Help wanted for my dead B&D grinder

[brittwo]

I am looking for a switch for my old and trusty grinder No P5912 It seems that nobody stocks this switch anymore. The company must have made millions of them but it seems they are all gone. Is there anybody out there who knows some company that still has one left
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[noseall]

Try here...

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[longdogs]

Try here...

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At last! You have posted something that really made me laugh.

 

[longdogs]

I am looking for a switch for my old and trusty grinder No P5912 It seems that nobody stocks this switch anymore. The company must have made millions of them but it seems they are all gone. Is there anybody out there who knows some company that still has one left
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There's a good spares shop in Rayleigh, Essex but no good if you are in France.

 

[ladylola]

Had a similar problem with an angle grinder so I bypassed the switch and put a bog standard light switch into the lead. Crude but effective.

 

[festive]

you tried RS or Farnell ?

 

[noseall]

Have you tried buying a new one?

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I am looking for a switch for my old and knackered grinder

Fixed that for you.

 

[Trazor]

Had a similar problem with an angle grinder so I bypassed the switch and put a bog standard light switch into the lead. Crude but effective.

Dangerous beyond belief.

 

[ladylola]

Why so ? Simply a tool with a switch in a different place.
Now the circular bench saw I once had that came with a lead with a plug at both ends........

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Why so ? Simply a tool with a switch in a different place.

Its pretty obvious to anyone with a brain.

 

[tony1851]

Unfortunately I don't have a brain, so what exactly is the problem with putting a switch somewhere else?

 

[Corgigrouch]

Yep Lola, it's perfectly acceptable right up to the point of needing to switch off the grinder in a hurry, say when a bit of cutting disc is embedded in you..

It is acceptable in some parts of the world to simply twist bare wires together to form an extension lead too..

 

[ladylola]

Ignoring the point I never had a problem the switch was only a couple of inches from the original position.
Funnily enough I have a Mikita 5" angle grinder and find the switch on those to be poor , they easily become stiff with dust and crap .

 

[Corgigrouch]

Well if your Makita grinder is difficult to switch off then it makes sense to have it repaired or replaced....You can argue all you like but it doesn't stop our advice being the correct course..The NHS has nothing better to do than patch up idiots