Power Tools & General Tools Recommendations & Advice

pinkpound · 20 Apr 2020 at 13:26

no idea what said:
Sgs!

I've got their 100L, so has my dad, and my friend has the 50L on . Really good kit.

Thanks I'd been looking at SGS . Think I'll stick with 100l vs 50l

andy_mk3 · 20 Apr 2020 at 13:38

pinkpound said:
Thanks I'd been looking at SGS . Think I'll stick with 100l vs 50l

All of our units get plenty of use and have held up really well. Mine will keep up with all my air tools no problems.

SoliD · 21 Apr 2020 at 12:14

Marvt74 said:
I’ve got the Dewalt cordless blower. It’s really good to be honest but it’d be nice to have a vacuum function which the Ryobi has. Not sure how powerful it’d be though.

I have a Ryobi hedge trimmer though and that’s great. I have a Dewalt to Ryobi battery converter to use Dewalt batteries in. The Ryobi tools which works well. Saves buying more batteries.

Interesting, have you got a link to the one you got? Ryobi garden tools look substantially cheaper and will be used much less frequently so would be good to have one that uses same batteries.

Martynt74 · 21 Apr 2020 at 12:23

That was my thinking. Their tools are around 50% of the price but the batteries are expensive. This way gives the best of both worlds. This is the adaptor, though looks out of stock at Amazon. Quite a few places sell it though.

Seems quite legit compared to some others on ebay.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Badaptor-Dew-RYO-Dewalt-Battery-Adapter/dp/B07RXW5KFP

SoliD · 21 Apr 2020 at 14:19

Cheers, just ordered one alon with a blower (no vac) and a hedge cutter.

pinkpound · 21 Apr 2020 at 18:50

no idea what said:
All of our units get plenty of use and have held up really well. Mine will keep up with all my air tools no problems.

Decided on 50L in the with my usage . Coming friday

Martynt74 · 22 Apr 2020 at 11:20

Grrrr my drill has just died on me about 10 holes into cutting 12 holes with a 114mm hole saw in birch ply.

I've been taking it really steady and not forcing it, though the hole saw arbor keeps coming loose which has been frustrating.

It's only just out of warranty too

Presume there's not much point paying to get it fixed when i can get a new one for circa £90? (It's a Dewalt DCD795)

SoliD · 22 Apr 2020 at 15:27

Always try the warranty route, you may be surprised.

fobose · 22 Apr 2020 at 19:59

I quite like the Milwaukee stuff. I bought a C18PD hammer drill in 2013 with 2x 3Ah batteries for around £230. It has had a very hard life and keeps on going. I bought my brother the newer M18PD and bundled impact driver (M18ID?) and he has abused his a lot too without any issues. I have been expanding my milwaukee 18v and 12v tools over the years and can't fault any of their kit.

Lopéz · 23 Apr 2020 at 08:20

Marvt74 said:
Grrrr my drill has just died on me about 10 holes into cutting 12 holes with a 114mm hole saw in birch ply.

I've been taking it really steady and not forcing it, though the hole saw arbor keeps coming loose which has been frustrating.

It's only just out of warranty too Presume there's not much point paying to get it fixed when i can get a new one for circa £90? (It's a Dewalt DCD795)

My DCD795 started to die after around 7 or 8 years. It still works but not brilliantly. I just replaced it with a DCD996 which is a significant upgrade. Little bit heavier.

https://www.frankhoward.com/dewalt-...MIpf-jp4H-6AIVibPtCh10aQthEAQYBSABEgKBlPD_BwE

Martynt74 · 23 Apr 2020 at 09:16

Funnily enough i've also picked up the 996. Probably would've been fine with the 796 but for £20 it'll be handy having the extra power for bigger holes.

Mines fully dead, smoke coming out. Presume the motor was overworked with the holesaws.

JRJ · 23 Apr 2020 at 10:41

Lopéz said:
My DCD795 started to die after around 7 or 8 years. It still works but not brilliantly. I just replaced it with a DCD996 which is a significant upgrade. Little bit heavier.

https://www.frankhoward.com/dewalt-...MIpf-jp4H-6AIVibPtCh10aQthEAQYBSABEgKBlPD_BwE

Marvt74 said:
Funnily enough i've also picked up the 996. Probably would've been fine with the 796 but for £20 it'll be handy having the extra power for bigger holes.

Mines fully dead, smoke coming out. Presume the motor was overworked with the holesaws.

I'm running a 796 and a 996, and as amazing as the 996 is even on the lowest power it was hard work drywalling with it and much preferred the 796, I know they are different animals but might be worth matching to your needs. The 996 fills a nice gap between an SDS and the 796 which I need but I may swop it for a 997 and have the ability to program each setting to match the job I'm doing.

Martynt74 · 23 Apr 2020 at 10:51

Ah interesting. Being able to program each setting would be handy. Seems the 797 also allows that and is only £73

Might see if i can cancel and swap to that.

JRJ · 23 Apr 2020 at 11:16

Marvt74 said:
Ah interesting. Being able to program each setting would be handy. Seems the 797 also allows that and is only £73

Might see if i can cancel and swap to that.

Yes it does and also the 888 impact driver, but I find the 796 standard settings pretty spot on.

Martynt74 · 23 Apr 2020 at 11:20

Will see if FFX can cancel my order. They've closed the call centre so that's unhelpful and the 996 is meant to be delivered before i can expect a response!

JRJ · 23 Apr 2020 at 12:31

Always worth a try, maybe email in case they have staff working from home

Lopéz · 23 Apr 2020 at 14:33

JRJ said:
I'm running a 796 and a 996, and as amazing as the 996 is even on the lowest power it was hard work drywalling with it and much preferred the 796, I know they are different animals but might be worth matching to your needs. The 996 fills a nice gap between an SDS and the 796 which I need but I may swop it for a 997 and have the ability to program each setting to match the job I'm doing.

Yep and the 996 is quite hefty compared to the 795/6. If you were putting up a ceiling for example I reckon you'd feel the difference after not too long.

JRJ · 23 Apr 2020 at 17:54

Lopéz said:
Yep and the 996 is quite hefty compared to the 795/6. If you were putting up a ceiling for example I reckon you'd feel the difference after not too long.

Exactly that, the 796 is a very nicely balanced tool

Hedge · 24 Apr 2020 at 19:16

Just bought a lovely Bosch planer, excitedly unpacked it and then got to using it on some oak sleepers.

Cuts through the oak like butter. Lovely..

then I pack up for the day. I swear it took me 10 minutes to get the damn thing back in the box.

Some moulded plastic tool boxes make me lose my mind. It's like a puzzle !

Snookums · 24 Apr 2020 at 20:02

Hedge said:
Just bought a lovely Bosch planer, excitedly unpacked it and then got to using it on some oak sleepers.

Cuts through the oak like butter. Lovely..

then I pack up for the day. I swear it took me 10 minutes to get the damn thing back in the box.

Some moulded plastic tool boxes make me lose my mind. It's like a puzzle !

what did you get? I ordered a thicknesser/planer today thats coming tomorrow so I can flatten up the walnut boards ive got quickly