Stood in the pissing rain yesterday holding a mains drill on an extension lead rebuilding my fence I decided I'd get me one of the new-fangled battery jobbies.
So later, in Wickes I spotted a 3Ah Makita combi drill and thought sod it, I'll get it.Half an hour passes, two obviously returned products (one missing the supposedly included battery) and a whole load of "we can't find that one" I ended up with this:
crust wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 10:55 am
Makita.jpgStood in the pissing rain yesterday holding a mains drill on an extension lead rebuilding my fence I decided I'd get me one of the new-fangled battery jobbies.
So later, in Wickes I spotted a 3Ah Makita combi drill and thought sod it, I'll get it.Half an hour passes, two obviously returned products (one missing the supposedly included battery) and a whole load of "we can't find that one" I ended up with this:
Silly Car wrote: ↑Tue Feb 15, 2022 9:04 pm
I picked up a cheap n nasty honing guide and a range of wet and dry paper from 120 through to 5000 grit
I’ve spent an enjoyable time fettling a couple of old wood chisels using a small piece of 18mm MDF from the garage as a flat plate under the wet and dry.
With the first chisel, I had to start with a 40g sanding belt to get rid of a nail divot and a slopey bevel, gradually worked through the grades up to 800grit on the primary bevel, then on the second bevel up to full 5000 grit, 10-15 strokes per grade, with the end result of a fairly polished second bevel which could shave the hair on my arm. That level of sharpness is a first for me.
Second chisel just needed 10-15 strokes per grade to re-establish a clean primary and the same to get a hair shaving edge on the second.
Just need to work my way through my other chisels and planes now
I can sometimes remove a nail dent with a good hard file but it really depends on how hard the file or chisel is.
Sometimes its too hard for the file and it just skates off the surface.
I've done the same with two knives I've snapped the point off and just filed it to shape (usually with more belly to the blade) then sharpened as usual.
There's also a Hultafors knife I use for insulation when I'm unlucky enough to be doing loads of pipe boxing (using it for sound insulation) and every once in a while I just touch it up with a file and thats sharp enough for insulation.
crust wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 10:55 am
Makita.jpgStood in the pissing rain yesterday holding a mains drill on an extension lead rebuilding my fence I decided I'd get me one of the new-fangled battery jobbies.
So later, in Wickes I spotted a 3Ah Makita combi drill and thought sod it, I'll get it.Half an hour passes, two obviously returned products (one missing the supposedly included battery) and a whole load of "we can't find that one" I ended up with this:
I'm on the verge of buying another Makita just like this, but in the end I just ended up repairing the one I already have (older model, busted the chuck).
I probably -would- have bought this exact kit but all the unnecessary extras put me off.
crust wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 10:55 am
Makita.jpgStood in the pissing rain yesterday holding a mains drill on an extension lead rebuilding my fence I decided I'd get me one of the new-fangled battery jobbies.
So later, in Wickes I spotted a 3Ah Makita combi drill and thought sod it, I'll get it.Half an hour passes, two obviously returned products (one missing the supposedly included battery) and a whole load of "we can't find that one" I ended up with this:
The rattle gun is under 100Nm but its fantastic for rattling in larger screws you may use for any fencing work and the 1.5Ah battery's last surprisingly well. I must have got it in a sale as i was only just over £100 probably two years ago
DefTrap wrote: ↑Sun Feb 20, 2022 9:48 pm
I'm on the verge of buying another Makita just like this, but in the end I just ended up repairing the one I already have (older model, busted the chuck).
I probably -would- have bought this exact kit but all the unnecessary extras put me off.
Yeah, I didn't want all the extras, I wanted the kit with no extras but two batteries, however the kit with extras was in stock and the others wern't.
Needed a G-clamp to push the pistons back into a caliper. This one is all they had. It's officially shite and now is in the bin now the job is done. Took about 10 times longer than it should.
KungFooBob wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 9:55 pm
If you can't push pistons in by hand, then there's an issue somewhere.
Except for rear callipers on cars, which need winding in.
Yeah, I know. It's Pen's AJP. Been back to the shop and they said it was OK. Still a problem so took it apart tonight. We're off out tmrw so had to go buy a clamp. I wound them in 3 or 4 times with WD40 helping and that might have done the job
Purchased one of those ‘dent puller’ kits off Amazon, for the life of me I cannot get the glue to stick strong enough for it to work! Followed various FAQ fixes but to no avail.
It’s only a small dent, caused by my lads basketball hoop falling over in the wind & clouting the car door!!! Luckily it was the plastic backboard that hit the car but still.. been quoted £140+VAT to fix it!! I’m in the wrong job…. No wait….. I can’t get the glue to work
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