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FOAK: Power tools for beginners
I have a hankering to buy an electric drill. Being ignorant of such
matters I'd appreciate recommendations. It would be for putting up shelves and the like in the house - typical modern consturction with plasterboard and breize blocks, (or something like that); maybe in the garage, which is brick. Miscellaneous other minor things, perhaps. This isn't something I'd expect to use very often, so I don't want to spend too much on it. On the other hand, I want something that'll be easy for a novice to use without too much risk of messing things up. So: what's in the shops at the moment that's worth having? -- Simon - UKRM~verdigris,plus,com Tiger - A return to good sense. Z1000 - Less sense, more sensation. MAG BOTAFOT#36 two#22 HLR#pi BONY#62 BHaLC#3 LotR#7 |
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FOAK: Power tools for beginners
In uk.d-i-y Verdigris wrote:
I have a hankering to buy an electric drill. Being ignorant of such matters I'd appreciate recommendations. It would be for putting up shelves and the like in the house - typical modern consturction with plasterboard and breize blocks, (or something like that); maybe in the garage, which is brick. Miscellaneous other minor things, perhaps. This isn't something I'd expect to use very often, so I don't want to spend too much on it. On the other hand, I want something that'll be easy for a novice to use without too much risk of messing things up. So: what's in the shops at the moment that's worth having? Personally. I haven't found much wrong with the PB550HB drill, that was IIRC 19.99 from Homebase. And it's got a 3 year guarantee. It's been used to put in several thousand 30-70mm screws, without issue. |
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FOAK: Power tools for beginners
On 17 Aug 2006 20:10:46 GMT, Ian Stirling
wrote: It's been used to put in several thousand 30-70mm screws, without issue. It performed the snip as well? Now *that* is a multi-tool. -- Pip: B12 |
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FOAK: Power tools for beginners
In uk.d-i-y Pip wrote:
On 17 Aug 2006 20:10:46 GMT, Ian Stirling wrote: It's been used to put in several thousand 30-70mm screws, without issue. It performed the snip as well? Now *that* is a multi-tool. To clarify, the screws began as from 30-70mm long. Apart from one annoyingly soft batch of 70s that ended up as 50mm in the wood, with 20mm sheared. |
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