Just Sharing This Something useful for the garage/workshop

[Channel Hopper]

Yeah I know, there was camping dish and receiver in a suitcase kits just a couple of months back in Aldi, did you see them then mate?

I have one here, but it is from around two years back. I think it's complete apart from the meter that came with it. Black plastic suitcase and Ross 1201 Receiver

 

[Channel Hopper]

Ah I missed that! Bugger.
I like those little 39cm dishes, I had the plastic one but managed to smash it in a car accident! I want a metal one this time around.
Fingers crossed they come back.

I do have standalone dishes of that size here, used for line of site tests but there are a couple that have never been used. I'll try to get a picture in the next day or so.

 

[Analoguesat]

Ive been down to the Kelso Lidl this afternoon. A huge amount of tools & equipment - they obviously dont actually sell much during the introductory few days as the offers come in!!

 

[jeallen01]

I think it depends on what is being sold at any particular time, and how likely the average consumer would be to want what's on offer.

We have both a small (older) Lidl and a large (very new) one very close, and for example:
- when the mitre saw and bench press drill were released, a lot of those tools were snapped up very quickly (I saw one guy at the checkout of the large Lidl with a trolley loaded with 3-4 of each of those and of several other tools - certainly around £300-400's worth!), and there was very little left by the end of the following week.
- OTOH, most of the air compressors and air tools are still on the shelves 2-3 weeks after release (at the small Lidl anyway).

Did you buy anything useful today?

PS: a few more things coming up for release on Sunday, but the only one that looks useful could be this Parkside Modelling Jigsaw PMST 110 B2, which is a cross between a jigsaw and a "multitool" for £19.95, which seems to be able to do quite intricate work.

The problem looks to be that only 2 wood blades are supplied and it seems very difficult to find more blades as they are not standard jigsaw ones (these have a plain rectangular end that fits into the tool, and not one with indents, holes or similar as per normal jigsaw blades). An earlier version was the PMST 100 A1 which was made by Kompernas, and I found the manual for that one online. It tells you NOT to use standard jigsaw blades, but doesn't tell you what you should buy! Will have to wait till Sunday to find out who makes the B2 variant and if there is any more info on replacement blades.

BTW: I have realised that although all these tools are badged Parkside, they still retain the OEM's labels as well - and those identify the companies, addresses and other relevant model-related details (the "IAN" number in particular), and the instruction manuals have the manufacturers' names, addresses and so on on the outside rear cover, and the Declarations of Conformity (DoC) to Machinery Directive and other Directives inside. This is probably done for "CE reasons" so that any safety issues "fingers" can then be pointed straight back to source!

 

[RustySpoons]

In addition the Metal Grinder comes from Compenass H gmbh, although from the info in the manual where it says "Importer" I suspect it probably comes from the Far East. OTOH, it looks very like another of their range which sells for 99 Euros (I.e. about 2x the price in Lidl). Compenass also seem to be the supplier for most of the other Lidl tool ranges!

Noticed that the smaller of my local Lidl branches still had some Metal Grinders in stock on Friday - so if you do a fair bit of metal pipe/bar etc., cutting, but haven't already bought one, this is the one of the four bought from Lidl that I would most recommend because it's pretty cheap, does the job very well and I've rarely, if ever, seen anything like it on the "consumer tools" market.

Yeah you are right, about the manufacturers/importers.

Some handy links here you can get parts from:
Kompernass
And
https://www.einhelltools.co.uk/cmspage.php?page_id=69

Also Manuals etc:
Lidl Service Website

Fingers crossed you sort something for the smaller bits, interestingly I bought a "Waterjet/pik" type thing in there the other day for my teeth, it was £15, turns out its the same as the Panasonic model!

 

[Analoguesat]

Did you buy anything useful today?

A tool sharpening station as the missus was commenting just recently her knives are not sharp enough and the rachet spanners.

Quite a few boxes of the dual grinding wheels noted. When Im back at work next week I shall pop into the Galashiels branch and see what they have on the shelves.

 

[jeallen01]

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Some handy links here you can get parts from:
Kompernass

Also Manuals etc:
Lidl Service Website!

Ref the Kompernass link, thanks although I found that page earlier and it does not list the Modelling Jigsaw - found the manual by googling the Model number.
Ref the Lidl manuals website - thanks for that - will make a note of it for the future, but the OEMs' websites are generally more useful because you can sometimes find spares for very similar models even if you can't directly find them for your own specific model.

 

[jeallen01]

Ref the Modelling Jigsaw:
- Tried to enquire about spare blades via the "relevant" Lidl email address - all I got after a couple of days (on Saturday) was a reply asking for the bar code and the IAN number. Replied to the effect that I hadn't bought one of the jigsaws and so couldn't provide those details - and wasn't going to buy the Jigsaw unless I could be sure of a supply of spare blades! No reply to that so far !
- Went into both local Lidl stores this afternoon but neither had the Jigsaws - was going to try to measure up the blades to see if I could, if necessary, rework some standard jigsaw blades (of which I already have many) to fit, but obviously couldn't!

So probably going to forget about this tool.

BTW: going back a few weeks, I said that the knobs on the Bench Press Drill chuck height lowering handles had broken. Sent a complaint to Lidl, and then, on request, a pic of a broken one. About 1 month later, still no "answer" - doesn't matter anyway as the round knobs I'd ordered did arrive and fitted perfectly a couple of weeks ago.

OTOH, the "responses" from Lidl have been "far less than encouraging" if I get problems in the future - not that I am particularly surprised!

 

[RustySpoons]

Just picked this up in Lidl.

Direct to metal paint, was £2.99 always handy for bits and bobs with the dish fixings etc.


