Any comments on the machine mart rotary tool?
Alang formulated on Sunday :
Reasonably quality, but you can get the very same item much cheaper from other places. Watch Lidl /Aldi special offers and maybe Maplin.
possibility and anything I've bought from Maplin has always been way over the top pricewise.
As far as L & A are concerned I have been looking for such a machine for several years and keep tabs each week on what is coming up - and nothing like this has come up, unless it did so when I was on brief holidays.
Rob
robgraham explained :
A was where I got mine and at around half the Machinemart price. Maplin had them on sale recently (Christmas?)at a roughly similar special offer price.
Most of the ones I've seen there don't include a stand and flexible drive. Although I'm not sure how often I'd use either. I have a basic low voltage mains supplied one bought from B&Q years ago and haven't wanted a stand or flex drive for that. But then I hardly ever use it.
I'm in both stores at least a couple of times a month and never seen anything like this for sale
I have a low voltage one from RS many years ago but it also means low power. I'm looking at 140W or so. Really could do with a mini angle grinder. As long as it will slice the ends off steel screws it should be okay.
My Dremel is sitting in a box in the corner of the garage, hasn't been used for years. As much use as a chocolate teapot.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember robgraham saying something like:
That MM one is identical (apart from body colour), even has the same case and parts, to the Aldi one I bought last year.
We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "The Medway Handyman" saying something like:
Mine sat unused for months after I bought it, but it's been in use a few times over the past few weeks. Turns out it wasn't a waste of money after all...
I have one of these that I bought from Aldi about 3 or 4 years ago - it appears identical in every respect. I also have a Dremel.
I used the one from Aldi a couple of times, and then bought the Dremel. Ever since, I have only used the Dremel.
I have a smaller Hobbycraft drill for very small jobs, but that hardly ever gets used. The Dremel does all I need; it is powerful, handles well and is reliable. You don't always get what you pay for, but I feel that I did with the Dremel.
Aldi:
where I can get a lift in a time machine I'll certainly give it a go :)
Alang laid this down on his screen :
If you subscribe to Aldi and Lidl's advanced notice of special offers email service, you will know what is coming up in advance. Lidl's emails and there web site are a bit slow to load here though.
Not everything is available in every shop. As I discovered with the Lidl Satellite system for 29.99 Not even in the next town
If you enter your postcode on the Lidl website, it shows you what's available at your local store.
Aldi has the same stuff in all stores.
As for the 2007/2008 links, the same stuff tends to come round at the same time of year.
My low voltage (via a transformer) B&Q cheapie has no problems cutting through even hardened steel like self tappers. Provided you set the speed high enough. I'd think a 140W one would be very much larger than the norm for these things therefore reducing its usefulness. If size isn't a problem there are larger mains powered similar devices - or just use a mains drill.
My findings too - apart from occasional use. Found it essential for cutting a copper pipe in a corner to put a T in - it was plastered in at top and bottom. Managed to make a neat job although got through several cutoff discs. But worth it to me on that occasion. No clearance to use even the smallest pipe cutter.
I've had a Ryobi rechargeable one for ages. Came out before the Dremel one. Super for hobby stuff. And uses AA size rechargeables so cheap to replace.
Won't load at all on this browser now. Used to up until a few months ago. No apparent changes to their site - so must just be 'progress' ;-)
A friend has one. They are very good. There was/is a Dremel rechargeable but it is nowhere near as good.
I bought my first Dremel in the USA so it was 120V. I used it here with a step down transformer and it worked fine. However, lugging the transformer was a chore. It also meant that the Dremel wasn't as portable as it should be, so I bought a 230V version which is completely satisfactory.
I gave the 120V version to my father in law (who lives in a country with 120V mains supply) and he is delighted with it.
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