Tools worthy of a mention.

[doobin]

1 hour ago, difflock said:

I have pondered why they bother with 12V as well as their 18V, what does 12 do that 18 cant?

Ditto re other brands.

Compactness. You can even get small batteries that fit inside the handles of the tools. Not all tools need 18v. 
 

just bought the top of the range 18v Milwaukee impact driver after the equivalent makita died after two years. HALF the price and a fair bit higher max torque. I’m impressed. 

[Paul in the woods]

3 hours ago, difflock said:

I have pondered why they bother with 12V as well as their 18V, what does 12 do that 18 cant?

Ditto re other brands.

I've got a Bosch 12V drill driver and a 12V impact wrench. I deliberately got them as I find working with them much less stress on my poor aching wrists. The batteries seem to last well for small jobs and I've picked up several with cheap offers.

[TuscanPhil]

On 07/01/2021 at 16:50, Stere said:

Theese shears are good  dangerously sharp can trim sheep or grass.

 

 

 

Does the wife have decent manaul secateurs already ?

 

Secateurs

WWW.NIWAKI.COM

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Okastune are good.

 

 

 

 

I bought both in the end - she seems pleased so far.  Has tried the Oakastune but not the Jakoti.  Thanks for the recommendation.

[lux]

Bought a new mig / stick welder from R tech last week after another Arbtalker recommended them.

Brilliant quality welder at a great price. They chucked in some freebies too.
Great advice from their staff on what welder was best for me.
Great delivery.

Can’t fault the company or product. Highly recommend to anyone needing a new welder.

[Will C]

Bloody good welders, stand the test of time as well.👍

[doobin]

Good shout.  250 or 180 amp?

 

I  have the spool gun attachment for them if you ever need to borrow it to weld some ally.

Edited January 23, 2021 by doobin

[Will C]

3 hours ago, doobin said:

Good shout.  250 or 180 amp?

 

I  have the spool gun attachment for them if you ever need to borrow it to weld some ally.

Is the spool gun any good for welding Ally? I’ve not tried one

[lux]

Good shout.  250 or 180 amp?
 
I  have the spool gun attachment for them if you ever need to borrow it to weld some ally.

I got the 180. My electricity supply wouldn’t support the 250 as it is. Looking at what the 180 welds on a double pass it’s pretty thick anyway for what I do so went for that.

Spool gun sounds good. I need a new ally belly locker on the transit , you can knock one up for me [emoji38]

I’m taking the hilux double cab up to N J aluminium in a week to have a custom build canopy and liner fitted. Should be great.

[swinny]

1 hour ago, lux said:

I got the 180. My electricity supply wouldn’t support the 250 as it is. Looking at what the 180 welds on a double pass it’s pretty thick anyway for what I do so went for that.

Spool gun sounds good. I need a new ally belly locker on the transit , you can knock one up for me

I’m taking the hilux double cab up to N J aluminium in a week to have a custom build canopy and liner fitted. Should be great.

Where are you based lux? N j alloy pretty local to here.

 

Also what size electricity point you have to run the welder when you say it's not big enough for the 250?

[lux]

Where are you based lux? N j alloy pretty local to here.
 
Also what size electricity point you have to run the welder when you say it's not big enough for the 250?

It’s bloody miles for me unfortunately. Sat nav says 4.5 hours each way. Fitting will be a long day.

Just standard domestic supply to my barn. If you run the 250 at full power it will just trip the fuse board so I went for the 180 and just weld two passes on thicker material. I don’t weld anything too hefty so not a problem for me.