Thread To Tell Everyone What Fettling You've Just Done

pinno

keef66 wrote:

I'm getting the impression you've done that kind of thing before...

Sort of.

keef66 wrote:

Having destroyed my 27yr old corded hammer drill I'm using my comparatively minor project as an excuse to update my tool collection. The cheapo Screwfix SDS drill and the Bosch professional cordless drill and impact driver set have been a revelation. And since I'm replacing loads of skirting and fitting some engineered wooden flooring I think I can justify a sliding bevel / mitre saw too

I bought a 2nd hand Dewalt SDS 24v chordless. It's ideal for old plaster removal. What a handy gadget. I did hire a mains SDS from Jewsons for a hard concrete excavation job though.

I can thoroughly recommend a Makita mitre saw. It does bevels and angles. I can't cut a piece of wood square for love nor money and so the Mitre saw is priceless as well as being quicker and so easy to use.

Add some pics to my thread - it would be interesting to see what you're up to.

Tashman

Cleaned the recently acquired Giant Mountain/Hybrid. god knows what the previous owner had been doing with it. all the mechs were well and truly gunked up. I'm also claiming that the rear inner was obviously perished, and did not explode along a seam due to my excess baggage. (reminder to purchase spare tubes too)

meanredspider

Pinno wrote:

keef66 wrote:

I'm getting the impression you've done that kind of thing before...

Sort of.

keef66 wrote:

Having destroyed my 27yr old corded hammer drill I'm using my comparatively minor project as an excuse to update my tool collection. The cheapo Screwfix SDS drill and the Bosch professional cordless drill and impact driver set have been a revelation. And since I'm replacing loads of skirting and fitting some engineered wooden flooring I think I can justify a sliding bevel / mitre saw too

I bought a 2nd hand Dewalt SDS 24v chordless. It's ideal for old plaster removal. What a handy gadget. I did hire a mains SDS from Jewsons for a hard concrete excavation job though.

I can thoroughly recommend a Makita mitre saw. It does bevels and angles. I can't cut a piece of wood square for love nor money and so the Mitre saw is priceless as well as being quicker and so easy to use.

Add some pics to my thread - it would be interesting to see what you're up to.

Ooh - can I join in this conversation. I'm about to hit the house I'm buying in a big way and spending bored hours in hospital looking at the various toys I'm going to buy. What I'm trying to decide is what cordless "system" is best: Bosch Pro, Makita, DeWalt etc I also want to get a mitre saw (corded). I also need to buy some garden power tools - again, ideally cordless - hedge cutter, mower etc

Wheelspinner

meanredspider wrote:

Pinno wrote:

keef66 wrote:

I'm getting the impression you've done that kind of thing before...

Sort of.

keef66 wrote:

Having destroyed my 27yr old corded hammer drill I'm using my comparatively minor project as an excuse to update my tool collection. The cheapo Screwfix SDS drill and the Bosch professional cordless drill and impact driver set have been a revelation. And since I'm replacing loads of skirting and fitting some engineered wooden flooring I think I can justify a sliding bevel / mitre saw too

I bought a 2nd hand Dewalt SDS 24v chordless. It's ideal for old plaster removal. What a handy gadget. I did hire a mains SDS from Jewsons for a hard concrete excavation job though.

I can thoroughly recommend a Makita mitre saw. It does bevels and angles. I can't cut a piece of wood square for love nor money and so the Mitre saw is priceless as well as being quicker and so easy to use.

Add some pics to my thread - it would be interesting to see what you're up to.

Ooh - can I join in this conversation. I'm about to hit the house I'm buying in a big way and spending bored hours in hospital looking at the various toys I'm going to buy. What I'm trying to decide is what cordless "system" is best: Bosch Pro, Makita, DeWalt etc I also want to get a mitre saw (corded). I also need to buy some garden power tools - again, ideally cordless - hedge cutter, mower etc

Have a Bosch slide compound mitre bevel saw thing which is now getting on, but has been very reliable. It's not fabulously accurate for joinery work though, merely decent. Pain in the ar$e to adjust for square fence and stuff too. Wouldn't buy another because of that. HOWEVER, most of the other Bosch power tools I've had have been relatively poor for reliability and durability. Sanders, laminate trimmer, a corded drill, all failed early. DeWalt are just Black & Decker rebadged. I've had good luck with Makita tools, and Hitachi.

