Recent content by Drex

Aye. I have little experience with battery tools but the Makita saw is a great one and the only downside is needing several batteries during a session because even with the quick charging of 20 mins, the charger seems only capable of doing a fast charge on the first battery, then its twice as...

I have a few Makita cordless tools, the main one I use frequently is my reciprocating saw which can drain a 3 ah battery in 20 minutes. Owing to the price of "proper" Makita batteries I made the mistake of ordering the less than half price Chinese spare batteries, which somewhat predictable...

Yesterday was a fine day for painting. I managed to get most of the black gloss on the wood early in the day, then later (about 8 pm) turned the wood round and finished off some areas that I had missed because I was resting the wood there.. Now, I note that the gloss I applied around noon...

Thanks, screwfix seem pretty good on the pricing.. Owing to convience needs, I started the job within a few hours of posting that and went to Focus I think it was and picked up the rawl plugs and some fixings similar to those.. I was scalped! How do they justify those high prices? Over double!

I am making a safety rail for the steps that lead up to my mothers rear entrance. I have got wood, cut and of the correct size all round, ready. I need to attach several posts to the brick wall, then obviously put the wooden rail on the top, etc. I was wondering what would be the best...