Makita 9564CV 4-1/2-Inch SJS™ High-Power Angle Grinder

Good tool

Love it. A little more pricey than some competitors, but works great, and can slow the speed down, which is very helpful with flexible rust removal discs.

my husband lost his a while back. It was one of his favorite work tools. So I bought it for him for his Christmas gift. He was extatic!

I've not purchased every type of grinder to compare to this Makita, but I purchased this tool for three reasons: good location for the on/off switch, variable speed, soft start. Its the first 4.5" grinder I've owned and I didn't realize how versatile it is. I've already used it for cutting, sanding, grinding, cleaning rust with a wire brush assembly.The tool isn't very heavy, but when grinding, you need to use two hands to keep it steady. It includes a hand grip that can be placed on either side of the grinder (or removed) which is a big help doing body work in tight places when you can't control which way you hold the tool.The variable speed is especially handy for auto body work when you just want to clear away rust with a brush attachment, you put it on low speed and you won't damage the metal. For this reason alone I highly recommend the variable speed. With a brush attachment, I've now done in 6 weeks about 10 years of painting jobs because there wasn't a fast easy way to remove the rust. Well, now I have it.The grinder is very powerful for its size; I was using this at a remote site with a 2000 watt generator, and you can hear the generator labor when you really bear down cutting or grinding (although a 2000 watt generator will produce 16 amps, more than enough for the tool)Its been a while since I bought a tool that I've used this much and enjoyed. I put off cleaning an extremely rusted metal mailbox post for about 10 years. I tried hand brushing, sanders, and couldn't really get rid of all the rust. This tool took it off in under 10 minutes and I had it sealed with some POR-15 all in under 30 minutes.If you're doing more than just cutting, get the variable speed: it makes this tool twice as useful.One oddity: when I received this tool, it was dusty, almost like somebody from the factory with dirty gloves had picked it up and not bothered cleaning it. But the tool looked unused, I wiped it down and it clearly had never been used, and I have no issue, so I don't know if mine is an odd case, or whether the QC guy isn't careful.

I am a DeWalt guy pretty much all the time but my DW grinder simply burned up the motor with not much use. This one is great! It cuts through steel very easily. Great tool, so far.After a bit of use, I find the lockout button very hard to engage.

I chose this grinder for the speed control. I'm surprised it's not much more popular than it is. In a grinder, the dial speed control is much more appropriate than a variable speed trigger. My hands are not big, so like all the rest, this grinder is frequently a 2-handed operation. I'm a Mikita man.

Great grinder lasted several jobs and still going

I got this so I could slow it way down to cut window glass (with the garden hose keeping the glass cool). It worked and I was able to cut some of my 3/4 inch glass around some of my glass sculptures. It was smooth in operation.