who makes b & q pro

[mildmanneredjanitor]

I remember some time ago when my fathers had worn out (bout 20 years old!) and they refurbised it for free! He only paid P+P! Good 'ol Stanley!

Mind you, I had my 1/4 Snap On ratchet repaired for free when the pawl wore out and that must have been... Oh my God! 18 years! How the years catch up!!!

So, quality does pay! In the loooooooooong run!

 

[TexMex]

Just bought my second B&Q pro tool today. Needed to cut a 14" concrete coping stone, and couldn't be a***** to go all the way home to get my angle grinder. Popped down the local B&Q and picked up one of these on special offer for £38. complete with one disc (that's now knackered). But got the job done, saved me an hours return trip, I've now got a handy backup angle grinder. I've been paid for the job, the weekends here, and I'm FREE until next wednesday!

A perfect end to a cold, windy, p*ssing rainy day spent 20ft up the windward side of a house. All indoor work for the next few weeks.

 

[Panjandrum]

1) I still use the Yankee my Mum found on the roadside 40 years ago. She tried to find the owner off whose bike it had fallen, but no-one claimed it.
2) I bought a B&Q shredder last year. It died after 5 minutes use. When I took it back the girl gave me a refund without qestion - said I could go and pick up a new one or - whisper - get a good one instead. I bought a Bosch.

 

[onetenor]

I bought the B&Q pro plunge router
The plunge lock won't lock. The locking lever is made of soft plastic with an octagonal recess which fits over the octagonal head of a brass screw. If you try to use enough force to lock the plunge, the soft plastic deforms and turns on the screw. So I removed the plastic lever and now use a spanner, but even that is dodgy because its an octagon not a hex, so its very easy to round off the screw head. The end result is, you can't lock the plunge so your depth of cut varies.
The plunge mechanism has loads of stiction.
There is so much free play in the plunge that you can't accurately set a depth of cut.
The base is not concentric with the armature/collet. So when using a template collar, the distance from the collar OD to the cutter OD varies as you go around the template.
I could go on, but the point is it is so bad as to be unusable, it has ruined some very nice pieces of wood and I have had to replace it with something which will actually do the job.
To answer the question, I don't know who makes them but they are a waste of money.

 

[onetenor]

best i can get is ....' made in far east I use it and then throw it away '

my response ...' you must be rich then...'


answer.......' no i build it into price of job ..'

me

I also want to know who makes power tools for wickes too and I have seen WORX tools with 3yr warranty supposed to be pro tools ?

* confused so many new names who to trust ? *

 

[onetenor]

I remember some time ago when my fathers had worn out (bout 20 years old!) and they refurbised it for free! He only paid P+P! Good 'ol Stanley!

Mind you, I had my 1/4 Snap On ratchet repaired for free when the pawl wore out and that must have been... Oh my God! 18 years! How the years catch up!!!

So, quality does pay! In the loooooooooong run!

 

[Threadjacker]

mmm...interesting thread but no definate answers.

I can confirm Wickes Professional powertools are made by Draper.

Don't know about the B&Q but I've seen the 4kg 800W SDS drill under varius different badges like Direct Power and Nutool. My dad bought one and had to swap it after 6 months as the gearbox went.