Power Tools & General Tools Recommendations & Advice

Given the weather i'm going to need to need to do some routing and sanding indoors. Neither of these things are ideal from a mess perspective! Last night one of the tradesmen had a Dyson Cylinder vacuum he used with an electric plane and said he'd been using it for years.

I have no intention of buying a Dyson, but some form of vac would be great. I have one of these for cleaning the ash from the fires, but it's hose isn't very flexible (or long). Which doesn't lend itself well to moving power tools. Plus i keep getting shouted at by my wife because the movement keeps breaking the hose.

http://www.espares.co.uk/product/es1674002/wellco-cv100-15-litre-ash-vacuum-cleaner


This looks cheap and cheerful, plus being from Amazon if it breaks then it's a nice easy return. Anyone else used a regular househole vac for dust extration? Don't really want to spend more than £50

https://www.amazon.co.uk/VYTRONIX-V...id=1504604711&sr=1-1&keywords=cylinder+vacuum
 
I've broken a couple of household vacuum cleaners whilst sucking up brick/plaster dust.

The dust burns the motor out in no time.

One of them was a VAX like the one you linked to.

I've been using a Henry since and that's been fine - I think it's because it has a bag.
 
Any recommendations for a sander to tackle... well, every bloody wall in my house. Mixture of crappy paint and walls that need to be filled.

Preferably one that allows you connection to a vacuum cleaner for slightly less dust production...
 
Marvt74 said:
Given the weather i'm going to need to need to do some routing and sanding indoors. Neither of these things are ideal from a mess perspective! Last night one of the tradesmen had a Dyson Cylinder vacuum he used with an electric plane and said he'd been using it for years.

I have no intention of buying a Dyson, but some form of vac would be great. I have one of these for cleaning the ash from the fires, but it's hose isn't very flexible (or long). Which doesn't lend itself well to moving power tools. Plus i keep getting shouted at by my wife because the movement keeps breaking the hose.

http://www.espares.co.uk/product/es1674002/wellco-cv100-15-litre-ash-vacuum-cleaner


This looks cheap and cheerful, plus being from Amazon if it breaks then it's a nice easy return. Anyone else used a regular househole vac for dust extration? Don't really want to spend more than £50

https://www.amazon.co.uk/VYTRONIX-V...id=1504604711&sr=1-1&keywords=cylinder+vacuum
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I bought one of these after kind of murdering my partners cyclone vac...

http://www.screwfix.com/p/titan-ttb350vac-1300w-16ltr-wet-dry-vacuum-cleaner-240v/36516

Can use with a bag for sucking up brick dust and so forth, or without bag for bigger items... or with liquids if you wish.
 
I'd say a random orbital one.

Depending on your other tools or if you're happy to spend it a cordless one may be a good call but only Makita and Ryobi do one.
 
rexehuk said:
I bought one of these after kind of murdering my partners cyclone vac...
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Thankfully I have one very similar to that already, so one less thing to buy!

Marvt74 said:
Depending on your other tools or if you're happy to spend it a cordless one may be a good call but only Makita and Ryobi do one.
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Not fussed about cordless; the one thing this house is blessed with is copious wall sockets.

Are all ROS much of a muchness? Is circular better than rectangular? What sanding pads/discs are worth having?
 
If you're doing walls it may be best going for a 6" one to get it done quicker.

I've a titan 5" one which has been great so far.

Have only used the free discs so far. Have some cheap silverline ones coming tomorrow.
 
Marvt74 said:
Is there a level of end user service required for stuff like this or should I take it to a repair centre? It's only about 8 months old.

Other option is to go to Amazon but that involves my mum as it was a gift. So extra hassle.
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Make sure you register it online as you will get 3 years warranty. It even shows you on the site all the tools you own and their warranty status. I think the wired tools comes with a year if you dont register, so still time to send it back to Amazon, or a service centre.
 
Yeah all registered.

Turned out it was a place called MTS Powertools on eBay. Spoke to them yesterday and it's being collected today.

Shame it's not Amazon as I could've done with it this weekend but hopefully won't take too long.
 
glitch said:
Any recommendations for a sander to tackle... well, every bloody wall in my house. Mixture of crappy paint and walls that need to be filled.

Preferably one that allows you connection to a vacuum cleaner for slightly less dust production...
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Get a quote for skimming the walls I was amazed how cheap it was and you'll get a better finish without hours of work and tons of dust!
 
I'm pretty well invested in to the Makita LXT range, mainly the Brushless models.

These have all been great except my DHP459 drill. The entire chuck assembly can be wobbled a couple of mm in any direction.

The retailer are sorting out a repair/replacement with Makita, but between the decent chuck and all metal gearbox, there must be a piece of cheese.
 
@Marvt74

Unfortunately you're a few weeks late. Lidl did a very nice Parkside Wet Dry Extractor with tool start mode, so you plug you sander into the vacuum and when you start the sander it starts the vacuum. Quite a nice bit of kit.
 
Might try ebay for that. Seems a lot of the Parkside things end up on there after they're released! I was eyeing up selling the Breaker i bought as they seem to be going for around £100! The tool start mode would be great as the number of times i forgot to turn on the ash vac when doing a cut was ridiculous.

EDIT - Nope, nothing on eBay, i think i'll try this cheap Amazon one since it'll be delivered today and if it's no good, send it back and get the Titan one.

Although i noticed Dewalt do an 18V one, would be very handy. it's mains powered aswell, not sure how powerful it would be though.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/DeWalt-DCV...hen-appliances&ie=UTF8&qid=1504705041&sr=1-10


One other thing, i've noticed some drill bits seem to work loose more and more these days, does that suggest the chuck is on the way out? It's the Dewalt DCD795 and isn't that old, wondering if i should've handed it over with my multi tool to Dewalt!
 
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Get a quote for skimming the walls I was amazed how cheap it was and you'll get a better finish without hours of work and tons of dust!
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Oh... I had assumed that walls with knackered paint wouldn't take to being skimmed.

So rather than sanding the damn things down, I could just have everything skimmed over and start afresh?
 
Loving the Dewalt multi tool, compare to the Aldi one, its got the quick blade change which is great. Its quieter and its so much faster. Used it for removing some old skirting boards, lifting some floor boards and chopping out old copper piping.
 
glitch said:
Oh... I had assumed that walls with knackered paint wouldn't take to being skimmed.

So rather than sanding the damn things down, I could just have everything skimmed over and start afresh?
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Yeah, you can skim over virtually anything (there are exceptions) provided the actual plaster underneath is in ok condition we have had pretty much our whole house done overtime!
 
Well, a1ex and rob - you have made my day.

Throughout the house the plaster is in pretty decent condition - fortunately I'm brick built throughout and when someone did the original plastering, they appears to have done a proper job. It's just that the subsequent owners have not been so clever with the paint... one bedroom it was peeling off in wallpaper-sized sheets (satisfying to take down, but slightly worrying...) and in other rooms it is crappy paint with multiple layers of wallpaper/lining paper/etc.

I'm down to either plaster (see aforementioned bedroom) or the first coat of paint in most rooms and had been dreading the next steps for prepping. But if I can skim, that means I can crack on with other plans.
 
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