Tools you wish you'd bought sooner...

[mickk]

dickymint said:

They're duburrers for deburring things.

You deburr, I ream.

[donkmeister]

Teddy Lop said:

That reminds me...

I'm a complete tart for fancy/special use blades for various power tools, but be careful if you ever find a vac-u-loc adapter for your recip saw and decided to look up what it's for. Brings a new meaning to doing it yourself. (Prob NSFW)

I just googled it.. didn't find that specific one but found lots of "attachments" for a reciprocating saw that reminded me of the end of this scene in Naked Gun 2 1/2:

[donkmeister]

mickk said:

dickymint said:

They're duburrers for deburring things.

You deburr, I ream.

Reaming is making a hole slightly larger and potentially more circular to meet tight tolerances. Can you do that with this tool?

ETA I just found they are called "reaming pens", when sold by wholesalers who deal with specifically two types of customer: plumbers and electricians. I.e. these are being used to "ream" pipes and conduits. I'm going to suggest that plumbers and electricians are taking as many liberties with the term "ream" as they do with "engineer"

Edited by donkmeister on Wednesday 20th March 21:38

[dickymint]

donkmeister said:

mickk said:

dickymint said:

They're duburrers for deburring things.

You deburr, I ream.

Reaming is making a hole slightly larger and potentially more circular to meet tight tolerances. Can you do that with this tool?

Some of those sets have a countersink bit included that arguably can be called a reamer.

[Simpo Two]

dickymint said:

donkmeister said:

mickk said:

dickymint said:

They're duburrers for deburring things.

You deburr, I ream.

Reaming is making a hole slightly larger and potentially more circular to meet tight tolerances. Can you do that with this tool?

Some of those sets have a countersink bit included that arguably can be called a reamer.

A countersinker is much more like a deburrer than a reamer... just with a 45 degree angle rather than 5-10 degrees.

My god this is getting complicated!

[mickk]

Or is it a chamfer tool?

[dickymint]

Simpo Two said:

dickymint said:

donkmeister said:

mickk said:

dickymint said:

They're duburrers for deburring things.

You deburr, I ream.

Reaming is making a hole slightly larger and potentially more circular to meet tight tolerances. Can you do that with this tool?

Some of those sets have a countersink bit included that arguably can be called a reamer.

A countersinker is much more like a deburrer than a reamer... just with a 45 degree angle rather than 5-10 degrees.

My god this is getting complicated!

I know I don't like that type of deburrer (as in photo) anyway - much prefer to use a file or emery cloth.

[donkmeister]

Those "reamer pens" as they are called by those in plumbing and electrical circles do what a machinist would call deburring, however I suspect the name came about because there is a tool that does a similar job on pipes and conduits and also circularises the cross section somewhat.



However, I've never seen that tool called a pipe reamer, even though it does a much more reamy sort of job than the other tool.

[bern]

dickymint said:

Simpo Two said:

dickymint said:

donkmeister said:

mickk said:

dickymint said:

They're duburrers for deburring things.

You deburr, I ream.

Reaming is making a hole slightly larger and potentially more circular to meet tight tolerances. Can you do that with this tool?

Some of those sets have a countersink bit included that arguably can be called a reamer.

A countersinker is much more like a deburrer than a reamer... just with a 45 degree angle rather than 5-10 degrees.

My god this is getting complicated!

I know I don't like that type of deburrer (as in photo) anyway - much prefer to use a file or emery cloth.

The technical term for them is, wiggly waggler.

They have never been anything to do with reaming while I've got a hole in my arse, pun intended!

[gtidriver]

donkmeister said:

Boom78 said:

gtidriver said:

I've been collecting Woodpeckers tools for a couple of years now. I'm just checking my layout before I drill holes and put dowels in, it'll be going on the wall as a French cleat. I call it my red wall of financial ruin, yes I know there's a gap, I've ordered the 300mm and 600mm rules with there mini clamps. Never going to use them but I can't have gaps..there's not much left of the Woodpeckers range left to buy now, unless I go states side and order from there.

Edited by gtidriver on Friday 15th March 23:59

A genuine but possibly silly question but why? I know there’s always ‘because I can’ but is there a purpose or trade driving this collection? They’re proper expensive new. Maybe golf, polo, windsurfing or yachts instead as a hobby

Edited by Boom78 on Wednesday 20th March 18:22

It's a vice, and one that doesn't harm your liver, give you a dose of the clap or risk sudden unexpected financial ruin. I can get onboard with that. Some people collect stamps, some spend a fortune on a season ticket to be disappointed by men in shorts, why not nice heirloom quality tools!

