Don
New torch arrived yesterday - pretty decent for the cost (£22.51)
Power Tools & General Tools Recommendations & Advice
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Soldato
You've reminded me I want to reboard most ceilings too!
Soldato
Bought one of these today. Looking forward to sanding everything....
As a side note, I am not quite sure why sanders are so expensive, but I was shocked by the price. I mean that thing is considered almost entry level for a sander!!! You can easily spend two or three times that amount on the best makes.
As a side note, I am not quite sure why sanders are so expensive, but I was shocked by the price. I mean that thing is considered almost entry level for a sander!!! You can easily spend two or three times that amount on the best makes.
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Soldato
Bought one of these today. Looking forward to sanding everything....
As a side note, I am not quite sure why sanders are so expensive, but I was shocked by the price. I mean that think is considered almost entry level for a sander!!!
Nice to see a proper tool and a tool in the correct colour than that **** that's doing the rounds here
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Caporegime
What makes this kind of Torch worthwhile, vs. just buying a normal torch for half the price or less?
Don
For me it's that I can use spare batteries I already have, and can just swap another battery on, if doing a long job in the loft etc
Caporegime
Fair enough. I actually have a Ryobi bar light thing (this one) because it came with a bundle of other tools that I wanted, and I use it reasonably often. I don't think I'd buy one if I didn't have it though.
Soldato
New torch arrived yesterday - pretty decent for the cost (£22.51)
Good purchase! I've seen the cheaper ones on Amazon, but I believe there were some problems with the running the batteries absolutely flat and destroying them, so good plan to stick to a reputable manufacturer.
Soldato
I have the Stanley Fatmax torch -one battery lasts two day's with it on all the time. Wish I had bought two.
Soldato
Stanley are DeWalt. Or should I say that DeWalt are Stanley since the parent company is Stanley Black & Decker.
Many DeWalt tools aren't manufactured by the company, rather they are manufactured by other companies under licence. I am not sure how many and by who, but usually you can tell because the warranty is not with DeWalt if it was manufactured by someone else and the product won't appear on the DeWalt UK website. There are a lot of vacuums on Amazon that are DeWalt but not actually made by DeWalt.
Soldato
I think they progressively bought out the companies that made stuff under licence. Like ELU, for example. I remember the ELU routers, which morphed in to, I think it was the DeWalt 611? And parts for the 611 are now on the 625. Maybe the 625 was ELU as well? The really confusing part is that whatever company it WAS still supplies Trend under licence. The T14 is identical to the 625. So maybe DeWalt now make some Trend routers under licence? I don't know. It's complicated.
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They’ve definitely acquired a lot of brands over the years. The tool industry is somewhat inbred these days, where there is competition it’s pretty cut throat but there are so many brands but only really 5-6 big tool companies that own them all.
All I know on the router front is my Dewalt router is definitely Dewalt
All I know on the router front is my Dewalt router is definitely Dewalt
Soldato
Oh, sent the sander back and got this instead.
Seems like I prefer that type to the L shaped ones.
Seems like I prefer that type to the L shaped ones.
Soldato
Does anyone know what this tool is.
It came into my hands last week but it was today I got round to having a good look at it - I first thought it was a multitool but it isn't.
It is a Parkside tool so Aldi and was dated 2005.
Turns out to be a electric scraper/planer . It has about 5 different blades from small to large and is used for scraping glue/filler/tile grout and also seems to act as a chisel to take thin layers of wood off.
It is so smooth - unlike a multitool and to be honest if it did take mulitool blades it would be much better due to lack of vibration
So it seems to be a planer.
It came into my hands last week but it was today I got round to having a good look at it - I first thought it was a multitool but it isn't.
It is a Parkside tool so Aldi and was dated 2005.
Turns out to be a electric scraper/planer . It has about 5 different blades from small to large and is used for scraping glue/filler/tile grout and also seems to act as a chisel to take thin layers of wood off.
It is so smooth - unlike a multitool and to be honest if it did take mulitool blades it would be much better due to lack of vibration
So it seems to be a planer.
Soldato
Does anyone know what this tool is.
It came into my hands last week but it was today I got round to having a good look at it - I first thought it was a multitool but it isn't.
It is a Parkside tool so Aldi and was dated 2005.
Turns out to be a electric scraper/planer . It has about 5 different blades from small to large and is used for scraping glue/filler/tile grout and also seems to act as a chisel to take thin layers of wood off.
It is so smooth - unlike a multitool and to be honest if it did take mulitool blades it would be much better due to lack of vibration
So it seems to be a planer.
I think the blade moves backwards and forwards rather than from side to side, so it's like a chisel rather than saw. A very small rotation stop drill. Very handy.
Soldato
Has anyone bought a thermal camera to look around their house with?
£200 for one which attaches to your phone. It's a lot of money but I'm really keen to do it to check for any draughts, cold spots, and to balance my radiators better.
I did hear Octopus were lending them out but when I got in touch they've closed the scheme for this year due to high demand, typical.
£200 for one which attaches to your phone. It's a lot of money but I'm really keen to do it to check for any draughts, cold spots, and to balance my radiators better.
I did hear Octopus were lending them out but when I got in touch they've closed the scheme for this year due to high demand, typical.
Soldato
You might have a local Library of Things or sustainability scheme who can lend one. There was definitely a thing of borrowing them for a survey, a couple of years back.
I never thought the Flir mobile one was very good when I tried it, but it was a model from maybe 6-7 years ago. Maybe they've improved.
My council were at a sustainability market in the town the other day. They were advertising thermal guns - altho the clown responsible for pitching was just going around firing it at people for lols.
I'd recommend spending a bit more and get one that doesn't require your phone - their size is useful but their drawbacks are too many - limited battery, tied to the type of phone you have amongst other issues.
I have the Hikmicro B20 and have recommended it before, it can be found for less than £488 at the moment. Although it doesn't record video to the device's internal memory, the way around it is to use the app and stream to it. This means you can place the camera in a remote position and monitor it from a different location.
I've used mine a lot in the past few years - testing the effectiveness of the cooling of my PC, car maintenance (brakes, chargecooler pump install and stuff), loft insulation and cold bridging issues, plumbing and leaks, hunting mice the cat has brought in and lost in the house Predator style
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