Couple of things at Lidl

[RainbowsParticipant @rainbows]

Anyone who can't find one in their lidl in time can find similar ones of ebay for the same price with higher amperage. Issue is waiting for chinese international shipping.

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Delivery from china? Do check that VAT and customs collection charges do not apply (they would make it £80, if starting at £60).

Do they offer such a good money back warranty as Lidl? Somehow, I doubt it!

Higher amperage, but 30% duty cycle is not so clever.

I will stick with this one. Handy for lightness and portability. My smallish local had about 20 on display, so expecting a good demand?

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

That's one of the major things when you get Lidl type stuff, a 3 year money back guarantee which you can enforce when you buy a pint of milk at the weekend

BTW 1.6 to 3.2 mm rods are 3 quid a kilo while stocks last

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

There's a small motion sensor strip light at my Lidl just now, fiver a pop.(Got 3 so far…)

Handy for dark cupboards, boats, camping etc

Nice quality scissors too at 1.50 a go

Edited By Ady1 on 07/08/2017 15:46:24

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Ady1 on 07/08/2017 15:45:52:

There's a small motion sensor strip light at my Lidl just now, fiver a pop.(Got 3 so far…)

I got a solar motion sensor LED light for the front door from the local Barnado's shop for £1.50. 😛

Neil

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

Got a spare drill today and it's a great bit of kit for the money, (mulling over getting another now)

750w, quite small and fits easily in the hand like a cordless, reversible, var speed control

18 bananas, incredible

[David George 1Participant @davidgeorge1]

Got a few 5ft led fluorescent replacement tubes for £7.99 yesterday at Lidl. Very bright compared with original tubes lower power usage.

David

[IanTParticipant @iant]

They are selling the magnetic cans and strips again.

Purchased one of the strips ( £2.99 – about 18" long) and I'm going to wrap some polythene around it and use it as a 'broom' head for the indoors workshop floor. Still have to use the normal brush for when I've been working brass of course…

Regards,

IanT

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

5ft fluorescent tubes at £7.99, how many do you get for that?

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by KWIL on 30/10/2017 10:37:21:

5ft fluorescent tubes at £7.99, how many do you get for that?

The time the kitchen light is left on in our house one will pay for itself in under a year.

[MuzzerParticipant @muzzer]

We talked about this. The energy consumption and light output of a traditional fluorescent tube is very similar to the equivalent modern LED one. The main difference in my eyes is the flicker free operation (although modern HF ballasts have got around that), the lack of hazardous mercury vapour / glass etc and the more safely contained hazardous voltage. The lifetime and gradual degradation of output seem to be fairly similar. So we have no fluorescent / CFL lights in our house….

Murray

[Rik ShawParticipant @rikshaw]

Just bought two of those mag strips for a fiver. Much stronger magnets than I had imagined – thanks for the tip folks.

Rik

[Gareth JeffersonParticipant @garethjefferson65077]

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…'A packet of fags costs a tenner nowadays'…

For our country cousins across the pond…. fags are cigarettes here… not … …

George.

… not … fags as in faggots. Engineers can be gay too, probably around 5%, as will be around 5% of readers of our fovorite magazine. Perhaps I should update my photo with a rainbow flag in the background.

–– Gareth.

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[Mick B1Participant @mickb1]

Set of metric HSS drills, TiN coated, 1,5 – 10mm.

Unusual grind, with a point angle around 140 degrees, facetted clearance angle and precise web-thinned point.

I've drilled black mild and silver steels with the 4mm. size, and it worked well with low thrust required and even curls of swarf from both flutes. The lip looked the same after as before, and the plating was still there.

As far as I can see, a decent small set of drills for £3.99.

[ChrisHParticipant @chrish]

Got another item for the "That'l Come in Handium" tool shelf today from Lidl – a cordless (once it's heated up on it's stand) Hot Glue Gun for £7.99 I think it was. Didn't have a glue gun, so thought 'this would come in handy…… '

Chris

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

A Japanese pull saw with two quick-release hardpoint blades of different TPI.

Neil

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

mmmm I think traditional Japanese craftsmen would be turning in their graves at the suggestion of quick release blades …..Get a proper bench and make a bench hook then you can use a proper saw.

[IanTParticipant @iant]

Posted by Neil Wyatt on 03/11/2017 20:17:01:

A Japanese pull saw with two quick-release hardpoint blades of different TPI.

Neil

Yes – I already had a set I got about a year ago but I purchased another one on Thursday (as a spare). So handy for things like cutting dowels off flush – very sharp, flexible and generally all round useful. Also affordable (at £7.99) for the handle and two blades – a recommended buy (especially when it's hidden in the Grocery bill!)

Regards,

IanT

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Posted by Bazyle on 03/11/2017 20:36:10:

mmmm I think traditional Japanese craftsmen would be turning in their graves at the suggestion of quick release blades …..Get a proper bench and make a bench hook then you can use a proper saw.

Would they?

The number of examples on Google seems to suggest otherwise, the Japanese are never shy of blending old and new technology.

Neil

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Aren't they a bit like ''Stephenson' s'' this and that – only these japanese pull saws likely came from china?

[VicParticipant @vic]

I bought a large set of screwdriver bits from Lidl a little while back for somewhere between £5 and £7 if memory serves. I saw what looked suspiciously like the same set with the Metabo brand on it for £29.99. I think I got a bargain.

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

The cordless drills and torque guns with separate batteries are in this week

Grab 'em while you still can

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

Yesterday – set of 4 castors with 3" wheels for £5 and skate (those wheels plus mdf board and non slip mat (for tool box? see previous thread) for £10. A lot seems to depend on where you are and when you get there.

[davebParticipant @daveb17630]

Boys toys at Lidl.

I bought a furniture mover at Lidl for £9.95, I think the castors would cost more on their own. My wife looked very disapproving and asked what I wanted a skateboard for. I explained what it was, she told me not to play with it with my friend as we'd both finish up with broken hips. I wondered which one of us she thinks is the bad influence, we're both over 70.

[Clive FosterParticipant @clivefoster55965]

Picked up the 5" 125 mm disk sander this morning for £ 30. Parkside PTSG 140 B2.

Figured that it would make a nice basis for a Tiplap style tool grinder after up-gunning the tool rest and arranging a proper grinding wheel in place of the standard plain disk intended for self adhesive abrasives.

Checking it out was pleased to find that it runs up nice & smooth. Even more pleased to see that the standard tool rest is decently robust for an all plastic device. Probably only needs some positive stops on the tilt adjustment and some fixed angle guides for the table to ensure same grinding angle every time. Comes with two each of 80, 150 and 240 grit self adhesive disks. Quick noodle on t'net shows that grits down to 400 are readily available so maybe it will do fine as is.

A round-tu-it project right now but we shall see in due course.

Clive

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