Hi

Picked up an angle grinder stand today from Lidl £5:99. Superb. Better
made that the one I saw at Axminster for £18 a while back.

I also picked up a pair of the DIY stands last time they were on offer @
£3:99 each. Really strong & well made, I've used them a lot.

Spotlights & portable workbench both look good as well, but I already have
some.

Offers end Monday.


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi

Picked up an angle grinder stand today from Lidl £5:99. Superb.
Better made that the one I saw at Axminster for £18 a while back.

I also picked up a pair of the DIY stands last time they were on
offer @ £3:99 each. Really strong & well made, I've used them a lot.

Spotlights & portable workbench both look good as well, but I already
have some.

Offers end Monday.

I bagged 4 x 750mm long ratchet clamps for £2.99 each

I bought:

Wind-up LED torch - nice.
Allen key set - quite nice.
Set of electricians pliers - reasonable.
Moving skates/lifting bar - joke item - it's going back.
DIY stands - also in my opinion too insubstantial (won't stand a
rocking motion from sawing a heavy timber etc) - also going back.

I guess it's horses for courses - the lifting/loading type stuff will
only get heavyweight use from me - I really need to make my own rather
than whine about lidl stuff.

The other stuff above is back-up tool kit or occassional use for me.

.. wrote:

I bagged 4 x 750mm long ratchet clamps for £2.99 each

You'll be sorry. :-(


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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message
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I also picked up a pair of the DIY stands last time they were on offer @
£3:99 each. Really strong & well made, I've used them a lot.

Spouse went at opening time this morning and picked up three stands, two for
a son and one for him, from a great stack in a bin. When he passed by a few
minutes later there were three left ...

Spotlights & portable workbench both look good as well, but I already have
some.

That's the trouble, there's no point in duplication for most things.

Mary

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DIY stands - also in my opinion too insubstantial (won't stand a
rocking motion from sawing a heavy timber etc) - also going back.

Aldi had some height-adjustable stands the other day. I got a couple and
they're very solid.

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Guy King wrote:
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from " contains these words:

DIY stands - also in my opinion too insubstantial (won't stand a
rocking motion from sawing a heavy timber etc) - also going back.

Aldi had some height-adjustable stands the other day. I got a couple
and they're very solid.

They also had five *G*clamps for 6GBP 2 large,2 medium and one small good
value.

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The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
. wrote:

I bagged 4 x 750mm long ratchet clamps for £2.99 each

You'll be sorry. :-(

why ?

.. wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
. wrote:

I bagged 4 x 750mm long ratchet clamps for £2.99 each

You'll be sorry. :-(

why ?

They lose their grip after a short while ie wear&tear.

Got given two from last years lidl ones,I know why he give me them. :-(

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from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

They also had five *G*clamps for 6GBP 2 large,2 medium and one small good
value.

Well, they were cheap, certainly.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
. wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
. wrote:

I bagged 4 x 750mm long ratchet clamps for £2.99 each

You'll be sorry. :-(

why ?

They lose their grip after a short while ie wear&tear.

Got given two from last years lidl ones,I know why he give me them.
:-(

those were the mark ones, these are stamped 'new improved mark two'

anyway, I'll use them for the two jobs I have planned then I'll give them
away to asome random numpty.

Guy King wrote:
The message
from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

They also had five *G*clamps for 6GBP 2 large,2 medium and one small
good value.

Well, they were cheap, certainly.

Well i bought two boxes of em just for the bigger clamps, they are doing
the job they where intended for. :-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

Guy King wrote:

Aldi had some height-adjustable stands the other day. I got a couple and
they're very solid.

Makro are doing a pair of substantial plastic fold away trestles. Good
for 400kg loading. About £12 the pair IIRC.

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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi

Picked up an angle grinder stand today from Lidl £5:99. Superb.
Better made that the one I saw at Axminster for £18 a while back.

I also picked up a pair of the DIY stands last time they were on
offer @ £3:99 each. Really strong & well made, I've used them a lot.

Spotlights & portable workbench both look good as well, but I already
have some.

Offers end Monday.

Did you pick up some of those 2100niMH AAA batteries up in aldi at 1.99GBP
for 4?

My Olympus runs away with the normal 800nicads, these 2100's just sit there
laughing at the flash. :-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

wrote:
I bought:

DIY stands - also in my opinion too insubstantial (won't stand a
rocking motion from sawing a heavy timber etc) - also going back.

Mine are very solid. I only saw heavy timber with a circular saw - no
rocking motion :-)


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Dave
The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257

The Medway Handyman wrote:
wrote:
I bought:

DIY stands - also in my opinion too insubstantial (won't stand a
rocking motion from sawing a heavy timber etc) - also going back.

Mine are very solid. I only saw heavy timber with a circular saw - no
rocking motion :-)

same here. I've had 4 since last year. very handy, no problems with them,
either, but I did tighten the nuts and bolts correctly.

.. wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
. wrote:
The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:
. wrote:

I bagged 4 x 750mm long ratchet clamps for £2.99 each

You'll be sorry. :-(

why ?

They lose their grip after a short while ie wear&tear.

