Aye, late to the party againAnd by then the 'MIG Welding Forum Effect' was in full swing!
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Memmeddu
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Makita and Bosch quick nuts work the best.I had one and it lasted less than a day. That stupid handle snapped off.
Was it my gorilla grip or just a crap design? Please report back on how long they last in donk world as I liked the idea….
Edit. The best ones were a dewalt I think. They have a 6mm hex instead of the pin spanner fitting. They weren’t about long though
Even better than metabo design
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First batch of the season...I'm a bit rusty so will need to perfect....I've yet to find a shop bought mince pie that tastes anything like a fresh bake...most of the shop ones are just mush!
Scalarocco
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They need sampling by an expert. I'll PM you my address...
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Now that's what mince pies are supposed to look like. Good effort.
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A little £50 aliexpress squander to turn my trim router into a mini router table...
Needs some legs or some way of clamping the router, but I clamped it in the vice for a quick play and it seems to work fine (I haven't tried connecting a vacuum cleaner up to the inlet thing on the back yet, so I don't know how well that will work).
My only criticism so far is where they chose to put the router lift / height adjustment screw:
If they'd put on the exact opposite side of the router hole, it would have been accessible with the fence close to the cutter
It's not the end of the world: if you loosen the locking screw a little, you can just grab the threaded bit and adjust it by hand that way. I'll probably live with that for a bit and if it annoys me I'll just drill another hole in the main plate and turn the router lift mechanism round.
Needs some legs or some way of clamping the router, but I clamped it in the vice for a quick play and it seems to work fine (I haven't tried connecting a vacuum cleaner up to the inlet thing on the back yet, so I don't know how well that will work).
My only criticism so far is where they chose to put the router lift / height adjustment screw:
If they'd put on the exact opposite side of the router hole, it would have been accessible with the fence close to the cutter
It's not the end of the world: if you loosen the locking screw a little, you can just grab the threaded bit and adjust it by hand that way. I'll probably live with that for a bit and if it annoys me I'll just drill another hole in the main plate and turn the router lift mechanism round.
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I have the 240v version of that Makita....it's a lovely little machine.
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Yup. I mostly use it in the plunge router base (this thing, which came with it), but I thought it would be handy to do the odd job with it upside down and without bothering to set up the big router table I made for my 1/2" router. I was too lazy to make my own, especially when the aliexpress one was only £50.
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Not me, a present from the wife, must have been ordered prior to my other motorbike ebay purchase over the weekend.
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A cheap tile vibrator.
Got a load of large format quartz going down this week. Thought I'd give one a try. Only a cheap one but il see how it goes. If it's useful I may look at a better unit.
Alternatively this one might go for years.
Got a load of large format quartz going down this week. Thought I'd give one a try. Only a cheap one but il see how it goes. If it's useful I may look at a better unit.
Alternatively this one might go for years.
Maker
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I think my girlfriend must be a tiler!
Scalarocco
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That could do some damage...
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Good idea. I've been considering getting one of those gadgets (for tiling, of course
). I do some tile work from time to time (currently installing 6" x 12" natural marble tiles in a shower enclosure), and as I get older and perhaps (marginally) wiser, I'm starting to think more about how to avoid repetitive stress injuries. Bedding a lot of large tiles by hand makes my wrists tired, and some tiles (such as some types of fragile stone) don't like to be struck with rubber mallets, and they let you know by revealing where their fracture lines were hidden.
eLuSiVeMiTe
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These were challenging. A few I was walking on to push excess adhisive out of. (poor leveling by another trade did me no favours)Good idea. I've been considering getting one of those gadgets (for tiling, of course
Ignore the odd grouting technique.
White tiles. White grout. Cut edges and a very thin glaze. Trying to minimise the tile edges poking through. Pita
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Will let you know how it goes tomorrow.Good idea. I've been considering getting one of those gadgets (for tiling, of course
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I feel your pain. Tiling, skirtings, flooring you name it. my knees and feet are shot.
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The marble tiles I'm installing are also a bit of a PITA, with sharp edges (no bevel) and somewhat varying thicknesses. I bought a set of tile leveling clips, which are helping me get the surface flat despite the thickness variations. I'm also using some tile spacers in combination with the leveling clips. There are also some slight variations in tile dimensions, so I have been trimming, mixing, and matching tiles to get the grout joints to line up. I think it will turn out nicely, however, although it will probably be a couple of weeks before I can finish the shower, since I've been diverted to getting the new upstairs baseboard heaters installed, as winter has finally arrived here. Here's a photo of the work in progress:
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R1200R Classic picked up today:
more details on: https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum...e-ducati-am-i-mad.120619/page-13#post-2172473
more details on: https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum...e-ducati-am-i-mad.120619/page-13#post-2172473
