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Friend told me today Aldi have a dremel type tool , mains powered, with flexible shaft and a few bits n bobs for £15
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Last Edit: Mar 6, 2011 12:55:53 GMT by datman
69 Plymouth Fury Convertible
75 Range Rover 2 door
82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door
78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 120Y Coupe
78 Datsun 620 Pickup
81 Datsun Urvan E23
86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo
00 Electric Peugeot Partner
02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
76 Honda C50
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol
07 Land Rover 130
15 Nissan E-NV200
15 Fiat Ducato
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Apologies badly remembered. It was late for me  For the money it will not be a 'the best on the market'. However, all the stuff I have bought from Aldi and LIdl has been of good quality and never let me down. Some of the food is very good to. Follow this link for the tools and stuff I was seeing and the Dremel type tool that Datman is on about..... www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/offers_week09Sunday11.htmLidl and Aldi do special offers by email as well as having latest offers on their websites. I will post up links to the them when I see car related stuff. |
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The reason I posted this up is because I constantly find I am short of tools and money.. Thus tool offers/bargains are totally as important to me as finding parts bargains etc
I bought the drill but set and it seems pretty good so far.. yeah it's probably not snapon quality but it was only fifteen quid! Also picked up a box of disposable gloves, couple of pairs of polycarb safety goggles and some beaded slimy hand cleaner.. all for about a fiver! Helps me build cars.. helps me save money to buy parts for cars.. =win
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don't see the problem with this sort of stuff. Dremel sounds good. off to try and get one we have a few Aldi's local to us!
Tools I have from there always do the job, a few have broken but its to be expected for the price.
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87 Mk2 Cavalier SRi Turbo
89 Mk3 Cavalier SRi V6
90 Cartlon GSi3000 24v (Lotus Rep)
90 Senator CD 24v
99 Omega 3.0 MV6
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if they still have them, I've found their safety goggles to be good. they seal well and have indirect ventilation, and don't distort your vision www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_17348.htmI's also tried to break one of their 2.5hp 25L air compressors, but have failed miserably, bought one early last year and its probably been on over 100 hours now, sometimes used continually for an hour when using a needle scaler or grit blasting. also got a 2 speed mains drill from them as the slower speed gives more torque when using holesaws in steel etc was £25 in the uk www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_15423.htm |
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I just picked up one of those dremel things, a mains inspection lamp (old skool style) £6.99 and a massive pack of gluesticks (usually very expensive from DIY centre)
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69 Plymouth Fury Convertible
75 Range Rover 2 door
82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door
78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 120Y Coupe
78 Datsun 620 Pickup
81 Datsun Urvan E23
86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo
00 Electric Peugeot Partner
02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
76 Honda C50
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol
07 Land Rover 130
15 Nissan E-NV200
15 Fiat Ducato
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Kyle67
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Also picked up the Dremel and their extra accessory kit today, quite a powerful little tool and having the flexi drive is a bonus.
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CIH
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IS the dremel tool online ? Can't find link and I don't know of any local stores.
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I was thinking about the hoist as I am getting to old to lift engines by hand. Does anyoine reckon this one is up to it?
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The dremel was online but once the day of the "special buy" passes they don't appear immediately on the website (they are still there somewhere..) they probably still have them in store, as they seem to have stuff in mine from months back.. maybe you could ring them and ask so as not to waste a journey?
Regarding the hoist.. if the engine weighed less than 250kg I would guess it should be sound.. Most of the stuff has a warranty and I know people who have returned stuff with no problems getting refunds/replacements etc
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Air compressor and a bunch of cheapo air tools in Aldi this coming Thursday.. Compressor looks fair decent for light use and has a 3 year warranty
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mike32
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I've bought lots of tools from Aldi over the last few years, most are reasonable quality and at least as good as the big stores own brand stuff.
The air tools they have are pretty good, got air shears, drill, blasting kit, and filter/regulator last time they were about and I'd say they are as good as the SIP stuff I've already got.
