Makita 9565CV 5" SJS™ High-Power Angle Grinder

After about a year of use, I really like this grinder. It replaces an older 4", that I used for years, but it finally wore out the gears. This replaces it with more power, speed control, larger disk, and it's not really heavier. I really like it. If there is one suggestion, there is a pause between when you move the switch and when it acts. That keeps getting me - as I think I have not positioned the switch correct, so I turn it off again, but it starts spinning then stops. Not the best behavior. Have to turn it on and wait a couple seconds, then it starts up and does a great job. Just something niggly that I takes getting used to. Overall, I love the tool.

Bought this grinder for stone countertop fabrication. Makita quality wins the day. No wobble at all, nice and steady also variable speed.

Got it as an upgrade from my perfectly functioning 12 year old 6.0 amp 4" Makita Angle Grinder as I needed to do some concrete grinding and needed the 5/8" Arbor for the proper attachments. The 5 speeds is very nice as tasks do not always need 12,000RPMs. The 13 amp motor is a huge upgrade and powered the 4" concrete cup grinder through the concrete like nothing was there. This tool is MUCH BIGGER than the old 4" angle grinder and may not be so good in tight spaces. It is my hope that the 5", 5 speed, 13 amp angle grinder will give me the versatility to never need another angle grinder and I think that is the case. My old grinder had a case and it was very useful, I will need to get a dedicated tool box for this one as I find it very handy to have the tool and attachments/accessories all in one secure place. Nice job Makita.

The quality and condition of the items was exactly as described. The appearance of the items was excellent. The value was also a good buy. Fast shipping also.

We used it to polish granite tile edges on the lowest speed, 2000 RPM and it worked very well. I have to admit that I almost damaged the tool by mounting it so I could hold the tiles while polishing. I clamped it to a table and put too much pressure on the plastic part of the body causing the tool to make noise and even stall a couple times before I mounted it differently so that clamping pressure was put on the metal housing near the wheel end. That worked well, no more issues and the tool seems still be sound despite my efforts to destroy it. Another well designed tool from Makita!

I bought this to polish the granite in my kitchen. I used less than 10 times for no more than 30 minutes each time. Today, I went to use it again to polish granite and it began to rattle, smoke and the body became extremely hot. Of course, I attempted to call Amazon and the website says a call was connected, but my phone did not ring. I attempted over and over with the same result. I was finally able to chat with THREE Of course, the warranty is only for 90 days so I am just screwed out of $191.79.

I bought this in order to convert it into a high speed paint remover. So far its been working awesome. The biggest problem I had was finding a way to do it that was cost effective. Most backer pads are made for orbital sanders not grinders so the arbor sizes don't match. However STADEA makes a 5" hook and loop backer pad that fits this thing perfectly. That coupled with my dustless technologies dust shroud and hepa vac means I can take off a lot of paint in a short period of time with very little to no mess. The one thing I did in order to improve the effectiveness of the dust shroud was drill holes into the STADEA backer pad that lined up with the 5 hole hook and loop sander discs I had. So far I have been very happy with this set up. And the fact that this thing is variable speed makes a world of difference. It would be next to impossible to do a good job at paint removal with a grinder turning 10,000 RPM's, I turn this down to its lowest setting and its about as fast as I would want in order to be able to control it. However I like the fact I can crank it up if I want to grind concrete, cut rebar, or do any of a number of other things with this thing. I highly recommend it.

Usually a Milwaukee guy but I needed a variable speed grinder to do this particular kind of finish work, a friend of mine has a couple of the 9564 grinders so I thought I would give this one a try, sure enough, just what I had suspected, Makita doesn’t disappoint, very high quality solid construction as usual, mostly use it on the slower speeds, it will get almost to warm if used on the slowest speeds for to long, but if turned up just slightly it will cool right down rather quickly