Also I popped to Aldi and came home with a beast of a Cross Cut Shredder, it weighs a tonne! it's even on wheels.
For £19.99 I can't moan.


Lidl Workshop Gear This Week:
Workshop Essentials from Thursday, 15.03. at Lidl UK

 

[Analoguesat]

Slightly OT but never mind.

Ive got a set of what used to be known as "stacking shelves" which I want to put in the garage for SWMBO's plant posts. Its the old bolt together type using short bolts (2cm or so) with a wide head & a corresponding wide nut. In the house move the ruddy nuts have got misplaced.

All modern shelves seem to be no bolt types. Can anyone advise what size bolts I need please?

Ive managed to find some bolts - M6 x 15mm are the modern equivalent should anyone need some.

 

[jeallen01]

Ref the Lidl Metal Grinder - came in useful during the week for something unanticipated.

I'm still having to replace one or two fence panels and posts, and a rotten post caused me a problem because, when I got the old one out, I found that I had concreted a steel "Metpost" post support in the ground, and the replacement I was using was one of those with an "L" profile "spike" on it - but the spike was far too long and "bottomed" in the old post support, and needed to be shortened by about 6".

Found that it would not fit under the grinding wheel of the Grinder with the adjustable workpiece clamp in place. So I removed that and was then able to put the "L" shaped part of the spike on the Grinder base and cut first one side, then the other, and finally, by laying the partially cut spike on the base with the right-angle at the top, was able to remove the remaining metal between the main part and the sharp end of the spike. Not a "pretty" result but relatively quick, easy and safe as compared to trying to cut the spike off with a separate angle grinder. Still had spend about 1/2 hour grinding down the edges of the remaining part of the spike with the bench grinder so it could be hammered down into the old Metpost - but it all "worked" in the end, and the new post and 1 of the fence panels were installed (On Wednesday, not today, thank goodness!)

 

[jeallen01]

Now thinking about an electrically-driven compressor ( I want, rather than really need, one!).

However, having read this page,several issues/questions arise:
- CFM? - seems like I need something like 10CFM for predictable use
- Max Pressure (bar)? - I think I should get one with something around 8-10 (ish)
- Tank capacity? - think I need a 50l tank because anything smaller seems to lead to pressure drops, and anything larger would be too big to fit somewhere in the garage (even a 50l one will be a "tight fit" in the space I have left available - at least until I get around to replacing all the old racking and furniture used for storage down one long side) and be too expensive.
- Oiled or oil-less? - from what I read, oiled ones are more reliable longterm.
- Brand? (the really difficult one) - I can buy a Lidl one (been on sale @ £119 for some weeks but still available locally) or another brand like SGS in Derby (only 2yr warrantee against 3 from Lidl, but the onsite reviews for customer and spares service are very encourahging, whilst my experience of Lidl support so is "far less so", and you can get this 50l compressor AND a basic toolkitfrom there for £119 + VAT = £142.79.

So, does anyone have any thoughts or other suggestions?

 

[purplemarina]

have a look in machine mart, i know the back up is good.

 

[RustySpoons]

Yes Machine Mart or Axminster for a compressor.
don't be tempted by a Lidl or Aldi one, also the SIP ones are crap.

 

[RimaNTSS]

~ 4 month ago friend of mine helped me to save out of scrap old drilling machine. It was laying several years under the open air. When I opened the motor there was water inside. Of course everything was quite rusty. So, I made some cleaning and modifications. Made motorized table, to change distance from it to the drill-bit. LED lights, of course. Many parts were sand-blasted and painted in my favorite color. Installed motor taken from old washer and made Arduino control for that. Now rpms can be changed from almost 0 till ~1300, of course, depending of the drilling diameter. Even it is already drilling (onthe picture 13.7mm in aluminum), It still needs some software programing to get maximum performance.

 

[Analoguesat]

Blimey thats a project and a half. Most folk would have just dropped it in the scrap bins at the local salvage yard.

 

[RustySpoons]

~ 4 month ago friend of mine helped me to save out of scrap old drilling machine. It was laying several years under the open air. When I opened the motor there was water inside. Of course everything was quite rusty. So, I made some cleaning and modifications. Made motorized table, to change distance from it to the drill-bit. LED lights, of course. Many parts were sand-blasted and painted in my favorite color. Installed motor taken from old washer and made Arduino control for that. Now rpms can be changed from almost 0 till ~1300, of course, depending of the drilling diameter. Even it is already drilling (onthe picture 13.7mm in aluminum), It still needs some software programing to get maximum performance.

Wow nice work! Love the rpm controller

 

[archive10]

~ 4 month ago friend of mine helped me to save out of scrap old drilling machine. It was laying several years under the open air. When I opened the motor there was water inside. Of course everything was quite rusty. So, I made some cleaning and modifications. Made motorized table, to change distance from it to the drill-bit. LED lights, of course. Many parts were sand-blasted and painted in my favorite color. Installed motor taken from old washer and made Arduino control for that. Now rpms can be changed from almost 0 till ~1300, of course, depending of the drilling diameter. Even it is already drilling (onthe picture 13.7mm in aluminum), It still needs some software programing to get maximum performance.

Veery nice!
But what about the old drill? Will it not feel abandoned and lonely by now?

 

[RimaNTSS]

But what about the old drill? Will it not feel abandoned and lonely by now?

No, they all will be good friends. I also have plans to extend the family of the drill-machines.

 

[jeallen01]

@RimaNTSS
Great project - absolutely no way that I could get within a "million miles"!
OTOH, any more suggestions/comments on possible compressors?
(BTW- already looked at Machine Mart, and they look too pricey for what I can persuade myself that I can afford - and then only if can flog a lotof redundant photogear)