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p4ult wrote:I found both the nails and staples didn't fully go into the wood. Then I tried pushing down with force on to the gun when firing, both now fully penetrate the wood


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Paul

Of course with using a Passy finishing nailer this is a given, but I even tried holding this tool very firmly & it still did not bury nails. The Max setting is just not powerful enough - which is no surprise really.
I understand this can be a problem with battery nailers, the DeWalt for example.

Dickie wrote:Of course with using a Passy finishing nailer this is a given, but I even tried holding this tool very firmly & it still did not bury nails. The Max setting is just not powerful enough - which is no surprise really.
I understand this can be a problem with battery nailers, the DeWalt for example.

It depends, really. The DW guns are streets ahead of most battery nailers (e.g. Tacwise, AEG, Bosch, etc) with the 16ga gun generally being good for 50mm in softwood/MDF (sufficent for most skirtings, architraves, etc) whilst the 18ga gun does 40mm with no problems (50mm can be a bit trickier)

Here Dickie, I just fired off a few to show you.



As you can see, Three have more or less fully penetrated the wood when I leant on the gun, unfortunately this leaves marks on the wood.

The Two I put minimal pressure on the gun haven't full penetrated.


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Paul

More bargains this coming Thursday;
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Think those blades will fit the tracksaw they had a few weeks back?

they dont say what the bore is so no telling

Grumbledook wrote:Think those blades will fit the tracksaw they had a few weeks back?

You over 18 fella???!!
Why the feck do you need to be over 18 to buy a circular saw blade??
Not sure GD, it doesn't state the hole size in that advert.

it about a ratio off 5.2 in the picture so iff we assume the blades are 160mm then that puts them at 30.7 bore so will be 30 bore

blade picture on screen 75mm hole 14.5mm

use reducing washers if you bore is less
http://www.tooled-up.com/microcat/circu ... shes/3490/

Grumbledook wrote:Think those blades will fit the tracksaw they had a few weeks back?

They don't mention bore size, aso the track saw uses a 165mm blade so it would reduce your depth of cut a little. I'll be looking however and if the bore size is big enough I'll probably grab some for rough work.

Does anyone know if the Sds drill is any good? I don't have a need to use it every day and it will only get occasional heavy use.
The price is good, I just need to get to a store before the other blighters get there first and clear the shelves!!

Those SDS are usually perfectly fine for the money. I have the Aldi version and it has seen some hard work and still works great. They tend to be very heavy but for occasional use it's ok.

London mike 61 wrote:Does anyone know if the Sds drill is any good? I don't have a need to use it every day and it will only get occasional heavy use.
The price is good, I just need to get to a store before the other blighters get there first and clear the shelves!!

For 40 quid & a 3 year warranty it's got to be worth a punt!!!

I have read some reviews on this drill and other lower priced drills and they all seem to have difficulty in holding the chisels in the chuck , they appear to fall out while the drill is in use.
Is this something only the cheaper drills suffer from or is it just the design of these drills that makes retaining the bit in the chuck more difficult?
Also , a lot of the reviews of the lower priced drills say that after a short while using the chisels , the drill has burnt out. Does anyone on here have any experience of using one of these for non heavy use and the drill burning out?

I know £40 isn't a fortune to spend on a Sds drill , and I won't use it to extreme but I don't want to have the drill burn out removing small areas of plaster or whatever.
Any comments are gratefully appreciated.

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Mike

Sorry Mike, like others I bought the Aldi equivalent & not used it much on chiseling, so can't really comment.

London mike 61 wrote:I have read some reviews on this drill and other lower priced drills and they all seem to have difficulty in holding the chisels in the chuck , they appear to fall out while the drill is in use.
Is this something only the cheaper drills suffer from or is it just the design of these drills that makes retaining the bit in the chuck more difficult?
Also , a lot of the reviews of the lower priced drills say that after a short while using the chisels , the drill has burnt out. Does anyone on here have any experience of using one of these for non heavy use and the drill burning out?

I know £40 isn't a fortune to spend on a Sds drill , and I won't use it to extreme but I don't want to have the drill burn out removing small areas of plaster or whatever.
Any comments are gratefully appreciated.

Thanks
Mike

Neither drills or chisels have fallen out of my aldi version.