.

Stop been a tart.

 

[7029 dave]

spot on, when in occupied prems the dust is a round for months on end.

 

[Welchyboy1]

I do a reasonable amount of domestic rewires and refurbishments and I swear by them and use a wall chaser as much as i can

you need to buy a decent one though and decent blades!!!

i used to have the makita one(until my van got broken into)

now i have the metabo one

they are around the £500 mark

WARNING! DO NOT even attempt to use one without a vacuum!!!

with a henry hoover on the end they are very clean

just make sure you use hoover bags with the henry to catch the dust or it will get clogged up


When you master them, the chases come out very neat and tidy and are a pleasure to make good afterwards

you will also need a sds chisel drill to knock out the chases and back boxes too

if your doing alot of chasing work its a must on the van as far as im concerned and will pay for itself in a short time

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

I do a reasonable amount of domestic rewires and refurbishments and I swear by them and use a wall chaser as much as i can

you need to buy a decent one though and decent blades!!!

i used to have the makita one(until my van got broken into)

now i have the metabo one

they are around the £500 mark

WARNING! DO NOT even attempt to use one without a vacuum!!!

with a henry hoover on the end they are very clean

just make sure you use hoover bags with the henry to catch the dust or it will get clogged up


When you master them, the chases come out very neat and tidy and are a pleasure to make good afterwards

you will also need a sds chisel drill to knock out the chases and back boxes too

if your doing alot of chasing work its a must on the van as far as im concerned and will pay for itself in a short time

No way do you use one of the wall chasers, and then knock it out with a drill :-|

 

[monkeyelectric]

No way do you use one of the wall chasers, and then knock it out with a drill :-|

How would you go about it then?

 

[MDJ]

You do use a drill, you chase the 2 lines up the wall and knock the middle out with a drill Do-nut.

 

[monkeyelectric]

You do use a drill, you chase the 2 lines up the wall and knock the middle out with a drill Do-nut.

Exactly! Looks right proper neat!

 

[Badged01]

Hammer and bolster with plenty of guts behind it!!:8:

**** that! Last time i did that I ended up with calluses on my hands and it totally ruined my nails ......

 

[onions1066]

I have a metabo as well it is very good but they could do with making one where the blades are spaced about an inch and a half to take capping but if you are happy using tube they are very good.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

How would you go about it then?

One 4lb lump hammer, 1 chisel.

 

[onions1066]

One 4lb lump hammer, 1 chisel.

Thats so last year. Lol.

 

[ChrisElectrical88]

To be fair, now I would just get the apprentice to do it if we have to, and we never really have to.