Recent content by JayJay1978

Yes I'm stuck with 12v Bosch as I have a good few of the range but mainly use the combi and mini grinder daily.

I've found my smallest Torx bit and had a look inside and its true, its the whole switch module which is more than the cost of a new body only on FFX.

I seem to be going through these drills i every few years and its always the switch that has become unresponsive, I've kept a few rather than chuck them but have been buying body only replacements but I think I'm going to see if I can buy a switch...

£9.15? you were lucky..I painted a farmers fence for £1.50 a day and got mauled by a Rottweiler, took me three days. 1988 I think

I've got the 12v Bosch one and for a plumber its perfect for cutting into chipboard flooring to get at pipes, I also have a mid size 136mm Makita for everything else and a Makita tracksaw for fine work.

I wonder this the gears on that Hitachi were made from solid state stock or powdered metal?

I have an Hitachi M12 router. I've been doing kitchens maybe one a year and I've managed with the mitre saw up to now but its time to get a decent one. Are there any to avoid? I don't want one with a weird bore size.

I have the Makita track saw, don't need it to cut metal just saying that the multipurpose blades don't do a good job of fine work.

Its fine for studwork and stuff and I'm only a plumber but I'm doing more kitchens now so I need something more accurate. The multipurpose blades cut metal yes but it chips laminated trims.

Right that's it! Ive had it since 2011 and its had a few new blades and I've always struggled like hell to find blades that will fit the stupid thing. I'm on a kitchen job and I bought a new fine tooth Saxton blade for it with reducing shims and my god they are tight, I'm getting blade wobble...

Screw me! As a plumber who does lots of bathrooms and studwork, flooring etc I use mainly Screwfix silver screws. good quality and not too expensive. Turbogolds are better but pricey.

Lets address the Elephant in the room, they are all toys compared to a Hilti Tec-7 Mine was under £300 230V

I don't know what to do now, I was going to get the quick release makita but not if its a noisy vibrating rattler like my 12v Bosch GOP. My 350W Fein works (bought in 2015) but it bogs down and looses full blade oscillation when I put any sort of pressure on it, like when I was plunge cutting...

I think it will have to be Makita, the Dewalt only seems to take open ended blades or can it be adapted to take all my Fein and Bosch attachments?

Not interested in Starlock as i kill tool many blades, I have a 12v blue Bosch and its all noise and no guts, I've got the 350W Fein but its on its way out so i need a 240v replacement. Which is the best non Starlock 240v quick release?