Got given two from last years lidl ones,I know why he give me
them. :-(

those were the mark ones, these are stamped 'new improved mark
two'

anyway, I'll use them for the two jobs I have planned then I'll
give them away to asome random numpty.....

....... again )

in 545154 20060629 173328 "The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote:
.. wrote:

I bagged 4 x 750mm long ratchet clamps for £2.99 each

You'll be sorry. :-(

Not necessarily. I bought 4 of them at a discount store 2 years ago and use them
for gluing up raised-panel doors. No problems.

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from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

They also had five *G*clamps for 6GBP 2 large,2 medium and one small
good value.

Well, they were cheap, certainly.

Well i bought two boxes of em just for the bigger clamps, they are doing
the job they where intended for. :-)

The cheapies I've had wear rapidly so the slider just slides instead of
gripping. The answer is to drill the bar and add a pin, like a
sashcramp.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

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from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

Did you pick up some of those 2100niMH AAA batteries up in aldi at 1.99GBP
for 4?

I did - several sets. And the D-cells are nice in the big flashlight.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Guy King wrote:
The message
from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

They also had five *G*clamps for 6GBP 2 large,2 medium and one
small good value.

Well, they were cheap, certainly.

Well i bought two boxes of em just for the bigger clamps, they are
doing the job they where intended for. :-)

The cheapies I've had wear rapidly so the slider just slides instead
of gripping. The answer is to drill the bar and add a pin, like a
sashcramp.

When the time comes I'll put a spotweld or two on it.

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Did you pick up some of those 2100niMH AAA batteries up in aldi at 1.99GBP
for 4?

I bought a load of them - they are 3.99 euro over here,
which is still less than half the price at Maplin.

I did wonder if they are normal rechargeable batteries?

Also Lidl had an enormous number of them -
they seem quite bad at judging how many of a given object they will sell,
eg their expensive electronic items either go in 10 minutes,
or not at all.

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s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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I did wonder if they are normal rechargeable batteries?

Well, they're NiMhs, which have been around sof some years now. If you
try charging them with a NiCd charger they probably won't like it.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Guy King wrote:

Well, they're NiMhs, which have been around sof some years now. If you
try charging them with a NiCd charger they probably won't like it.

Why's that?

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote...
Well, they're NiMhs, which have been around sof some years now. If you
try charging them with a NiCd charger they probably won't like it.

Why's that?

Different terminal (fully charged) voltage, different charge/voltage
characteristics, different leakage (trickle) currents under charge

An useful reference:
http://www.greenbatteries.com/bachfa...%20differences

Dave H.
(The engineer formerly known as Homeless)

in 545289 20060630 083702 Guy King wrote:
The message
from "The3rd Earl Of Derby" contains these words:

Did you pick up some of those 2100niMH AAA batteries up in aldi at 1.99GBP
for 4?

I did - several sets. And the D-cells are nice in the big flashlight.

Are they really AAA rechargables? The highest AAAs I've seen are 900 maH.
It's not long since AAs passed 2000

Bob Martin wrote:


Did you pick up some of those 2100niMH AAA batteries up in aldi at
1.99GBP for 4?

Are they really AAA rechargables? The highest AAAs I've seen are 900 maH.
It's not long since AAs passed 2000

No, they were AAs.
(They did have AAAs, but not that capacity.)

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e-mail (80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Dave H. wrote:

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote...
Well, they're NiMhs, which have been around sof some years now. If you
try charging them with a NiCd charger they probably won't like it.

Why's that?

Different terminal (fully charged) voltage, different charge/voltage
characteristics, different leakage (trickle) currents under charge

An useful reference:
http://www.greenbatteries.com/bachfa...%20differences

Unfortunately this is an American site;
does anyone know if microprocessor-controlled chargers
are available here (in the UK/EU)?

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Timothy Murphy
e-mail (80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

Timothy Murphy wrote:
Dave H. wrote:

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote...
Well, they're NiMhs, which have been around sof some years now. If
you try charging them with a NiCd charger they probably won't like
it.

Why's that?

Different terminal (fully charged) voltage, different charge/voltage
characteristics, different leakage (trickle) currents under charge

An useful reference:
http://www.greenbatteries.com/bachfa...%20differences

Unfortunately this is an American site;
does anyone know if microprocessor-controlled chargers
are available here (in the UK/EU)?

Try ebay,I was looking at one only last night at 14GBP new ie buy it now.

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

In article ,
Timothy Murphy wrote:
Unfortunately this is an American site;
does anyone know if microprocessor-controlled chargers
are available here (in the UK/EU)?

RS sell the Mascot range which is very good. Pricey, though.

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On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 15:16:27 +0100, Timothy Murphy
wrote:

Dave H. wrote:

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote...
Well, they're NiMhs, which have been around sof some years now. If you
try charging them with a NiCd charger they probably won't like it.

Why's that?

Different terminal (fully charged) voltage, different charge/voltage
characteristics, different leakage (trickle) currents under charge

An useful reference:
http://www.greenbatteries.com/bachfa...%20differences

Unfortunately this is an American site;
does anyone know if microprocessor-controlled chargers
are available here (in the UK/EU)?

Try http://www.mahaenergy.co.uk/

Mark