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j44nty
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Had to nip down for bacon and milk. I hate you Lidl and your offers.
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Nipped in and bought a few things. Slow day at the workshop so decided to **** about with the Lidl tools instead of doing anything useful. Bought the chipping hammer, drill, cutter, cheaper hose line and a few connectors.
The loose hose appeared better than the one on the reel from what I could see. It's fairly thin / restrictive though.
Drill is good. All metal cast body, keyed chuck with minimal runout, powered metal forward/reverse switch and a plastic trigger (which will probably wear out over time). Drilled a 10mm hole (max it'll take) in 3inch wood and a metal plate ok, struggling just a bit near the end. Perfect for tighter spaces. Comes with 7/8 or so bits, a case, chuck key and oil. For £13 a bargain.
The air chisel was bought to help with rusted nuts and bolts and if necessary to knock the head off particularly bad ones. For that job it should be ok. I wouldn't expect it to lift a kitchen floor in a hurry though. Comes with 5/6 bits, case and machine oil. Full metal body, powder coated, throttle wheel and again a plastic trigger. Doubt it'll get used much but handy to have just in case. Had a rattle at an old bolt. Chewed her up good.
Lastly was the recriprocating mini saw. Figured it would be useful for the jobs that I couldn't reach with the grinder. For that I guess it'll be fine, just will need some patience. It's sloooow. About 10 minutes to get through the bolt above.
Metal/plastic body, felt like fibreglass reinforced plastic on the head, metal trigger on a plastic valve. Very similar set up to a lot of the cheaper Chinese pneumatic tools.
I had a quick squizz at the air rachet and it appeared to be very similar to a Chicago Pneumatic one I brought in from America a few months back. It's utter dung but was £8 ish. CP haven't fallen into the same trap Parkside have done by covering the handles in butylene, which will fall to pieces with oily hands.
£13 each for the tool sets. Bargains even if they are rarely used and look like crap after 5 minutes.
Oh and loads still available in connswater
The loose hose appeared better than the one on the reel from what I could see. It's fairly thin / restrictive though.
Drill is good. All metal cast body, keyed chuck with minimal runout, powered metal forward/reverse switch and a plastic trigger (which will probably wear out over time). Drilled a 10mm hole (max it'll take) in 3inch wood and a metal plate ok, struggling just a bit near the end. Perfect for tighter spaces. Comes with 7/8 or so bits, a case, chuck key and oil. For £13 a bargain.
The air chisel was bought to help with rusted nuts and bolts and if necessary to knock the head off particularly bad ones. For that job it should be ok. I wouldn't expect it to lift a kitchen floor in a hurry though. Comes with 5/6 bits, case and machine oil. Full metal body, powder coated, throttle wheel and again a plastic trigger. Doubt it'll get used much but handy to have just in case. Had a rattle at an old bolt. Chewed her up good.
Lastly was the recriprocating mini saw. Figured it would be useful for the jobs that I couldn't reach with the grinder. For that I guess it'll be fine, just will need some patience. It's sloooow. About 10 minutes to get through the bolt above.
Metal/plastic body, felt like fibreglass reinforced plastic on the head, metal trigger on a plastic valve. Very similar set up to a lot of the cheaper Chinese pneumatic tools.
I had a quick squizz at the air rachet and it appeared to be very similar to a Chicago Pneumatic one I brought in from America a few months back. It's utter dung but was £8 ish. CP haven't fallen into the same trap Parkside have done by covering the handles in butylene, which will fall to pieces with oily hands.
£13 each for the tool sets. Bargains even if they are rarely used and look like crap after 5 minutes.
Oh and loads still available in connswater
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does the home garage ok
i'v air chisel, large and small grinder from last time too. never opened. just got the new shed up so it will be getting stocked.
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most air ratchets are useless caus theyre used like a torque wrench for lorry wheels. i had one 15 years, used daily, mostly on timing belt covers and water pump and sump bolts,,,i lent it out and it was broke in a few hours, the idiot was taking wheels off a rusty old jeep with it. swinging on it, even persuading it with his feet.
i dont lend usually, and when i do i usually regret it.
lent a guy a little garden trailer in good order, he took it to a yard and a humungus excavator emptied a bucket of wet sand into it and it just collapsed there on the spot. about a ton and a half in a trailer for 200-300 kg. told me it must have been ready to go,,
i dont lent usually,, i keep saying it over and over. pah"!
suckindiesel
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Anyone know if there's any of this stuff left in big Lisburn store?
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Bought some earlier as it happens.
This SIP air drill looks remarkably similar:
Sip 3/8" Keyed Reversible Air Drill | eBay
In fact a quick spot of browsing on eBay brings up a load of tools that are essentially identical for a few quid more each.
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Wear a glove on the hand that's holding the drill. They get ridiculously cold when in use. Friend of mine got his hand frozen to an air drill a long time ago and lost some of the skin from the palm of his hand.
Just stick a few drops of oil in the tools air inlet.
I bought the air ratchet/drill combo. Pretty disappointed. The air just passed though it and it uses loads of air.
Any recommendations,I bought sealey ones for mine and they're a bit Shiite
Normal hacksaw blades can be used, bahco blades are hard to beat, just cut them to the length. Usefully get 2-3 blades out of one.
Or I found these good.
Erbauer Air Body Saw Blade Set 18 Pcs
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Nobody mentioned the 40 quid cordless impact gun on from yesterday. Raging I missed it. Would have loved to try one!!
hannakournikova
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think their still in stock in castlereagh
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Flip sake. If any one is there get me one and I'll give you the cash!
Guy in shore rd said they were sold out by 10am thu
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was 30+ at 11am yesterday
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I had one of those a few years back an they were useless
Had to break nuts with a bar then use the gun just to remove
My ryobi cracks every bolt its touched so far
Had to break nuts with a bar then use the gun just to remove
My ryobi cracks every bolt its touched so far
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they get decent reviews for what they are. Check youtube
biggest benefit is that the rest of the parkside 12v range can use the 5m 12v cigarette adapter
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theyre just 100nm torque,
handy for stripping smaller things like lawnmowers or the like. i got one the other day, thought i'd give it a go at something harder, a transit wheel nut.
it took it off, but the wind up and kick created a heck of a noise.
for £40 it has its uses, 100nm uses.. does what it says on the box, but is not a milwaukee.
handy for stripping smaller things like lawnmowers or the like. i got one the other day, thought i'd give it a go at something harder, a transit wheel nut.
it took it off, but the wind up and kick created a heck of a noise.
for £40 it has its uses, 100nm uses.. does what it says on the box, but is not a milwaukee.