Review on Bosch TG502 Tuck Pointing Guard by Ben Diesel

that indicated a crease. The first thing to note is that the entire grinder assembly can be quite heavy if held at head height for any length of time. I would suggest using a step stool so you can work at chest level higher or lower to reduce fatigue. Also, good lighting is paramount to your work. The guard inherently covers your actual work fairly well, and it's hard to see where your blade is aligned relative to the mortar. The plastic window for looking into the working area fogs up very quickly, may even wear out and after a short time obscures the view of the blade position. You develop a "feel" for where your blade is, but I often had to lift the tool off the wall to check my work as I lost view through the window. And that introduces another problem - the guard is spring-loaded to retract the blade into the dust case when you pick the tool off the wall, but it gets stuck and gets stuck. I don't know if some graphite dry lube would help, but that's a problem because on the one hand you shouldn't let the grinder spin when it's in contact with the workpiece, but at the same time when you're pulling the assembly away from the wall until With the blade still spinning, quite a bit of dust will escape when you break contact with the wall. For example, the problem of visibility leads to the tool having to be pulled out of the wall frequently, and the sluggishness of the retraction/depth adjustment of the protective cover leads to dust emission. I'm sure that the effect of the protection can be corrected by polishing and/or lubricating the metal contact surfaces, but I haven't tried it yet. But because of these issues, it gets three stars instead of five. Also note that the use of this protective cover requires that the contact surface of the protective cover is perpendicular to the wall to minimize dust leakage. I've found it useful to put a piece of "gorilla" tape on the left side to help contain it, as that end often sticks out above the surface probably due to operator error from time to time. I also had to lock the grinder (my Bosch has a locking paddle at the base) and balance the sticky depth adjustment with two hands, making the job more tedious and less accurate. If you do this again, you'll want to make sure the depth adjuster moves freely back and forth without binding before you begin work.