I bought my first piece and just decided to start collecting, I do use these tools, just not all the time, it's not investments I just like them. I started on Bosch tools, bought most of them and now they just sit in the corner of my garage never being used, ive bought/upgraded to festools stuff now, Bosch is to be sold, just can't be done with the idiots who want it for free/delivered/10000yr full warranty etc. Its watches next, till I get bored with that.

[dickymint]

bern said:

dickymint said:

Simpo Two said:

dickymint said:

donkmeister said:

mickk said:

dickymint said:

They're duburrers for deburring things.

You deburr, I ream.

Reaming is making a hole slightly larger and potentially more circular to meet tight tolerances. Can you do that with this tool?

Some of those sets have a countersink bit included that arguably can be called a reamer.

A countersinker is much more like a deburrer than a reamer... just with a 45 degree angle rather than 5-10 degrees.

My god this is getting complicated!

I know I don't like that type of deburrer (as in photo) anyway - much prefer to use a file or emery cloth.

The technical term for them is, wiggly waggler.

They have never been anything to do with reaming while I've got a hole in my arse, pun intended!

That's 'rimming'

[Mars]

Jo-say8k said:

Mars said:

I've survived for decades filing my burrs but needing something more "repeatable" to give a more professional finish, and following the recommendations of a YouTuber, I bought one of these for the princely sum of 13 quid with a box of spare blades.

It's brilliant.

Where does one purchase such a thing?

Amazon

https://amzn.eu/d/aPCgqZx

[GeneralBanter]

Mars said:

Jo-say8k said:

Mars said:

I've survived for decades filing my burrs but needing something more "repeatable" to give a more professional finish, and following the recommendations of a YouTuber, I bought one of these for the princely sum of 13 quid with a box of spare blades.

It's brilliant.

Where does one purchase such a thing?

Amazon

https://amzn.eu/d/aPCgqZx

This looks like just another gadget to go wow and test use and then ends up gathering dust?

[sparkythecat]

GeneralBanter said:

This looks like just another gadget to go wow and test use and then ends up gathering dust?

I've had a similar tool for years. I keep it by my drill press and use it a lot.

[Danns]

ovlovlover said:

I could do with some advice from this threads extravagant tool buying experience.

My mitre saw has died. It was an Erbauer EMIS 254S which although fine was never the most accurate thing. Anywho I've stripped the thread of the blade mount thing with half a bolt left in it and the fence was bent after some stupidity.

I want a replacement for DIY purposes. Basic cabinetry, skirting, sheds etc. It'll be well used.

I'm struggling to decide what to buy. My main concern is precision and I don't want to have to adjust everytime I change the mitre setting etc.

Max £500.

Any thoughts?

TLDR mitre saw; which?

Looks like this got overlooked, I have a Bosch GCM 12 SDE - I'm sure I only paid £400&something but it appears prices have crept up a fair bit.

I use it for exact same purpose as yourself, being able to get thru the larger stuff in one cut is an added bonus. Used a 10 inch one for a few years and got frustrated at the cuts it couldnt quite get all the way thru. Works great with a Freud replacement blade. Can be moved around, but it is heavy, and doorways take a bit of thinking to get thru.

I've only had to adjust /calibrate it once and that was owing to a badly negotiated doorway, took me a fair few cuts to notice it was almost a degree off true.

The thing is, and I'm yet to see a mitre saw that doesn't, when on full extension or doing a compound mitre, there is always a tiny bit of play as its rather difficult to push down in the exact plane that the cuts wants to be done, and the blade is a fair distance from the fulcrum.

The fancy multi-link arm ones may overcome this, but I haven't tried.

If I were going for absolute repeatable precision, I'd look to a mitre sled for the table saw, or a radial arm mitre saw to get around this.

[GeneralBanter]

sparkythecat said:

GeneralBanter said:

This looks like just another gadget to go wow and test use and then ends up gathering dust?

I've had a similar tool for years. I keep it by my drill press and use it a lot.

I have a larger version for going round the top of cylinders after a rebore, but with small stuff I just use a countersink bit or if it’s not a hole I just buzz the edge on a grinder. This would just be another tool rattling around for me!

[RedWhiteMonkey]

If you want frivolous and deburring I can sell you one of these: https://vspin.mannesmann-demag.com/en/

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Torque wrenches
How accurate do they need to be?
Do Chinese ones do a good enough job ?

[Voldemort]

[quote=Trustmeimadoctor]
How accurate do they need to be?/quote]

Kind of depends on whether you are putting a spare wheel on an old Ford or attaching a leg to the space station...

There are firms, at least there's one round the corner from me, that will calibrate your measuring tools, including torque wrenches. No idea on cost of this service.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

just basic car work suspension etc not engine internals