Power Tools & General Tools Recommendations & Advice

Mark A

I have a 6" grinder and I have mounted it on some thick ply wood then I just use medium sized clamps to clamp it to the desk - I have also just added a 6" wire brush to my collection for the grinder.
When i bought all my polishing mops for some unknown reason I bought 4" instead of 6" - but they fit the Bosch 4" grinder I later inherited from father in law. Now that grinder is so smooth and quiet. :D
 
This grinder is loud and moves around on its own :D. It gets red hot after a few minutes as well and taking it apart is a bit too much of a faff to find out whats causing the heat. I'll just wait till it dies then get something half decent to replace it.

I think I need to get a sisal mop and some more aggressive compound for a first cut as it seems to take way too long to get a good polish on hard steel.
 
I'm after some diamond tipped hole saws, of varying diameters, to go through tempered glass. Looking around online there appear to be sets of 10-15 bits for around £10 which seems... ridiculously cheap to me?
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DeWalt-D...988404&hash=item486c194521:g:lz0AAOSw-DJdEL8D

That with 20% off is probably your best bet. Unless you want to try a Flagpower/Floureon branded one from Amazon.

For just around the house though, i'd stick with the 2 1.5ah that come with your kit. They're a lot lighter and you can swap them over if you run out.

The 5ah comes into it's own when you're used things like the Angle Grinder or Circular saw which kill a <3ah battery really quickly. But for a drill/driver you'll be fine. At least see if you have any issues with yours running out mid job first.
 
Marvt74 said:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DeWalt-D...988404&hash=item486c194521:g:lz0AAOSw-DJdEL8D

That with 20% off is probably your best bet. Unless you want to try a Flagpower/Floureon branded one from Amazon.

For just around the house though, i'd stick with the 2 1.5ah that come with your kit. They're a lot lighter and you can swap them over if you run out.

The 5ah comes into it's own when you're used things like the Angle Grinder or Circular saw which kill a <3ah battery really quickly. But for a drill/driver you'll be fine. At least see if you have any issues with yours running out mid job first.
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Cheers :) I was going to give the 2 1.5ah batteries away and stick with a single 5ah but I'll stick with the 1.5 for now and see how I get on. :)
 
Think that's sensible. You spent more than you wanted on the kit so i'll make that work for you now. If it doesn't then reconsider.

Some people actually prefer the smaller batteries. Plus by having the 2 you have one per device. If you ended up with a single 5ah, you'd be swapping over and that ruins the point of having the drill and impact driver :p
 
Here is what i bought. :) Really like the magnetic Dewalt bit holder, nice little touch with it extending. :)

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platypus said:
Hmm this hasn't been my experience. At slow rpm and with appropriate lubrication I've managed to cut several holes without issue.
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Almost certainly wasn’t tempered glass then. The above is how you would cut standard plate glass with a hole saw.

To cut tempered glass you have to ‘un-temper’ by heating and slowly cooling.

If you try and put a hole-saw through tempered glass it will shatter immediately. 2 seconds in google will confirm this.
 
My dewalt multi tool turned up today (everyones seen a multi tool before so no pic)

It came with a multitude of “bits” for want of a better word however none are marked with their intended purpose i.e wood blade etc

How on earth are you supposed to know what each blade is for or am i missing a trick somewhere? The instructions/box lists a load of part numbers but the tools don't have part numbers on them :s
 
Do the blades not say Bi-metal or wood and metal etc on them? The course teeth are usually for wood, the fine teeth for metals or wood with nails etc.

The wider blades (fan shape) are good for making long cuts, like skirting boards, rounded blades are good for cutting holes in plasterboard, especially the carbide grit version, but the bi-metal works as well. There are videos and articles that show jobs the multi tool is good for and will give you a good idea of which blades to use where.
 
bettz said:
Any recommendations for a tile cutter?
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How much work will you be doing with it?

The cheapest B&Q one you can find which will cut your size of tiles will be fine. If you plan to do LOTS of cutting or need it fro more than DIY I would get a wet tile saw as it will give cleaner, easier more reproducible cuts.
 
I bought a diamond blade for my 112mm angle grinder and found it to be better than the wet tile cutter I borrowed from a mate. If you're steady handed then you can get accurate cuts with it. One thing I didn't like about the wet cutter was that it would create really sharp shards of the glazed tile, that would stick to the tiles after being cut and get all over my hands. One accidental touch of my eye wouldn't have ended well. I preferred just marking all the tiles then going outside and cutting with the angle grinder and a dust mask.
 
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