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

 

[PEG]

Myself and a pal modified a Hilti chaser years ago with diamond blades and stacked centre blades on dado wobble mounts. It was slow but did chase in one pass,problem was the chunks it produced required a massive industrial vacuum. It is the reason you never saw me on dragons den with it...this time next year,Rodney...

 

[Lee_Dicks]

I have a mikita one and it works really well (with good blades and a henry)
Saves a day of hard work at least! (if chisling red brick)

 

[Paul P]

I have used the AEG one and the martarbo and find the matarbo the better, we always use the matarbo vibrating hover as well.

 

[joelypops]

I got a Clarke one from machine mart. Quite noisy but works an absolute treat. So long as you start at the top and pull it down the wall. If you push up it tries to climb out of the chase and throws all the dust out the back..

 

[monkeyelectric]

One 4lb lump hammer, 1 chisel.

You know electricity has been invented right?

 

[monkeyelectric]

I got a Clarke one from machine mart. Quite noisy but works an absolute treat. So long as you start at the top and pull it down the wall. If you push up it tries to climb out of the chase and throws all the dust out the back..

I had one of them for a day and i was so unhappy with it i took it back!

 

[Englishman]

Get the Metabo with a hoover, they're superb.

 

[Tridentsystems]

Mini trunking , looks lovely. Self adhesive doesn't even need screwing ! You know it makes sense

 

[Welchyboy1]

I have used the AEG one and the martarbo and find the matarbo the better, we always use the matarbo vibrating hover as well.

I had the AEG one too, the first chaser i bought, i now have the metabo i think they are roughly the same design, i dont think AEG make one any longer???


any spark who still does the majority of his chasing with a hammer and chisel cant have to do that much of it or is seriously loosing out on time and money on jobs

On an empty house rewire i can have the whole place chased out and ready for wiring in a few hours, i wouldnt even consider a hammer and chisel, only for the finishing touches

 

[midgetman]

Dot and dab

 

[flyingsparc]

On average I need one half a dozen times a year, so not masses of use, I got one of these a couple of years ago after Metabo finally packed up after 10 years -

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

I only ever use it with a vacuum for dust extraction and it has a power-take-off for the chaser, which is very handy to be able to start and stop both chaser and vacuum via the chaser.

Vacuum like this one- Nilfisk ALTO Aero 25-21 1400W Wet & Dry Vacuum Cleaner 230V | Screwfix.com#