Power Tools & General Tools Recommendations & Advice

Not power tools, but hopefully someone in here knows.
Looking for a decent wood glue for furniture making any recomendations? Inside and outdoors.
Better just to use an outdoor waterproof one for everything, or better two get indoor and outdoor ones.

Everbuild D3/D4 is as good as any other PVA and very cheap. I use "titebond extend" for most interior work as you get an extra 10 minutes open time over other PVA glues. If you have a complicated glue up consider UF powder glue which should have a long open time, "one shot" by sovereign is the best I have used but everbuild "resintite" is fine for interior work and has good moisture resistance.

If you want a true WBP adhesive for exterior use, don't bother with PVA. I'd choose UF or polyurethane over it. The daddy of all glues is phenol resorcinol formaldehyde which was designed to bond oily timbers like teak for marine use. Totally impervious to...anything.
 
Took delivery of a DeWalt DCD785C2 but upon using it have discovered that either the shaft or chuck is bent so it's had to go back :( Bit gutted as I had hoped to crack on with some work over the Christmas period but I have no idea if I'll get a replacement in time now!
 
Took delivery of a DeWalt DCD785C2 but upon using it have discovered that either the shaft or chuck is bent so it's had to go back :( Bit gutted as I had hoped to crack on with some work over the Christmas period but I have no idea if I'll get a replacement in time now!

this seems to be far to common on DeWalt drills. good job you spotted it. The first one I bought had a knackered chuck as well. It's weird though because they either seem to be good, or bad - and when they're good they're great. I can't understand how they have these issues.
 
this seems to be far to common on DeWalt drills. good job you spotted it. The first one I bought had a knackered chuck as well. It's weird though because they either seem to be good, or bad - and when they're good they're great. I can't understand how they have these issues.

Yeah this seems to be the general consensus I'm seeing. It's either good and will be great for a long time or it turns up bad....no middle ground lol.

No word on a replacement turning up yet but I hope it's a good one.
 
Any recommendations on router bit makes?

I have a small Bosch 1/4" trimmer and need to make up new window boards for my house. Wan't something a little different than standard bull nosed boards so going to experiment with a round over bit.
 
Took the plunge on a....wait for it...plunge saw today (yes I know that was appalling), couldn't justify the cost of a festool for the use it will get so have opted for a Scheppach with a 1.4m guide track.

Actually looking forward to playing around with it when it arrives, clearly must be getting old.
 
Will be picking up father-in-law's Robyi band saw... shortly.. This will be great for all the little sawing jobs that need a straight edge..
 
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Not sure, but you used to be able do a college course and pretty much make what you like. When i was at college doing cabinet making and upholstery there were people coming in doing night classes and retired people doing courses just so they could make stuff.

The course i was on the tutors were really cool and would let us go into the workshop on days off or on certain nights and make what we liked. I was a poor student at the time so didn't take full advantage of it. I'd love to go back now and make a load of oak furniture.

Made this solid oak tv cabinet at college for my mum. I think i paid around £40 for it to cover materials.

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Will be picking up father-in-law's Robyi band saw... shortly.. This will be great for all the little sawing jobs that need a straight edge..

Well I have it.. and a load of alcohol too.. but it was the bandsaw that raised the customs eyebrow :D

It cuts really nicely so it should help quite a few of the odd jobs.
 
I thought I'd add a video for the hammer drill action - Bosch 850W SDS. This plug of concrete was made as a test for my telescope pier in the garden - it's too heavy to lift safely and so needed breaking up. It's rock hard and withstood some 4 lb mallet and masonry hammering with ease (not denting with either). It's concrete, sand, pea shingle and rocks including flint (the dark spot at the start of the video is flint).
One handed so a bit shakey. In the end I switched to end on - drilled then use the chisel action to cut it in two.

 
I'm in the market for a new drill, I'd like to go with DeWalt as my Dad has many DeWalt tools and they have been fantastic

Any recommendations up to £150? From the research I've done it seems brushless is the way to go but I don't know if I can get one at that price point
 
http://www.toolstop.co.uk/index.php..._medium=base&gclid=CPi-vafUw8UCFaQIwwodDaUA7Q

This seems like a great drill to me. I convinced my mate to get one as he was using an old Makita with the nicad batteries and was having to charge it constantly. I told him about brushless tech doubling run times so a 4ah battery is overkill, but he went ahead and bought the 4ah drill kit and even a spare 4ah battery. It lasted him 4 days before he needed to charge it :D. So he could have got away with the 2ah kit, or just the single 4ah kit.

It also has an all metal chuck. 0-600rpm/0-2000rpm which is pretty much the best you can get at 18v, a lot of other makes are more like 400/1500rpm at this price point.

If you don't need hammer action then the DCD790 is the same drill but without hammer action. You can get a 2x 2ah kit for £150 from toolstop.

If you can find a 2ah kit DCD795 for the same price as the single 4ah battery kit then that would be better as the 4ah batteries are quite heavy and bulky compared.
 
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Having a second battery is always good.. nothing more annoying than having to wait 1/2 way through some job if you've drained the battery flat (or forget to charge it).

The Bosch PSB 24V I have only takes less than an hour to charge the battery, but it's still blinking annoying - luckily I have a second battery :)
 
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The great thing about li-ion is you an just top it up for a few mins and not have to worry about memory effect that you had with nicad. With a 4ah you could charge it the night before you need to use it and it'll do a full day without having to charge it. Or if it does run out just stick it on charge while you have a coffee break.

But yeah 2 batteries are better than one and the 2ah batteries would make the drill a little lighter and more compact.
 
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