For knife owners

[Greyman 30,296]

Just popped into Lidl got this wet stone for £6 puts a good paper cutting edge on your blade

[Borr 7,066]

That's a good deal I'm stoned out , I've a deluxe lansky I bought my late father about 6 yr back still unopened I might give it a whirl later , knife sharpening is rather therapeutic....

[mitre 141]

Parkside is not too bad their tool range is too bad either 

[chartpolski 25,912]

7 minutes ago, mitre said:

Parkside is not too bad their tool range is too bad either 

I pick up things like screw drivers, drill bits ,step drill bits, grinding and flapper discs, boxes of rivets, springs, jubilee clips ,etc. when I’m in Lidl.

Not professional tools, but certainly good enough for odd D.I.Y jobs around the house and allotment.

Cheers.

[low plains drifter 10,956]

 

[pesky1972 5,549]

2 hours ago, chartpolski said:

I pick up things like screw drivers, drill bits ,step drill bits, grinding and flapper discs, boxes of rivets, springs, jubilee clips ,etc. when I’m in Lidl.

Not professional tools, but certainly good enough for odd D.I.Y jobs around the house and allotment.

Cheers.

Aldi, Lidl and a lot of the cheap shops have tools and various consumables at often dirt cheap prices but the quality is a total hit or miss.  For every decent buy I’ve had I’ve thrown loads of screwdriver bits, screws, sandpaper, sealant etc. straight in the bin after using once.

[pesky1972 5,549]

I still have the oil stone in the box I made as an apprentice over 35 years ago. 

[chartpolski 25,912]

3 minutes ago, pesky1972 said:

Aldi, Lidl and a lot of the cheap shops have tools and various consumables at often dirt cheap prices but the quality is a total hit or miss.  For every decent buy I’ve had I’ve thrown loads of screwdriver bits, screws, sandpaper, sealant etc. straight in the bin after using once.

Exactly ! You get what you pay for.

When I worked in the aircraft industry I only bought the very best of tools, but now, to hang a picture in the house, or do a small job at the allotment, the cheap gear is all sitting in my tool shed, there’s nothing worse in DIY than finding you need a certain drill bit or screw and having to drive to B&Q to buy one. That’s why I pick up bits and pieces from the likes of Lidl….i might never need them, but they are there for a simple, one off job .

Cheers.

[Borr 7,066]

1 minute ago, chartpolski said:

Exactly ! You get what you pay for.

When I worked in the aircraft industry I only bought the very best of tools, but now, to hang a picture in the house, or do a small job at the allotment, the cheap gear is all sitting in my tool shed, there’s nothing worse in DIY than finding you need a certain drill bit or screw and having to drive to B&Q to buy one. That’s why I pick up bits and pieces from the likes of Lidl….i might never need them, but they are there for a simple, one off job .

Cheers.

I was questioned by the wife a while back why I needed a teng socket set but when you're reliant on quality gear day in day out it's obvious why. I asked a supervisor once why he used inferior chinky gear and his answer was common theft , he'd owned all the good stuff and in his twilight he'd decided not to spend. I don't enjoy spending on work anymore but I like having capable geat and maybe one day my kids will have it and I'll have gained a bit through tax to own it. In the last couple of days I've had to assemble a chinoy wheel barrow and a badminton set probably made by children or prisoners in the third world, spend a few quid more and buy British or at minimum European 

[mC HULL 14,615]

i agree to an extent i have mainly good tools but the halfords advanced stuff is good quality  for the price easily swapped 

[chartpolski 25,912]

6 minutes ago, Borr said:

I was questioned by the wife a while back why I needed a teng socket set but when you're reliant on quality gear day in day out it's obvious why. I asked a supervisor once why he used inferior chinky gear and his answer was common theft , he'd owned all the good stuff and in his twilight he'd decided not to spend. I don't enjoy spending on work anymore but I like having capable geat and maybe one day my kids will have it and I'll have gained a bit through tax to own it. In the last couple of days I've had to assemble a chinoy wheel barrow and a badminton set probably made by children or prisoners in the third world, spend a few quid more and buy British or at minimum European 

I’ve been retired over 20 years , but I still have all my old tools, Proto, Blue Point, Stahwille , etc. but I still pick up what I call “ consumables “ from the likes of Lidl.

Cheers.

[mC HULL 14,615]

14 minutes ago, chartpolski said:

I’ve been retired over 20 years , but I still have all my old tools, Proto, Blue Point, Stahwille , etc. but I still pick up what I call “ consumables “ from the likes of Lidl.

Cheers.

the halfords advanced is on par with blue point teng etc and is a lot easier to replace if you don’t need specialist tools there good for price 

[mitre 141]

Ok as long they get a job done and they get buggered up or lent out to someone else for the price of some tools they easy and enough to afford 

[chartpolski 25,912]

20 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

the halfords advanced is on par with blue point teng etc and is a lot easier to replace if you don’t need specialist tools there good for price 

I agree, but if you turned up at a Jet Propulsion Lab with Halford tools, you wouldn’t be allowed in !

If a tool failed and ingressed a jet engine it would cost a fortune to sort out.

Something as simple as a wrenches chrome plating coming adrift and getting into an engine could have catastrophic consequences ! 
My tools such as micrometers, vernier gauges, torque wrenches, had to go to the calibration lab to be checked on a regular basis.

But as I said, the cheaper alternatives are ok for DIY  jobs.

Cheers.

[waltjnr 7,505]

3 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

 

Brilliant