Tools you wish you'd bought sooner...

Tools you wish you'd bought sooner...

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Trustmeimadoctor

12,523 posts

154 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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well it was a saxo

Laurel Green

30,770 posts

231 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Carbon Sasquatch said:
Milwaukee did a good TV advert for theirs -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXKpGDs-SOk
Brilliant! thumbup

anonymous-user

53 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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skwdenyer said:
In the spirit of the thread title, my latest acquisitions that I *really* should have bought sooner:



Olive remover:



I was hugely suspicious that this could really beat a pair of pliers. But a bemused relative picked this off of my wish list & by golly it makes the job so much less frustrating smile
If you're paranoid about damaging the pipework then one of these is great as well


Chris Type R

8,018 posts

248 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Not a tool, but something I didn't know existed until this weekend and which has made a job a lot easier.

Nail plugs - for when you're struggling to nail in cable clips into brick/old mortar - drill and use them in a similar way to normal wall plugs for screws.


Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Carbon Sasquatch said:
I use my regular impact driver with an adapter - that said I do the first 'crack' to loosen them and the final tighten with a manual torque wrench

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-driver-socket-s...

I really thought I owned a set of these but truth is, I have thousands of tools I have bought over the years "just in case" and I have lost track a bit.

My lad will inherit an amazing collection... just none of the above, I guess. biggrin

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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JuanCarlosFandango said:
A bigger battery for my beloved Dewalt drill and impact driver.

Bought a 5 aH monster recently and not only does it last for ever but gives the drill a lot more oomph.

I was sceptical that a bigger battery would give it more oomph, thinking that the extra amp hours just meant it would last longer, but it certainly does. If anyone can explain why I'd probably still be confused but appreciative all the same.
I don't think it does if compared with a fully charged smaller battery but that smaller one is likely to have discharged a little quite quickly, whereas the larger one will give full throttle for more than a few minutes.

While jacking my car up, using my drill as the driver, my 1.5Ah battery allowed me to jack it up using the lower torque, higher speed setting only once. After that, I had to use the higher torque, lower speed setting, and even that was insufficient by the time I got the fourth wheel. The battery goes off the boil really quickly - literally seconds.

I really need a bigger battery to go with the impact wrench I've just ordered but in practice I expect to only need it to change one wheel (emergency roadside change). I have a "few" lower capacity batteries, and a quick charger.

Jambo85

3,311 posts

87 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Watchman said:
While jacking my car up, using my drill as the driver, my 1.5Ah battery allowed me to jack it up using the lower torque, higher speed setting only once. After that, I had to use the higher torque, lower speed setting, and even that was insufficient by the time I got the fourth wheel. The battery goes off the boil really quickly - literally seconds.
Naturally you will have worked out the potential energy gained by your car in the jacking process and back calculated an efficiency for your battery/drill/jack combo?

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Jambo85 said:
Watchman said:
While jacking my car up, using my drill as the driver, my 1.5Ah battery allowed me to jack it up using the lower torque, higher speed setting only once. After that, I had to use the higher torque, lower speed setting, and even that was insufficient by the time I got the fourth wheel. The battery goes off the boil really quickly - literally seconds.
Naturally you will have worked out the potential energy gained by your car in the jacking process and back calculated an efficiency for your battery/drill/jack combo?
Natch. It rounds up to 7 I think.

dickymint

24,089 posts

257 months

Sunday 19th January 2020
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Watchman said:
Jambo85 said:
Watchman said:
While jacking my car up, using my drill as the driver, my 1.5Ah battery allowed me to jack it up using the lower torque, higher speed setting only once. After that, I had to use the higher torque, lower speed setting, and even that was insufficient by the time I got the fourth wheel. The battery goes off the boil really quickly - literally seconds.
Naturally you will have worked out the potential energy gained by your car in the jacking process and back calculated an efficiency for your battery/drill/jack combo?
Natch. It rounds up to 7 I think.
Shame that the kinetic energy released isn't fed back into the battery when the jack is lowered wink

gobuddygo

1,383 posts

184 months

Monday 20th January 2020
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JuanCarlosFandango said:
A bigger battery for my beloved Dewalt drill and impact driver.

Bought a 5 aH monster recently and not only does it last for ever but gives the drill a lot more oomph.

I was sceptical that a bigger battery would give it more oomph, thinking that the extra amp hours just meant it would last longer, but it certainly does. If anyone can explain why I'd probably still be confused but appreciative all the same.
Have a look at this video, it explains and demonstrates the difference in power between small and large capacity power tool batteries about 3/4 the way in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVMwp4Hm7OQ&t=...

