Frst the red one. apart from the guard breaking away, It started as soon as the 21v battery was inserted. So on stripping it down vibration had rubbed 2 wires inside until bare wired were touching each other. Easy fix by rerouting
The second one yellow was down to same again but within the actual switch part but not stripping the wire ends cleanly . Luckily inserting the battery in the base I had my hands well clear of the moving chain or else********
so why two the same? chain length saves having to fiddle about resetting it which is awkward
great tools but in my opinion dangerous in the wrong hands
My latest acquisition is a 21V impact wrench/driver. My long owned and well used air driven one suffered a seized trigger during use and ran away with itself into metal oblivion. The rechargeable replacement I bought has proved to be reliable and well worth the money spent. It came with a 2nd battery and a decent carry case too, so definitely a good buy
Yes, most probably a good tool for that job too.
I’ve also used mine to remove well seized screws that otherwise I would have been forced to drill out and drill/tap up a size. .
Here’s a site photo of the complete 2 battery kit with charger and case, sent to my door for a tad under £29. I don’t know how the manufacture can sell it for the price, but I took it apart and it IS genuinely well made.
I think compatibility is usually down to the manufacturer/supplier selected. I found an after-market supplier of DeWalt 18V uprated 8Ahr compatible batteries for the low price of ÂŁ26.99 a pair delivered. They seemed too cheap at that price, but they work well and IMO well worth the money.
Definitely not. One of my regrets was buying a Makita drill on special many, many years ago. It has meant that I have been buying Makita ever since which, for a happy amateur like me, is overkill. I could buy two or three Ryobi tools for the same price as one Makita.
You can buy an adapter to fit Makita batteries into Ryobi tools but it has come too late for me.
When I am travelling I carry an impact driver for the same reason though it is handy for getting the nuts off car and trailer wheels too (I wouldn’t put them on with it though). I also carry an electric drill but mainly I use the charger included in the kit, definitely a “just in case” tool now I have the impact driver. The drill does get used occasionally when the ground is too hard for the threaded pegs so I use a masonry drill to make a hole to start off.
Over the years I have accumulated a fair number of cordless tools, some are more use than others but my mains powered tools are rarely used.
I have to say @realspeed that I can understand your warning about those chainsaws of yours they don’t seem to have any kickback safety cut off. Personally I think they look far too dangerous to use, cheap isn’t necessarily safe.,
Thing is Bruce, they are so noisy, if we are leaving site early-ish of a morning, stuff has to be taken down the evening before, not sure why they make that ratchety sound.
Personally I think 10pm to 6am are sacred, silent times in caravan parks but once the sun is up then noise is par for the course of living outdoors. Though to honest my noise at that time of the morning is mainly car door opening and shutting when I get my shower stuff and clean clothes. I don’t slam the doors but it is impossible to shut them silently.
I rarely leave much before 9am anyway because these days I only travel about 400km a day (usually) which is approximately 4 hours driving on sealed roads, some places object to you arriving before 2pm, though most are 12pm.
I am an early riser Bruce, I like to get in the showers by 6.00am but don’t like disturbing folks so, I walk on the grass at the edge of pitches, not on the crunchy gravel walk ways.
Most sites here require you to depart by 11.00am but, there is no point in hanging about, its good to get travelling before the rest of the world wakes up
Yep, that is my time too. I’m usually awake well before but I don’t get outside until it is 6am. Can’t help making noise as I eat outside, prepare food outside, sit outside so some noise is inevitable.
My observation is that in UK caravan park people are much closer together as sites are smaller so perhaps that makes a difference?
The only thing that does annoy me is at free camp sites, those people who run generators late at night
What I have learnt in three short years is, you may aswell pay a minor premium for adult only quiet sites, these may typically have a limited number of pitches, well separated with good facilities, at these sites, once capacity is reached, its reached so, is does not matter if its particularly good weather of a bank holiday, it does not get manic, you just have to book well in advance is the only drawback.
Just as a matter of interest do you have to book a caravan site in the UK generally or can you just turn up?
I rarely book myself and have never found a park full but I never travel in school holidays and do keep away from the coast where things might be different
Depends Bruce, as yet mainly because of work commitment we only do weekends (but lots of them). In general for the type of site I referred to that suits us, you do need to book, these tend to be independents. There are two main big organisations here, where it is advisable to book, but there are also what are called CL’s (Certified Locations) which fall under the umbrella of one of the big organisations but are usually very rural and limited in pitches to about 5, facilities are very sparse but, if you like semi wild camping, you can generally just drop in on one of these but the wife more so than me is a Glamper not a Camper
Our favorite site we book about 8 weeks in advance, this allows us to stipulate the exact pitch
I am a huge fan of battery powered tools, I have the stihl AK range, largest mower, chainsaw, largest strimmer, hedge trimmer, long hedge trimmer, leaf vaccy/blower gadget and 5 AK30 batteries (I need that many to mow 1.5 acres of lawn here) Also the black and decker circular saw (it’s does enough to be useful) and two battery B&D hammer drill drivers - one for the drill and one for the screwdivers - far quicker than keep changing. Not battery are the cement mixer and my chop saw, and a mains wall drill, but IMO any form of power tools lets me accomplish stuff when brute strength may not be enough. I can’t recommend the Stihl things enough.
My old JCB cordless drill has been converted to mains through a meaty transformer.
The two batteries I acquired with it were NiCad and both have finally expired so I’ve cannibalised the drill and mounted it horizontally on a fixed base. The drill is several years old and done an incredible amount of work building part of two houses when I was between jobs.
I have also fashioned a foot pedal to gradually increase the speed and leave both hands free to hold the workpiece. Makes it safer to operate too.
I can also wind coils on it when assembling Tesla like coils for high voltage (it’s just a hobby)
By attaching a small circular saw it can be used for cutting out joints on the boxes I make…(another hobby) for speaker and project enclosures.
