Those thinners are brill . I purchased some a few years ago .... used the last drops a few weeks ago ,hope there's still some left in our local shop.
Those thinners are brill . I purchased some a few years ago .... used the last drops a few weeks ago ,hope there's still some left in our local shop.
Bought a compass and (god knows why, i have a load of them already) a micrometer. They are not bad at all, the Micrometer is smooth in operation and zero's ok. The frame is Iron, not aluminium or zinc. The lock works but thats a bit stiff, and it comes in a plastic case. The anvils are carbide. Whats not to like for E7.99 ?
The scriber is finished a bit roughly but works fine. It comes with a scribers thats carbide. Again easily worth the E7.99
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Been to local Lidl only thing left was 5inch cutting discs so thought I'd give them a try, probably be better off using beer mats but hey ho, Oh nearly forgot, got my groceries too.
Not had a problem with their discs, personally. Not tried many mind, but they seemed decent enough.
Try their 'special' 5" discs... ...I've never seen any disc eat through metal so well
Well that "pint of milk" turned into this. Not bad for £19.99 will only self level in the vertical plane but still ok in manual horizontal down mode. Will do for my bodgineering anyway.
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The digital calipers from lidil aren't too bad, I know Chris Higgins of land rover owners tool box now trailer fitters toolbox fame had a pair that he sent off to the workshop calibration specialist and they came back as having passed and well within spec for such a tool.
Have you seen Big Clive's teardown of a cheap Chinese digital vernier caliper on Youtube? He tore it apart completely, put it back together as best as he could and it was still damn near perfectly accurate.