I don't think any of the garden tool in cordless variety are much better than any other. Ryobi at least use a common battery for just about everything. But TBH if your garden is at least half decent sized, you're better off with petrol power for most things. The battery gizmos die too fast doing heavy work.

meanredspider

Is that Bosch Pro or their "DIY" green range? My Makita sander died very quickly although they did repair it FOC.

I've a LOT of hedge to do but I find 2-stroke petrol stuff tiresome - I've a Stahl 2-stroke strimmer. I've a corded hedge trimmer for near the house though the cord is a PITA. The local industrial supplies place said that the councils are now going electric and my brother is selling a lot of electric (professional spec - Wimbledon and the like) mowers. I also don't think I'll ever have the enthusiasm to spend hours hedge cutting. The problem with Ryobi is that it's 18v whereas everyone else is running 36v - so you're going to need loads of batteries.

It's all a bit of a minefield.

pinno

I have a DeWalt 18v cordless and when I need a screw head in one hand and a drill bit in the other, I have my very old 14v, which is still going after 7 years of serious abuse including dropping it off a roof twice.
The DeWalt 24v chordless SDS is very good for what it is. They are never going to be as good as a mains one but if you are doing light work, you have a battery life of about 3 hours.

If anyone wants to know what Makita mitre saw I have, I can look it up. It retailed for roughly £270 but I got the last in stock from a company who were not going to stock Makita anymore for some reason and I picked it up for a song @ £135.
I have used many Mitre saws over the years but I can honestly say, that for anything up to just under 6", it's the best I have used.

I have a petrol long reach hedge strimmer (Stihl - it's excellent), a ride on lawn mower (self restored 1984 MTD Lawnflite - took 4 months) and a petrol strimmer/brush cutter. I would never even entertain battery operated garden tools.

keef66

My Bosch combi drill and impact drivers are their blue professional range. They do feel reassuringly heavy / powerful / robust, and it's handy being able to swap batteries. The corded drill I just burnt out was a green DIY one, but it owed me nothing. I now cannot imagine how I've coped without cordless tools for so long.
Coincidentally I also just bought a cheap (orange) Makita random orbit sander. Amazed to discover the dust extraction / collection actually works quite well. (Must remember to register it on their website to get the longer warranty)

I'm going to steer clear of the suspiciously cheap mitre / bevel saws; think that would be false economy. DeWalt does seem to have a fan-like following among DIYers and trades alike, and the proper reviews always seem good. Are they really B&D quality??

meanredspider

I too have a 14v DeWalt drill and it has been extremely good though one of the pair of batteries is getting a bit tired. I think it is better than rebadge B&D.

I think I'm going to try a 36v hedge trimmer. I'll return it if it isn't fit for purpose.

My Efco ride-on mower is forked or the Emak engine is and they want £1100 to repair it (which is pretty much what I paid for it) - I can't find anywhere that does Emak spares to fix it myself (even if I had the time). I'm planning on getting a Mountfield tractor instead.

pinno

keef66 wrote:

Are they really B&D quality??

No, much better.

@MRS. There's a huge overlap in engine mounting footprint on ride on mowers. Do a bit of research and see what fits your model. You'll also find that there are only a handful of mower engine manufacturers. Many of them are re-badged Briggs and Stratton etc.
I picked up a 12hp Briigs and Stratton from the early '00's which fitted straight on to my '84 Lanwflite for silly money. The only difference being the drive shaft had to be swapped over- it was a sleeve on a Woodruff key with 2 pulleys.

If you know some Tractor mower racing boys, they really know their stuff.

meanredspider

Yup - I discovered that my Efco is also a Honda, a John Deere, a Mountfield and a few others I don't know about. My problem is that I have no time to fix it and, TBH, it's probably too small for the paddock that comes attached to our new house - or, at least, too fussy about grass length and moisture.
I'm in two minds about bringing it down with me even though I'm sure I could sort it for far less than £1100.

That said, you've just put an evil idea about mower racing in my head.....

Wheelspinner

meanredspider wrote:

Is that Bosch Pro or their "DIY" green range? My Makita sander died very quickly although they did repair it FOC.

I've a LOT of hedge to do but I find 2-stroke petrol stuff tiresome - I've a Stahl 2-stroke strimmer. I've a corded hedge trimmer for near the house though the cord is a PITA. The local industrial supplies place said that the councils are now going electric and my brother is selling a lot of electric (professional spec - Wimbledon and the like) mowers. I also don't think I'll ever have the enthusiasm to spend hours hedge cutting. The problem with Ryobi is that it's 18v whereas everyone else is running 36v - so you're going to need loads of batteries.

