Fully Detached Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I just ordered the Ryobi that ntb linked to - for the money it looks like a great starting tool to see how I get on with it, and it'll be more than good enough for the job I actually want it for at this stage. I decided that going down the combi route was a bit daft when I have yet to see the limitations of a plunge router, and anyway, if I decide to expand, I'll just buy a separate fixed one second hand when a nicely priced one comes up on ebay. I am routed right up. I have achieved peak man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxe Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 The majority of people I've ever come across, who are big into woodworking, seem to primarily produce wooden storage solutions for woodworking kit. Hah, very true. I've made some lovely boxes that adorn my shed shelves. More practical (useful) tasks have been building out house interiors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fully Detached Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Hah, very true. I've made some lovely boxes that adorn my shed shelves. More practical (useful) tasks have been building out house interiors. I'm certainly not big into woodworking, but I do quite often have a need to put something together, and after years of bodging things with no more nails and the predictable results, I've started to want to do things properly. I've been quite surprised at the sort of things I can make a nice job of, albeit that any project I get involved with seems to turn out to be industrially robust and not particularly attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 any project I get involved with seems to turn out to be industrially robust and not particularly attractive. Sounds like Mrs. Eight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fully Detached Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Sounds like Mrs. Eight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AThirdWay Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Get one with good dust extraction. Hardwood dusts are carcinogenic. WWWHHHHHAAATTTTT! Bloody hell, I've been routing a torus onto hardwood skirting over the last six months.... nobody told me! Hope the face mask was good enough protection. I bought an Aldi special, branded Workzone, for £25 some time ago. Hasn't missed a beat, and I'm doing a fair bit of DIY in the house. Had to take the router table back, it was crap. I just made one up from an off-cut of kitchen work top, even used the router to make it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AThirdWay Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Thanks for all the help and suggestions. I just ordered the Ryobi that ntb linked to - for the money it looks like a great starting tool to see how I get on with it, and it'll be more than good enough for the job I actually want it for at this stage. I decided that going down the combi route was a bit daft when I have yet to see the limitations of a plunge router, and anyway, if I decide to expand, I'll just buy a separate fixed one second hand when a nicely priced one comes up on ebay. I am routed right up. I have achieved peak man. You've got your chainsaw then???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fully Detached Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 You've got your chainsaw then???? I did chainsaws all through my 20s. I also drove dumper trucks and diggers. Beat that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I did chainsaws all through my 20s. I also drove dumper trucks and diggers. Beat that. When in NZ whilst younger - I drove a digger, tractor, helped build a prison , caught a sting ray whilst fishing and took a Korean virgins errr... - well she wasn't a virgin afterwards - both places. The digger was only a 10 tonner though so a bit gay [no offense to any gay people !!]. Still quite impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 I did chainsaws all through my 20s. I also drove dumper trucks and diggers. Beat that. These are manly things, like sheds, and engines. We admire your blokeyness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Top man points if you have or have used one of these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Top man points if you have or have used one of these cheetah.png Is it a flamethrower? I have one for gardening purposes. Mine's not as big as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 You use it like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 You use it like this Now I feel I have been educated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntb Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 You use it like this... I like to repurpose things. That has a lot of fun potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxe Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Real men throw lighter fuel into the tyre and set light to it. Boom, and the rim is gone, er, seated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fully Detached Posted February 22, 2016 Author Share Posted February 22, 2016 Holy crap. I'm feeling distinctly inferior now. I'm off to Screwfix in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntb Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Screwfix is handy but it's not generally the best place to buy power tools. Powertoolworld, FFX, Toolstop and many others have better prices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxe Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Axminster. Man's shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntb Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Axminster is great for woodworking but usually beaten on price for hand held power tools. I love going there though and usually end up spending money on things I never realised were essential to life as we know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepwello'nights Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Axminster is great for woodworking but usually beaten on price for hand held power tools. I love going there though and usually end up spending money on things I never realised were essential to life as we know it. Tell me about it. I love the Japanese restorer's cats paw I bought the last time I went to my local Axminster store Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Funny you should say that about being beaten on price. Just had a look at the Axminster website and the special offers and noticed this vice: http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-trade-vices-mechanic-s-multi-purpose-bench-vice-505555 Which is essentially a rip-off - doesn't look to be from the same factory/production line - of this Irwin Record model http://www.powertoolsdirect.com/irwin-record-multipurpose-vice-5in It's still most likely made in China but is the genuine article and a tenner cheaper I've got this vice and although it has terrible online reviews, mainly from idiots trying to use it as a press*, but, I find it great for holding work for drilling, grinding, cutting etc. and if you mount it right at the end of a bench you can swivel it to overhang either side. *Irwin may have too originally foolishly marketed it as a mechanic's vice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntb Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Looks handy for light work but it definitely ain't for swinging on. Second hand is the way to go for your vices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Don't worry I have plenty of other vices. Vices were, for quite sometime, one of my major vices. Yes, 2nd hand is definitely the only way to go if you're going to want to exert serious force on something. Older Record Stilson/pipe wrenches are greatly superior to what can be bought new now too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AThirdWay Posted February 23, 2016 Share Posted February 23, 2016 I did chainsaws all through my 20s. I also drove dumper trucks and diggers. Beat that. I did chainguns, Scammell Commander tank transporters, 432 APC's and the good old Alvis Stalwart in my twenties They were ba$tards, one and all! (Alright, the chaingun thing is an exaggeration, but GPMG doesn't tie in so well with 'chainsaw'!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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