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They did it to me as well. I told my mate at college, so well primed, when he was told to go to the paint shop where he worked for a long stand by the gaffer, he told him where to go in no uncertain terms - for which he received a clip round the ear and some one to one instruction in Anglo-Saxon...

That's job market shrinkage for you - I remember a time when it was Seven Up

That describes at least some of the people I know who own Festools (and almost everyone I know who owns Mafells). The rest of us are just OCD! :rolleyes:;) The ones who worry me slightly more are the guys who have their van fitted out with front to back Vantainers (matching fitted racking)...

Pretty much, yes. These days it is used for weatherproof cladding, sound insulation, heat insulation and of course fire boarding. The difference is possibly the thicknesses we use - mainly 12mm, 15mm and 18mm. (mainly Versapanel and some Versarock). Use an acoustic caulk on the joints, something...

Last year we cut and laid about 15,000 square feet of it (mostly 12mm stuff) for the upper floors of duplexes on the back of having put about 30.000 square feet of fire cladding on the walls in public areas (timber-framed, double frame soundproof construction). Everyone bitched about the weight...

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Just don't find them comfortable, despite having had a #3 since my starting days (last of the wooden handled British ones). I'm happier with a #4 or a block plane TBH. #2s are worse for me - bought one, a Sargent VBM, hated it, sold it. Never been near a #1

Fiberglass is nowhere near as good as mineral wool - mineral wool batting is generally better than loose roll stuff for noise suppression not to mention being a lot easier to install. Cement mineral board also has good sound deadening properties as well as being relatively weatherproof (which is...

It's obvious, surely? You have them on a shelf, nicely polished, to impress your woodworking mates when they pop round :rolleyes: BTW how on earth do you hold a #3? Too small for my hands and always feel very uncomfortable

I think the NX60 block is rather nice, but if I bought one 'er indoors might take me off at the knees!. Just don't tell Jacob the price!

A bit OT, I recently watched a YouTube video by a guy who repairs white goods for a living. He did a review and partial strip down of a British-made washing machine (Ebac - this one here) which was specifically designed to be repairable, e.g. having an accessible circuit board made with higher...

Don't worry, the batteries on those will fail in time, too o_O I average somewhere around 5 to 6 years out of my Makita Li-Ion 18 volt batteries (I know because I write the bought date on them) which seems fairly average for trade use. At the end, they are either well down on run time or just...

As I said. Never had the problem, but then I am not constantly changing the pilot bit projection. I tends to set and use it for maybe a thousand or more screws before it needs to be reset, if that. Bad batch possibly? Can't see Tx grub screws helping much - in fact are there such things in such...

They are Chinese-made and slightly shorter than the Snappy ones. The Snappy ones are made in the USA. Star M are nice, but you really pay for that

Sounds like a DTD170 - I got the next one after that, the DTD171 with more speeds and more bells and whistles about 2-1/2 years back (in boring old teal) which Makita replaced with the DTD172 last year in Japan. I was working with a guy who got one of those in metallic copper. Blingy! How do you...

Maybe another point worth mentioning - if you are sawing in virgin materials where there will be no potential inclusions (e.g. new plywood, MDF, etc) then TCT can be very good, just don't try sawing through old floorboards, joists, etc where there is any possibility of hitting metal such as an...

You probably want what Americans call a "Vix bit". 3.5mm is more or less 9/64in and you can pick up Chinese copycat sets dirt cheap on eBay, like these at £5.29 for a set of four (Toolstation and Screwfix doubtless do cheapies as well). They'll be good for a few jobs, but they aren't what I'd...

They aren't the only ones, Jacob. Bosch went to using the "L-Boxx" (a commercially available alternative), deWalt created their "Tough System" (compatible with some Stanley products) whilst Milwaukee have their "Pack-Out" system. It isn't fashion - it's just an easier way to lug round the...

Which is completely and utterly useless for most trades these days. The job has changed a bit since the 1980s with the move towards power tools and higher productivity. In fact advances in cordless tool technology over the last 10 to 15 years have changed things faster than in the previous 40 or...

I don't know about NZ, but they actually banned the manufacture and sale of most new tools and equipment with NiCd batteries in Europe in 2016. This is because nickel cadmium is regarded as being as toxic to the environment as mercury. NZ has probably either gone the same way or is going that...