Thread: Aldi tools

Hi folks - just a bit of a heads-up for anyone who might be interested ...


The weekly Aldi specials catalog showed some interesting little el cheapo tools available from today so I went down to my local Aldi store at opening time this morning to get a couple of their $15 Angle grinder stands ( one for me and one for a mate) and likewise their $20 digital vernier calipers.


Now, none of us expects much for $15 but I have to say that the angle grinder stand is a beauty for the money and will do me nicely for occasional cutting of things that I should not cut on my new Triton Steel Cutter - eg cutting down stainless steel or high tensile steel bolts. I fitted my Bosch angle grinder to it and it all goes together a treat ...


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Unfortunately, all of the angle grinder stands were sold out of my local Aldi store by lunch time but they had plenty of the digital vernier calipers. I was tempted to buy a similar el cheapo one at the same price from Carba-Tec in their Brisbane woodworking show sale last week but I am glad that I did not. The Carba-Tec ones were polycarbonate and were just lying loose on a table in the store. The Aldi ones are all stainless steel and come in a hinged, foam lined, wooden box with a spare battery...


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Once again, I won't pretend that these are anything more than $20 calipers but as my poor old eyes age, it is becoming harder to look at a steel rule against a bit of wood to ascertain if it is 7/8 inch or 3/4 inch thick so at least these digital gizmos will tell me that in big letters.

I suspect that the angle grinder stands will be all gone across the country by now but the digital verniers may still be available.