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^^ Happy B'day fella. 
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Nope ... Hitachi had the chance to change to CAS but didn't take it, MetaboHPT in North America and elsewhere ist not Metabo and not CAS compatible AFA I found out
I don't have any of their LTX stuff, but they seem to be well thought out and well regarded from what I've seen. Mitre saws also seem quite reasonable.
Their grinders are absolutely excellent - I have several. You do have to be careful to select the "Made in Germany" models though.
However, over here I would say it tends to be the big three. Makita, Milwaukee and Dewalt, so they are not massively well known.
The CAS is a good idea, but you can see why the big players want to lock people in to their own battery platforms.
I have quite a lot of Hitachi/Hikoki stuff and in fairness thier 18/36v batteries and AC adapter system are a stroke of genius - a very simple idea and backward compatible - it allows you to take an 18v tool from 2013 and still use it with the latest 36v battery.
The Metabo HPT thing (as you have found out), is just a branding exercise in America, because people didn't like the HiKoki name. The tools are pure Hitachi/Hikoki and have nothing to do with Metabo.
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New tool porn. Early Christmas present to myself.
I'm not really into fondling dead tree carcasses as a rule - but I do have a few projects coming up where a trim router will be really handy - and I got a good deal on Black Friday.
Would have preferred the 36v version but for some reason they only sell that one in Japan.
Still this one takes some heavy cuts for a cordless tool - did a quick little rebate job on some boards tonight and it coped much better than I expected.
Complemented it with a selection of decent cutters some picked up from evilbay very cheap.
I'm not really into fondling dead tree carcasses as a rule - but I do have a few projects coming up where a trim router will be really handy - and I got a good deal on Black Friday.
Would have preferred the 36v version but for some reason they only sell that one in Japan.
Still this one takes some heavy cuts for a cordless tool - did a quick little rebate job on some boards tonight and it coped much better than I expected.
Complemented it with a selection of decent cutters some picked up from evilbay very cheap.
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Yes, of course, the calculation of the big providers is easy to see, hence the occasional super special offers to get customers onto the platform - after that, the consumer only has the choice of continuing to buy in the system or accepting a confusion of different systems.
In view of this landscape, it was almost a stroke of genius for a not so mighty manufacturer like Metabo to go out and expand its own platform on a large scale with specialised niche manufacturers, now including:
Mafell, Rothenberger, Collomix, Elektrowerkzeuge (Power tools) GmbH Eibenstock, Eisenblätter GmbH, Haaga Kehrmaschinen (Sweepers), Starmix, Steinel, Rokamat, Birchmeier Sprühgeräte (Sprayers), Edding/Elried Mobildrucker (Mobile printer), Fischer, Prebena, Cembre, Pressfit, Jöst abrasives, Trumpf, Gesipa, Montipower; announced: Cemo, Scangrip, Baier.
I like it.
A wonderful start to the week to all
Carsten
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Have been changing my battery tools to Hikoki, and really impressed so farNew tool porn. Early Christmas present to myself.
I'm not really into fondling dead tree carcasses as a rule - but I do have a few projects coming up where a trim router will be really handy - and I got a good deal on Black Friday.
Would have preferred the 36v version but for some reason they only sell that one in Japan.
Still this one takes some heavy cuts for a cordless tool - did a quick little rebate job on some boards tonight and it coped much better than I expected.
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Complemented it with a selection of decent cutters some picked up from evilbay very cheap.
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I've been eyeing one for a while , I've not long had the big router and it's good , let me now what you think of it . It's on offer at FFX at the mo.New tool porn. Early Christmas present to myself.
I'm not really into fondling dead tree carcasses as a rule - but I do have a few projects coming up where a trim router will be really handy - and I got a good deal on Black Friday.
Would have preferred the 36v version but for some reason they only sell that one in Japan.
Still this one takes some heavy cuts for a cordless tool - did a quick little rebate job on some boards tonight and it coped much better than I expected.
View attachment 324029
Complemented it with a selection of decent cutters some picked up from evilbay very cheap.
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Cheers , cant get enough of the stuff but my wallet can
Sometimes they drop the hoodies down to £30 I will do a post next time I see it a lot easier than spending £50
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Funnily enough I was eying up their big router, looks an utter beast - I'd love one but I don't do enough to justify it.
So far I like this one, but that's only based on playing with it for ten minutes. Time will tell.
I'm not keen on the height adjustment, its the same rack style as the Makita and a lot of these other trim routers and just a bit pants - but par for the course I suppose.
Locking pin could also be located in a better position, but the power is good and it is very light and easy to control with one hand.
UK version only comes with 1/4" collet, and they don't have the 8mm collet available over here - I asked HiKoki and they said I'd have to import it from Europe. I've heard a rumour the Makita ones fit but don't know if that is true.
You get the two guides and one template bush included, but they don't have any different bases available. It would be nice if they brought some out.
However I know the Makita plunge base can be adapted to fit, so that's on my list for a potential future upgrade.