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Monday 20th January 2020
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gobuddygo said:
JuanCarlosFandango said:
A bigger battery for my beloved Dewalt drill and impact driver.

Bought a 5 aH monster recently and not only does it last for ever but gives the drill a lot more oomph.

I was sceptical that a bigger battery would give it more oomph, thinking that the extra amp hours just meant it would last longer, but it certainly does. If anyone can explain why I'd probably still be confused but appreciative all the same.
Have a look at this video, it explains and demonstrates the difference in power between small and large capacity power tool batteries about 3/4 the way in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVMwp4Hm7OQ&t=...
That's interesting. More parallel batteries allows for greater current draw. Makes perfect sense and I humbly withdraw my previous doubt in this regard.

I'm going to buy a bigger boat battery.

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Well, the DeWalt rattle gun turned up. Wow, yes it is heavy but it's fantastically powerful, even on my 1.5Ah batteries.

I've ordered a pair of 5Ah batteries for the full dumbbell effect.

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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And today the "other" anvil turned up so I could compare.

Thoughts: The hog ring makes it harder to push a socket on but easier to remove. The detent pin is the opposite but only just - complaints I've read about having to need to push something thin through the socket hole to release it from the detent pin are unfounded IMO. Perhaps people just need to lube the pin from time to time but this new one works just fine - I can remove the socket with little fuss.

Haven't decided whether to swap the anvils over or leave as-is yet. I'll keep both for when I fancy a change.


triple5

751 posts

144 months

Saturday 25th January 2020
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untakenname said:
Tripped the breaker just now and used a magnetic usb rechargeable inspection light to find out which one was the kitchen as it's unlit, it's such a useful and versatile tool.



Paid £15 for it a while back and it's one of my most used tools now the days have got shorter, just checked amazon and a pair now costs just £11 which is very good vfm considering it includes a 18650 battery.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07P4D2VZG

The magnetic base is really powerful, I lost mine for a couple of months over summer not realising I had left it attached on the underside of the car, only found out when it went for it's MOT.
Thanks bought a couple of these, great value for money. Discovered that a long press on the on/off button turns it red, a second press flashes red.

Tyre Tread

10,525 posts

215 months

Saturday 25th January 2020
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triple5 said:
untakenname said:
Tripped the breaker just now and used a magnetic usb rechargeable inspection light to find out which one was the kitchen as it's unlit, it's such a useful and versatile tool.



Paid £15 for it a while back and it's one of my most used tools now the days have got shorter, just checked amazon and a pair now costs just £11 which is very good vfm considering it includes a 18650 battery.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07P4D2VZG

The magnetic base is really powerful, I lost mine for a couple of months over summer not realising I had left it attached on the underside of the car, only found out when it went for it's MOT.
Thanks bought a couple of these, great value for money. Discovered that a long press on the on/off button turns it red, a second press flashes red.
And I bought four!

Good tip on the flashing red light!

RSpiston

122 posts

94 months

Saturday 25th January 2020
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I just bought 2 big ones too. Pretty darn good for £11 odd !!

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Saturday 25th January 2020
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Watchman said:
gobuddygo said:
JuanCarlosFandango said:
A bigger battery for my beloved Dewalt drill and impact driver.

Bought a 5 aH monster recently and not only does it last for ever but gives the drill a lot more oomph.

I was sceptical that a bigger battery would give it more oomph, thinking that the extra amp hours just meant it would last longer, but it certainly does. If anyone can explain why I'd probably still be confused but appreciative all the same.
Have a look at this video, it explains and demonstrates the difference in power between small and large capacity power tool batteries about 3/4 the way in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVMwp4Hm7OQ&t=...
That's interesting. More parallel batteries allows for greater current draw. Makes perfect sense and I humbly withdraw my previous doubt in this regard.

I'm going to buy a bigger boat battery.
I just ordered two 5Ah batteries. Bloody expensive at £111 but what the hell. Whenever I think about buying any more DeWalt stuff now, I can consider the ones without batteries to save a wedge there.

Bill

52,472 posts

254 months

Sunday 26th January 2020
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^^ Great man maths! biggrin


(I did the same and have just bought a bare impact driver to add to the collection.)

dickymint

24,089 posts

257 months

Sunday 26th January 2020
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Bill said:
^^ Great man maths! biggrin


(I did the same and have just bought a bare impact driver to add to the collection.)
Now's the time to turn your attention to the garden - Strimmer, hedge trimmer, leaf blower... even Makita lawnmowers do a good job with twin batteries.

Go on you know you want to evil

Watchman

6,391 posts

244 months

Sunday 26th January 2020
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My Amazon wish list could be better described as a DeWalt catalogue. biggrin