Angle grinders are fantastic, cheap with spindle locks and you can afford to have a few so less changing of discs, I've broken one but only cos I managed to knock the spindle lock with it at full chat.
I managed to pick up a pillar drill for £30 a few years back and a bench grinder for £10.
Grinding discs and wire cup brushes are good, drill bits are made of cheese, screwdriver tips are a bit soft, gloves, goggles and workshop wipes/cloth are great value.
Don't be tempted by the cheapy ratchet spanners though, the ratchets don't last 5 mins and the open ends are really poor tolerance, bought some in the summer and they're knackered all ready, I aquired a couple of halfords professional ones about 10 years ago and they're still going strong.
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robbo86
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Mar 13, 2011 11:37:59 GMT
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Halfords professional tools FTW, with a lifetime guarantee!
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Mar 13, 2011 11:47:10 GMT
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Having tried halfords professional (have you noticed anything with the word Professional, or Quality, or Industrial etc usually is NOT ) I would say they are very average, Ok for light jobs on modern cars with non rusted fasteners but their sockets tend to be 12 point not proper hex, their 12mm ratchet spanner broke almost instantly with me, and there seems to be too much emphasis on making it look shiny and pretty rather than actually built to take heavy work.
I have a bogo Halfords half inch ratchet here on the other hand which is 20 years old and works great, even if all the sockets in the set split!
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Last Edit: Mar 13, 2011 12:09:16 GMT by datman
69 Plymouth Fury Convertible
75 Range Rover 2 door
82 Range Rover 4 door
84 Range Rover 4 door
78 Datsun 120Y 2 door
78 Datsun 120Y Coupe
78 Datsun 620 Pickup
81 Datsun Urvan E23
86 Datsun Vanette van
98 Electric Citroen Berlingo
00 Electric Peugeot Partner
02 Electric Citroen Berlingo
76 Honda C50
04 Berlingo Multispace petrol
07 Land Rover 130
15 Nissan E-NV200
15 Fiat Ducato
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mike32
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Mar 13, 2011 21:52:54 GMT
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Older halfords professional stuff (8-10 years ago, with professional stamped on) was made by facom and is terrific, the only thing I've managed to break was the ratchet mechanism on a 1/2" ratchet - but I was using it with a 4ft tube on it, couldn't get enough rotation on a severely corroded nut to use a breaker bar. That was about 6 years ago, it was fixed for a fiver (ratchet mech not covered by warranty) and has seen some heavy use since and is still going strong. Now it's changed to advanced stamped on the tools I don't think it's as good, bought some 3/8" stuff a few weeks ago and the quality of the extensions and sockets isn't up to the older stuff. Still better than the Aldi/Lidl stuff though  |
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Apr 18, 2020 10:04:56 GMT
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Apr 18, 2020 10:27:31 GMT
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I’d love one of those powered barrows/mini dumpers
Don’t actually have a use for it, just looks great! 👍
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Apr 18, 2020 10:39:09 GMT
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I’d love one of those powered barrows/mini dumpers Don’t actually have a use for it, just looks great! 👍 My Mum's in a wheelchair, my 80 year old Dad struggles to push this uphill and it runs away with him going downhill, I was looking at this and wondering if we could swap the bucket out for an armchair!   |
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Last Edit: Apr 18, 2020 10:42:18 GMT by MkX
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Apr 18, 2020 10:40:26 GMT
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Sounds good to me,WCPGW? 😳
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Apr 18, 2020 10:47:20 GMT
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I’d love one of those powered barrows/mini dumpers Don’t actually have a use for it, just looks great! 👍 My Mum's in a wheelchair, my 80 year old Dad struggles to push this uphill and it runs away with him going downhill, I was looking at this and wondering if we could swap the bucket out for an armchair! Hi, Are you proposing to leave the tipping function intact? A bit harsh!! |
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Last Edit: Apr 18, 2020 10:48:06 GMT by colnerov
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