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At £13, plus presumably shipping across to Ireland, I say go for it. I've got that set, and they're my "go to" in my mechanics tool box. They can be gripped without too much issue when you've got greasy hands, and do wipe clean after...unlike a lot of the upmarket screwdriver brands. I've...

This has been an illuminating thread, and to me the manual option+ hot male plug just seems way too error prone, especially if you’ll likely be under pressure when doing this. Also, in the unlikely event something goes wrong, and they catch you, I can see the book being thrown at you by the...

Holy thread revival Batman! Hmmm, so as a result of the Ave's Vidjeo (The OP), I added the Mito's to my Amazon Wishlist a couple of years ago...and they appeared underneath the hallelujah pine from my good lady, quite unexpectedly as they are not cheap. What a difference - But it's a slow...

Probably not helpful for you; but I just bought the 'Lidl' tracksaw. Lidl is a budget supermarket over here (German food market, like Aldi). The track was straight enough for my laser eyeball, and the cuts seem way better than I would've expected with the included blade. The ability to plunge...

Just to expand on this. UK and Ireland went through a phase of requiring 110 v equipment on construction sites, this was supplied via large, heavy, yellow centre-tapped-earth transformers, so as has been stated live voltage was only 55v and the connected equipment 'sees' 110v. This requirement...

To the OP, I am another satisfied UNI-T Clamp meter user. In fact, I'm carrying it now in my 'away mission' sack, though I have upgraded the supplied test leads to something better... And yes, for parasitic current draws I use the clamp meter to narrow down where the flow is going, and the...

Everything can be fixed and saved....but... YMMV of course, but I'm way quicker bolting fresh new parts/materials together to build something, than restoring structures. On the happy wife/happy life principle, use as a storage shed during house reno, order enough siding material, build new...

I really like my chinese 50A plasma, it sounds like somebody's kicked a wasp nest and slices through metal using electricity and compressed air! But, for most of my actual metal and wood cutting needs, an Evolution miter saw with a TCT blade in it is the go-to. That would get my vote...

Subscribed! That's a very decent size - for the UK anyway- garage. Do the funds cover a lift too?

Wait what? You had pro-grade tools and worked with them to earn your living. You then bought DIY-grade tools and were surprised they didn't perform as well? As has already been stated, the behaviour you describe with your Ridgid batteries does not describe the typical LiIon experience. I'm a...

Actually, if you have a large project that needs to go on the floor, and you don't want it to get scratched, carpet is the way to go. Just don't lay it permanently. Scraps and old stuff ripped out of the house.

My power bill has dropped since we got one….because over here they come with a separate ‘display’ to show you how much juice you’re using. This visual aid works wonders on my girlfriend, who finally ‘gets’ that certain appliances use more than others, so boiling the kettle (1100 W) with more...

If it’s thread chasers you need, y’all know you can make one from a bolt with some grooves filed into it, perpendicular with the thread? A little hokey but if you haven’t got the right size tap or thread chaser, this trick will save your bacon. Brake caliper bolts with some weird fine metric...

I appreciate dry humo(u)r as much as the next guy but just in case anyone reading this is unclear…you’d be laughed out the shop if you seriously suggested that. I also sincerely doubt US consumers would be willing to put up with the increased cost associated with this. For the record, recently...

Don’t want to drag this thread too far off-topic but as the OP has shown us his cabinet full of Swiss brews… Oberländerbräu is good, there are some good ones about but they’re hidden. When I was visiting family in the Berner Mitteland back in July, my uncle turned up with a six pack of this...

Just caught up on this thread – you are indeed really lucky to find that much space for rent in Switzerland! How is the ‘Sunday’ working thing in your part of Luzern? Famously, in Canton Zurich it’s illegal to wash your car on a Sunday! Where I grew up (rural Canton Bern), it wasn’t illegal...

Those do look quite familiar from my high-school woodshop where I grew up in rural Switzerland. The ‘bench dogs’ had a steel spring to hold them in place and were real finger-traps – especially for young-an-dum teenagers.

Nice! Gotta love some PLC-based control… How are you monitoring the pressure? Or is the compressor’s built-in pressure switch/unloader valve still in the system, and you’re supplying power to that via the contactors? If it were me – I’d incorporate an auto-drain valve and a ‘shutdown’...

I keep a coffee can of chineseium ring spanners (box end wrenches) around, along a selection of craptacular sockets. If I come accross a situation where I need a crowsfoot, I simply weld a custom one up out of an old wrench and socket. I can use either the open end, the closed end, or the...

I'd drop a grand of that on some kind of shed or outbuilding to store all the things that otherwise would live in the garage. Bikes, lawn mowers, outside furniture etc. Preferably a lean-to structure on the main building then you would have somewhere to install your compressor and dust...