17-07-2013, 01:47 PM
Hi,
Thanks for your advice regarding buying a Dremel or Dremel clone Tony which I appreciate. I've already blown my Clarke lathe up because it was underpowered and not up to the task I expected of it so I think a small power tool such as a Dremel would have a very short and difficult life with me?
I don't need such a small tool but I am building up my kit hopefully to cover any job I want to do in future without adapting tools to do jobs they were never intended to do? If I do find the need for such tiny tooling I think I'll go with an air die grinder which I mentioned as these are much more robust tools and I doubt even I would break one.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=air+die+grinder&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kZLmUdStHIKxhAeSr4CIAw&sqi=2&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=955#imgdii=_
Above is a selection of air die grinder pictures for members wondering what I'm on about. Air tools are also cheap but of course need a suitable air supply which I already have with two compressors.
For infrequent use Tony an Aldi multi tool might suit your needs and the Aldi tool is extremely cheap compared to a Fein whilst doing a very similar job; Screwfix also sell these multi tools so there is a decent choice available. I've not used my Fein yet but it gives me pleasure just to own it. I had a good look at the Fein last night and everything about it is quality; it also comes with a 3 year warranty which I filled in online to register the Fein to me and whilst I was registering I also accepted any future marketing update emails from Fein; this cost me nothing and keeps me up to date on what is available.
Not only did I save a lot of money buying the Fein online but the online store I bought from has credited me with bonus points worth a couple of quid and this online store is worth knowing about;
http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/fein-mul...m250q.html
I've never used this store before not knowing it existed until I browsed the web for best Fein deal. The service and delivery are exemplary as seen in the reviews. My review is now top of the list and well deserved.
The addition of VAT must be causing lots of problems everywhere VAT is to be paid; on this one tool alone VAT at RRP is in excess of £40.
I'll never forget when first married 37 years ago installing a fully fitted kitchen at our previous house. I had saved hard to buy a single speed B&D drill which I still have but every week all the money we had spare was 50p which seems like a joke now. I would call into a local DIY store on the way home on wage day and buy a single length of PAR softwood. Eventually I gathered enough to construct the framework then we saved up for white Contiplas to make the shelves and doors from. I bought a tenon saw from Dewsbury market costing a huge 80p and suffered many hand blisters using this saw to cut the Contiplas after each cut I had to use a triangular file to sharpen the saw teeth. It took a long long time to install the kitchen but I was immensely proud of it once it was completed.
Since those poverty days I've moved on buying scrap machinery which I've restored and put to good use but even then I've bought hardwood offcuts wherever possible and used these allowing me to make a lot of fitted and freestanding furniture at little monetary cost. Most of our current hardwood kitchen is made of Meranti offcuts and has been a labour of love for over twenty years as I've kept adding to it but now I reckon the kitchen will do?
This brings me to where I now am; I can at last afford top quality kit so I'm taking advantage of it and I know once I have my new kit together it will probably outlast me but each of these new tools will remain with me once the cost is long forgotten. I don't see the cost of these tools as wasted because each tool will pay for itself many times over during my ownership so are good solid investments but being high end tools they won't need replacing other than the usual consumables like blades and sanding sheets etc..
Bron and I don't smoke; drink or even have holidays away from home but we aren't going to be miserable just watching money mount up in an account to leave to others who have never helped us in any way but will only be too happy to squander what we have worked so hard for. We are both indulging ourselves at last in our respective hobbies whilst constantly improving our lifestyle. I have now reached the point where I would much prefer to create a cloud of dust using high end tools/machines than go on holiday; being at home suits us and we enjoy each others company; today is our 37th wedding anniversary and Bron bought me the Erbauer jigsaw which I'll always treasure.
I'm rambling because I daren't yet spend any time in the sun until my sunburn fully heals so sorry to bore you all with my tales.
A good tool is a delight and a pleasure to use but an inferior tool can be a disaster causing lots of hassle and expiring just at the most critical part of a job; I'm not lucky that I can now afford decent kit because it's been such a long time coming and for many years I struggled with inferior kit.