If you haven't already, Check out Tools & Stuff on youtube - hes done in depth comparisons on it.
Not sure how competitive FFX are, but I picked it up bare tool but with a case on offer for £166 inc VAT delivered. I thought that was pretty reasonable, but prices on anything at the moment may as well be a flip of a coin.
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Well,
that escalated quickly.
A lathe needs a lot of odds and ends, tools have to be at hand, you need trays, small parts, ...
I didn't think it would get out of hand so quickly ...
SWMBO, when I told her about my amazement at the spill, just looked at me with a mild smile .... she knows something I don't...
Anyway, a remedy had to be found .... not new and not the quality I would otherwise want to buy, but not far away and someone needed space and could also use the money quite well:
Parked side by side and moved everything over.
It looks much better - and the best thing is that I can now find everything immediately.
Of course, I realised right at the beginning that I would have to take care of the shavings issue adequately,
and because this here
had turned out to be completely worthless near the machine and in the chip tray - unless the aim had been to magnetise the tray and the machine -
little Myford now has her own dedicated chip vacuum cleaner living at her feet in constant readiness.
And because the oil for the cutting always ran away too quickly or was thrown away, I tried this cutting paste.
After applying it, it stays where it was smeared, does what you would expect from a cutting oil and when it warms up, the place no longer smells like old electronics but like a proper mechanical workshop ...
Carsten
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that escalated quickly.
A lathe needs a lot of odds and ends, tools have to be at hand, you need trays, small parts, ...
I didn't think it would get out of hand so quickly ...
SWMBO, when I told her about my amazement at the spill, just looked at me with a mild smile .... she knows something I don't...
Anyway, a remedy had to be found .... not new and not the quality I would otherwise want to buy, but not far away and someone needed space and could also use the money quite well:
Parked side by side and moved everything over.
It looks much better - and the best thing is that I can now find everything immediately.
Of course, I realised right at the beginning that I would have to take care of the shavings issue adequately,
and because this here
had turned out to be completely worthless near the machine and in the chip tray - unless the aim had been to magnetise the tray and the machine -
little Myford now has her own dedicated chip vacuum cleaner living at her feet in constant readiness.
And because the oil for the cutting always ran away too quickly or was thrown away, I tried this cutting paste.
After applying it, it stays where it was smeared, does what you would expect from a cutting oil and when it warms up, the place no longer smells like old electronics but like a proper mechanical workshop ...
Carsten
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little Myford now has her own dedicated chip vacuum cleaner living at her feet in constant readiness.
That's all I do. Large/long swarf binned, finer stuff vacuumed.
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Cheers I think they all seem to use the rack system my corded bosch does and I find it a pain .Shame they dont do another base though . I've got the router for that .
where did it come from they are not that cheap at FFX . Btw the big one excellent chalk and cheese between it and corded 240v .
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I use a (homemade) magnetic swarf stick for getting stuff out of a few awkward places when its being stubborn, but mostly just pull the long stuff out by hand and then use a dustpan & brush. The vacuum cleaner comes out occasionally, but I find the dustpan and brush quicker.
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I was about 12 and helped dig a neighbours footings for his extension. As payment he took me to Garlands in Deptford and bought me the whole E12 series of resistors. Still got the metal case/plastic drawer organiser I sorted them into.
Time and storage conditions haven't been kind to my electronic component collection. Where I left them in sheds etc for years and pretty much stopped making electronic projects a lot of stuff has degraded.
Garlands - there's a shop to remember - at one time there was a clutch of electronic shops in Deptford - no doubt all trendy flats now. I bought an 'HRO' surplus comms radio in one back in the early 70's, and it was that that got me into computers when I realised far more 'traffic' was machine rather than voice. Got a very early microprocessor development system (SC/MP) and started decoding things received as RTTY.
Describing that and other bits I'd done got me my job at Ferranti working (among many other places) at the FCO, Bletchley Park, and many RAF deep bunker radar sites.
. . . all because of electronics shops in Deptford !!!!
Describing that and other bits I'd done got me my job at Ferranti working (among many other places) at the FCO, Bletchley Park, and many RAF deep bunker radar sites.
. . . all because of electronics shops in Deptford !!!!
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You could sit in that cafe round the corner with all the winos from the doss house opposite whilst they made your order up I recall!
Filmers in Dartford, Stevensons/Stephensons in Bromley.....bought my first soldering iron (S R Brewster make) there.....Sendz in Southend, Rapid in Farningham.....all gone.
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I have the floor standing version of that, also a Nu-Tool one.
Be sure that the drive roller (the one on the left) is secured to the shaft properly. Mine is held on by a couple of grub screws, and somehow it has worked loose. One grub screw has stripped the thread, and the other no longer holds it tight so I'm guessing the shaft is probably gudgered now. Will have to strip it down and see what's going on
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Got this last night £50 looks unused 8kw chinese heater kit
And my virgin router dirs so i went for an upgrade and hopefully better wifi
And my virgin router dirs so i went for an upgrade and hopefully better wifi
