A decent cordless drill
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Nice! (You lucky git)
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I had the same experience. Getting a new one made all the difference.
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If you find you still need a bit more oomph then a battery sds answers that problem……
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I buy the 18v DeWalt impact whenever it’s on sale for £60 at screwfix which is about once a year. I reckon it’ll last someone who does very little diy a lifetime but repeatedly screwing in 20cm long coach screws without a pilot hole kills them in about a year. Mind you I killed a £150 Milwaukee doing the same so I just stick to the cheap Dewalts now.
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Need something to blow leaves off drive and garden a couple of times a year and seen people using them to dry cars !
These are £63 bare on ebay atm are they any good ?
Last edited by Carlos on Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:28 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Was £50 this black FridayMito Man wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 10:15 pm I buy the 18v DeWalt impact whenever it’s on sale for £60 at screwfix which is about once a year. I reckon it’ll last someone who does very little diy a lifetime but repeatedly screwing in 20cm long coach screws without a pilot hole kills them in about a year. Mind you I killed a £150 Milwaukee doing the same so I just stick to the cheap Dewalts now.
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Does the job for blowing leaves off the patio and drive. Less effective blowing them off/around the grass, so once they're on the grass a rake is still needed to pile them up.
Also really handy for inflating things quickly.
Left over crest; tightens.
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Must admit - I genuinely don't see the point of leaf blowers. Most pointless/annoying power tool in existence?
For leaves on a lawn just use a mower with height raised a touch and hoover them up. For leaves elsewhere use a brush?
For leaves on a lawn just use a mower with height raised a touch and hoover them up. For leaves elsewhere use a brush?
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I don't have a lawn just trees near the house and brushing is for losers !
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Good for gravel, blow leaves onto lawn and then use mower. Faster than a brush on anything else too, again just blow leaves off patio and driveway and collect with mower.Swervin_Mervin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 4:50 pm Must admit - I genuinely don't see the point of leaf blowers. Most pointless/annoying power tool in existence?
For leaves on a lawn just use a mower with height raised a touch and hoover them up. For leaves elsewhere use a brush?
Dry your car in 90 seconds.
Leave them on idle pointing at a fire and you can burn anything.
Pretty handy.
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I just leave (!) the ones on the gravel. They break down/up quickly.
Dry your car with the free air it's surrounded by.
Stop burning shit
ANd stop making a fucking racket you irritating twats
Dry your car with the free air it's surrounded by.
Stop burning shit
ANd stop making a fucking racket you irritating twats
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I run the mower up the drive to collect the leaves there - anywhere really. Also chops them up so they take less space and compost quicker. By far the easier method, though I have a leaf vacuum too which hasn't been used in years - at least that also chops them.Swervin_Mervin wrote: ↑Tue Dec 13, 2022 5:39 pm I just leave (!) the ones on the gravel. They break down/up quickly.
Dry your car with the free air it's surrounded by.
Stop burning shit
ANd stop making a fucking racket you irritating twats
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I used to have a leaf mower actually. But it was so crap - you had to practically be on top of every single leaf
I've seen actual leaf mowers (with wheels and a handle like a mower) used at a place we stayed at once. Seemed eminently more sensible than spending a day blowing leaves all over the place and generally being a nuisance.
I've seen actual leaf mowers (with wheels and a handle like a mower) used at a place we stayed at once. Seemed eminently more sensible than spending a day blowing leaves all over the place and generally being a nuisance.
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Just looked back on this thread and realised I bought the same nut buster photographed on page 1 for £159.
It was about a week before black Friday so I was hesitant to buy it in case it got further discounted so I took a picture to remind me
But it didn't get discounted any more so I bought it.
Haven't had the opportunity to bust any nuts yet.
It was about a week before black Friday so I was hesitant to buy it in case it got further discounted so I took a picture to remind me
But it didn't get discounted any more so I bought it.
Haven't had the opportunity to bust any nuts yet.
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The problem with a drill/driver is it's easy to get overzealous and strip cheap screws that come with curtain poles etc.
Hit part of the metal internals of the door fitting a Eufy doorbell backplate and too far in to get moles on and too far out to get doorbell secured and ignore it !
My new favourite tools are extractors
Black magic https://www.screwfix.com/p/screw-bolt-e ... lsrc=aw.ds
I've even been around the house removing some I've ignored until I'd need to remove them
Hit part of the metal internals of the door fitting a Eufy doorbell backplate and too far in to get moles on and too far out to get doorbell secured and ignore it !
My new favourite tools are extractors
Black magic https://www.screwfix.com/p/screw-bolt-e ... lsrc=aw.ds
I've even been around the house removing some I've ignored until I'd need to remove them
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I've got some of those because they look really useful - never yet tried them so I'm glad they're good. I'll doubtless have lost them when I finally have a need for themCarlos wrote: ↑Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:08 pm My new favourite tools are extractors
Black magic https://www.screwfix.com/p/screw-bolt-e ... lsrc=aw.ds
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I nicked my Dad's donkeys years ago. I tried using them once but unfortunately they wouldn't touch the bolt or screw I was trying to extract. I had to resort to a Dremel if memory serves.
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If even a mm of the screw is showing then these are fantastic. They’ve saved me a man awkward drilling job on no end of rusty screws on my Defender.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002L6 ... asin_title
The original version were called Vampliers.
Dave!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002L6 ... asin_title
The original version were called Vampliers.
Dave!
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Good recommendation - just ordered a pair of these as often even mole grips fail to hold this kinda thing - as the grips run the wrong way.V8Granite wrote: ↑Tue Jan 17, 2023 9:51 am If even a mm of the screw is showing then these are fantastic. They’ve saved me a man awkward drilling job on no end of rusty screws on my Defender.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B002L6 ... asin_title
The original version were called Vampliers.
Dave!
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@V8Granite
These arrived today (although typically I could really have used them on Saturday! . Look nicely put together and jaws look suitably chunky & aggressive - thanks again.
These arrived today (although typically I could really have used them on Saturday! . Look nicely put together and jaws look suitably chunky & aggressive - thanks again.