Today I acquired...........

[Arc Tourist]

Those bit sets are pretty good for the money.
Let us know what the nibblers is like

Will do, and I'm going to try out the nibbler tomorrow.

 

[ronan]

If you are anything like me and have calculators in the shed/workshop, you will know they have a tough time being operated with manky hands, and put down in coolant, etc carelessly, normally when you are in a hurry. My last casio died last year, so i made a note to pick up a new one. I was in the newsagents/stationers today and they were all expensive and made by sharp, a brand i am not that fond of. So i left it and went into Tesco to get bread etc.

I happened to be passing the stationery aisle and seen the calc's, 4 euros each for these. That cannot be right i thought, so i asked a passing staff member, "Oh yes, thats the price alright". Still not convinced, i took one to the help desk and asked for a price scan, yup 4 bills. So i bought a few of them as you can see. Already given 2 away to my nieces who have exams coming up.

Surely 4 quid cannot be correct ?

 

[My Old Landy]

If you are anything like me and have calculators in the shed/workshop, you will know they have a tough time being operated with manky hands, and put down in coolant, etc carelessly, normally when you are in a hurry. My last casio died last year, so i made a note to pick up a new one. I was in the newsagents/stationers today and they were all expensive and made by sharp, a brand i am not that fond of. So i left it and went into Tesco to get bread etc.

I happened to be passing the stationery aisle and seen the calc's, 4 euros each for these. That cannot be right i thought, so i asked a passing staff member, "Oh yes, thats the price alright". Still not convinced, i took one to the help desk and asked for a price scan, yup 4 bills. So i bought a few of them as you can see. Already given 2 away to my nieces who have exams coming up.

Surely 4 quid cannot be correct ?


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I reckon I paid more than that in 1979 a small fortune for a calculator. Red 8 segment display too

 

[ronan]

Have a look in your local Tesco. Maybe they are end of line or something.

 

[Kram]

Acquired a couple sets of bits, a bucket and a nibbler from one of our local Lidl stores. I've noticed that in the past few weeks that no tools are being sold in Aldi stores, but there seems to be an increase in the variety of tools offered at Lidl's.
I have a Milwaukee sheer which is great for cutting flat metal, but find it awkward to cut corrugated with it. So thought I'd try this tool as I plan on installing a metal roof over the torch down felt on the garage I'm building for longevity.

EDIT: I notice this tool runs at a very high rpm, seems awfully fast ?

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I am avoiding german shops for now, but I want a nibbler, needs to be cordless though.
So Ive got this ordered for tomorrow. Appears to have mixed reviews of working great or breaking first go.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B08FSLTCLJ

I used to have a hand operated type and it was painful to use, but worked well for small bits, killed it last year.

 

[julianthegypsy]

I reckon I paid more than that in 1979 a small fortune for a calculator. Red 8 segment display too

I paid £12 for a rechargeable commodore in 1977! I bet it didn't have half the functions this one does. Still, it got me through my city&guilds ok. It was the first year calculators had been allowed in the exams...so they made the questions much harder!

 

[Big_B]

I just reverse fill with a syringe and bleed each device as normal. Nothing fancy needed for brakes I can refit the bike brakes early before work, the filling/bleeding takes about 3 minutes.

I find reverse bleeding the best way to bleed the front brakes on my bike. I've tried vacuum bleeding. bleeding topm the top. and neither of these methods seem to work. I always end up with air in the system

A 20ml syringe with some fish tank air line, reverse bleed, and everything is good.

 

[Big_B]

I bought a previous parkside welding helmet, one that looked a bit (but not entirely) like this:

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It's surprisingly nice to use (although I prefer my parweld one). The main problem I've had with it is I used it while plasma cutting some dirty aluminium and it got a bit splattered. The outer visor is now covered in marks and I've completely failed to find anywhere I can get a replacement visor. In future I think I'll stick with mainstream brands or designs with flat visors rather than ones that are bent.

Try this link. It lists the manuals of their tools, and may help. It's easier to use if you type in their product number

https://www.lidl-service.com/cps/rde/xchg/lsp/hs.xsl/index.html

I think this is the manual you may need
https://www.lidl-service.com/static/5395748793/345144_EN.pdf

 

[Arc Tourist]

Since my last post here I've seen a couple of YouTube videos on the Parkside nibbler, and think it will do ok for my purpose. I now understand the why the rpm's are high, as it cuts tiny chips which would take considerably more time to remove metal at a lower speed.

 

[zx9]

They look ok. They are loose in a bag to rattle around but seem to survive.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07V4747BW

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B07WRD25TR

ISkip/EStink seem to be a reliable seller had about 10 items from them, all hermes 2/3 day delivery.

Interested in how you get on with the reamers, this

【Suitable material】Processed surface of iron, plastic, wood, copper, aluminum and other soft materials.

from the Amazon description is a bit concerning.

 

[northwest]

Bought my first Furick Cup gas lense yesterday, arrived today and will give it a trial run tomorrow. A Jazzy 10 fitted to my CK WP9 torch:

 

[roblane65]

Is that installed correctly ? should the mesh lens not be sat up in the cup.

 

[Tigman]

Is that installed correctly ? should the mesh lens not be sat up in the cup.

There's a little tool to push the diffuser into the shroud !

 

[badabec]

Whilst in the middle of Lidl, I picked up a hot air gun £9.99 and a glue gun £7.99. I don't NEED either, but I WANTED them.

 

[bricol]

Acquired a couple sets of bits, a bucket and a nibbler from one of our local Lidl stores. I've noticed that in the past few weeks that no tools are being sold in Aldi stores, but there seems to be an increase in the variety of tools offered at Lidl's.
I have a Milwaukee sheer which is great for cutting flat metal, but find it awkward to cut corrugated with it. So thought I'd try this tool as I plan on installing a metal roof over the torch down felt on the garage I'm building for longevity.

EDIT: I notice this tool runs at a very high rpm, seems awfully fast ?

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I struggled to get a nibbler to go up and down the angles in the corrugations - thin slitting disc in a grinder worked perfectly, faster, with less hot shrapnel to stick in the plastic coating . . .

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I picked up a hot air gun £9.99

I saw those and, having used a borrowed one [not Lidl job] today, fancied one. But it'd have meant a 30 mile round trip decided against going. Maybe they'll have one left next Tuesday when I'm on the move anyway.

 

[northwest]

Is that installed correctly ? should the mesh lens not be sat up in the cup.

About half way up it should be and the right size tungsten needs to be in there too , but quick pic before I came back in.

On reflection, it was the wrong thing to do as anyone looking to see how it should be fitted might think this was correct. I shall not do that again.

 

[Nick DV]

Got these today from Lidl and Amazon. The little Lidl clamps are cheap and cheerful, but ideal for the small stuff, and the magnets are very strong so might pop in and get a couple more

 

[Cobbler]

I asked a mate to have a look in Lidl’s for some metal paint for me as he lives nearby. Just had a text to say no paint, but bought a nibbler, I shall be interested to see how he gets on. I‘ve got one of the air ones, bought it about a year ago I suppose, but never used it, put it in the drawer & forgot about it! I got it out yesterday & tried it, it seems to work very well, brilliant for the 15 quid or whatever it was when I bought it. One thing with Lildi tools, they are cheap enough to think that might be handy, even if you have no immediate use.

 

[Nick DV]

One thing with Lildi tools, they are cheap enough to think that might be handy, even if you have no immediate use.

And doesn't hurt if you happen to break or lose one or two