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jema Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 28235 Location: escaped from Swindon
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sean Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 42219 Location: North Devon
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46217 Location: yes
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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 21 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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milwarkee sds/drill/light breaker+ drill driver, usa made ones with new batteries and a new demolition saw in over a decade with some hard use
the newer machines are not as strong even if motors are better, newer batteries are ace
28V is nice and they charge about as quickly as i can drill holes
everything else has a wire, powerful and cheap has merit for now and again use, quite a mix of brands but all industrial grade bargains,
best buy was an unlabled circular saw 20 yrs ago, ace tool very strong and still on the original blade, it just wont go blunt or shed a tooth
re beasty stuff a decent husky engine top trumps a battery, iirc my big saw is about 5 hp
i have killed a lot of tools, the ones i keep are the strong ones, darwin could have come to a similar conclusion poking about in tool boxes
makita are pretty good value for basic mid size industrial like breakers
my east ?german stuff is rather soviet in style but it is strong and it was cheap
Re older tools and battery packs, decent ones have batteries that can have new cells fitted in the pack or there are replacement packs brand or generic available, i recon that and maybe the odd bearing etc can extend life of industrial to the extent it is far cheaper than killing loads of domestic or"cheap" ones
a selection of tools that fit the same batteries is sensible |
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 25795 Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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sgt.colon
Joined: 27 Jul 2009 Posts: 7380 Location: Just south of north.
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45671 Location: Essex
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46217 Location: yes
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 25795 Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45671 Location: Essex
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Slim
Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 6612 Location: New England (In the US of A)
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Mistress Rose
Joined: 21 Jul 2011 Posts: 15972
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dpack
Joined: 02 Jul 2005 Posts: 46217 Location: yes
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 21 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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my chainsaw is beasty, so is the c3 ppe, i am probably more likely to die of heatstroke than hypo systemic shock
re dangeroos power tools hand held circular saw gets high votes from site and A and E chums from st thomas's who referred to them as bank holiday gelding tongs
i am very careful slicing boards
9" or 12 " industrial leccy angle grinders are a bit frisky and skittery unless handled with a lot of care, the gyroscope twist is interesting with some,
the better modern ones have electronic slow start which helps, unless you move with it running such as swerving a lump you just sliced off
anything that cuts wood will be good at cutting people, some behave better than others
screw tip auger bits are surprisingly nasty
joinery workshop kit is cat 4 careful, the more industrial the safer it is as a rough rule, all can mangle big style
etc, we have lasted this long, why we have should be shared |
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Nicky cigreen
Joined: 25 Jun 2007 Posts: 9881 Location: Devon, uk
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