I am truly sorry that I have had to resort to buying online to get such a good deal with free P&P and that our local tool store couldn't match the price even though I was prepared to pay over £10 extra and all they had to do was to hand the tool over; at least I gave them the chance.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks for your advice regarding buying a Dremel or Dremel clone Tony which I appreciate. I've already blown my Clarke lathe up because it was underpowered and not up to the task I expected of it so I think a small power tool such as a Dremel would have a very short and difficult life with me?
I don't need such a small tool but I am building up my kit hopefully to cover any job I want to do in future without adapting tools to do jobs they were never intended to do? If I do find the need for such tiny tooling I think I'll go with an air die grinder which I mentioned as these are much more robust tools and I doubt even I would break one.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=air+die+grinder&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=kZLmUdStHIKxhAeSr4CIAw&sqi=2&ved=0CEIQsAQ&biw=1920&bih=955#imgdii=_
Above is a selection of air die grinder pictures for members wondering what I'm on about. Air tools are also cheap but of course need a suitable air supply which I already have with two compressors.
For infrequent use Tony an Aldi multi tool might suit your needs and the Aldi tool is extremely cheap compared to a Fein whilst doing a very similar job; Screwfix also sell these multi tools so there is a decent choice available. I've not used my Fein yet but it gives me pleasure just to own it. I had a good look at the Fein last night and everything about it is quality; it also comes with a 3 year warranty which I filled in online to register the Fein to me and whilst I was registering I also accepted any future marketing update emails from Fein; this cost me nothing and keeps me up to date on what is available.
Not only did I save a lot of money buying the Fein online but the online store I bought from has credited me with bonus points worth a couple of quid and this online store is worth knowing about;
http://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/fein-mul...m250q.html
I've never used this store before not knowing it existed until I browsed the web for best Fein deal. The service and delivery are exemplary as seen in the reviews. My review is now top of the list and well deserved.
The addition of VAT must be causing lots of problems everywhere VAT is to be paid; on this one tool alone VAT at RRP is in excess of £40.
I'll never forget when first married 37 years ago installing a fully fitted kitchen at our previous house. I had saved hard to buy a single speed B&D drill which I still have but every week all the money we had spare was 50p which seems like a joke now. I would call into a local DIY store on the way home on wage day and buy a single length of PAR softwood. Eventually I gathered enough to construct the framework then we saved up for white Contiplas to make the shelves and doors from. I bought a tenon saw from Dewsbury market costing a huge 80p and suffered many hand blisters using this saw to cut the Contiplas after each cut I had to use a triangular file to sharpen the saw teeth. It took a long long time to install the kitchen but I was immensely proud of it once it was completed.
Since those poverty days I've moved on buying scrap machinery which I've restored and put to good use but even then I've bought hardwood offcuts wherever possible and used these allowing me to make a lot of fitted and freestanding furniture at little monetary cost. Most of our current hardwood kitchen is made of Meranti offcuts and has been a labour of love for over twenty years as I've kept adding to it but now I reckon the kitchen will do?
This brings me to where I now am; I can at last afford top quality kit so I'm taking advantage of it and I know once I have my new kit together it will probably outlast me but each of these new tools will remain with me once the cost is long forgotten. I don't see the cost of these tools as wasted because each tool will pay for itself many times over during my ownership so are good solid investments but being high end tools they won't need replacing other than the usual consumables like blades and sanding sheets etc..
Bron and I don't smoke; drink or even have holidays away from home but we aren't going to be miserable just watching money mount up in an account to leave to others who have never helped us in any way but will only be too happy to squander what we have worked so hard for. We are both indulging ourselves at last in our respective hobbies whilst constantly improving our lifestyle. I have now reached the point where I would much prefer to create a cloud of dust using high end tools/machines than go on holiday; being at home suits us and we enjoy each others company; today is our 37th wedding anniversary and Bron bought me the Erbauer jigsaw which I'll always treasure.
I'm rambling because I daren't yet spend any time in the sun until my sunburn fully heals so sorry to bore you all with my tales.
A good tool is a delight and a pleasure to use but an inferior tool can be a disaster causing lots of hassle and expiring just at the most critical part of a job; I'm not lucky that I can now afford decent kit because it's been such a long time coming and for many years I struggled with inferior kit.
I am truly sorry that I have had to resort to buying online to get such a good deal with free P&P and that our local tool store couldn't match the price even though I was prepared to pay over £10 extra and all they had to do was to hand the tool over; at least I gave them the chance.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