It's all a bit of a minefield.

Bit of both. Bosch green range are rubbish indeed, but I've had a couple of the blue Pro range tools die early too. Not realised the Ryobi were 18V. Agree that's pointless. I bought a 40v Li Ion no-name strimmer (we call them whipper-snipper) which is ok, but then I don't have a lot of lawn edge to do.

pinno

Morning WS

Wheelspinner

Pinno wrote:

Morning WS

Morning Pinno. Stuck indoors temporarily for shower of rain. Boo!

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Morning WS

Morning Pinno. Stuck indoors temporarily for shower of rain. Boo!

You poor thing. I live on the West coast of Scotland and you expect me to have some sympathy with you!!

Good evening BTW.

Wheelspinner

Pinno wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Morning WS

Morning Pinno. Stuck indoors temporarily for shower of rain. Boo!

You poor thing. I live on the West coast of Scotland and you expect me to have some sympathy with you!!

Good evening BTW.

I think the rain lasted almost 15 minutes. The inconvenience! Well, I say rain, but really a "sprinkle" was probably overstating the intensity. Or is "spitting" lighter than a sprinkling? :?

I did some bike fettling today though, so there! Bought some vintage forks for one of the crudders, and did a little test polish to see how they'll come up. Will be a *lot* of work, but should look bling-tactic shiny when I've finished. In about 2023 perhaps.

pinno

Wheelspinner wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Pinno wrote:

Morning WS

Morning Pinno. Stuck indoors temporarily for shower of rain. Boo!

You poor thing. I live on the West coast of Scotland and you expect me to have some sympathy with you!!

Good evening BTW.

I think the rain lasted almost 15 minutes. The inconvenience! Well, I say rain, but really a "sprinkle" was probably overstating the intensity. Or is "spitting" lighter than a sprinkling? :?

I did some bike fettling today though, so there! Bought some vintage forks for one of the crudders, and did a little test polish to see how they'll come up. Will be a *lot* of work, but should look bling-tactic shiny when I've finished. In about 2023 perhaps.

Just paint the damn things matt brown.
(gloss if you go through fields)

smokey_bacon

Regreased my speedplays. Remarkably easy when you have the right tools :roll:

Tashman

Replaced tube on the new hack bike after the last one exploded with a loud bang. Realised there was no rim tape too so "borrowed that from an old parts donor machine that conveniently is the same sizing. Replaced the saddle on Tashboy's machine. Replaced the cracked pedals on Tashwife's too.

pinno

Insulation tape serves as a good, temporary alternative.

veronese68

Pinno wrote:

Insulation tape serves as a good, temporary alternative.

Temporary :oops:

pinno

'Fond de Jante' sounds silly anyway.

milemuncher1

Remembered that an old innertube, is fantastic for putting underneath bar tape, to give a cushiony soft feel.

itboffin

changed seatpost on the Scott for a Zipp SC and swapped the 3T onto the Ribble

luv2ride

More front mech fettling on the Ultegra-quipped Solace. I think it's now running more quietly....hmmmm. Still not Sram-level quiet :roll:

wolfsbane2k

Headset removal, clean & refit trying to reduce creaking from what i thought was the stem bolts
Front and rear quick release mech clean and re-grease, as actually, that was the source.

ryan_w-2

Fitted DA 11/25T cassette and Rotor No Q 36T front chain ring.

I can confirm that running 36/53T at the front is absolutely fine and I have no shifting issues at all. Smooth as ever thanks to Di2.

Whilst at it, gave the bike a full clean down including cleaning by CermaicSpeed BB which still looks like new after 2,000km. Just removed the old grease, cleaned with cotton buds and re-greased for another 2k km of fun.

joncomelately

Discovered my pedals could be fettled (who knew?) so regreased the spindles. Added old inner tube to the pannier rack.

Creak free commute

pinno

Joncomelately wrote:

Creak free commute

Nah, don't be silly. The grease you put in acted like a placebo.

Besides, once you have fixed one creak, then you're suddenly aware of all the other creaks that were masked by the noise of the creak you just fixed.

joncomelately

Honest guv. Obvs there's the rattle from the mudguards, the ring from the cable I keep meaning to shorten and the schwing from the unaligned brake with the bent rotor, but 15 miles now without a creak. It doesn't seem real.

pinno

Joncomelately wrote:

Honest guv. Obvs there's the rattle from the mudguards, the ring from the cable I keep meaning to shorten and the schwing from the unaligned brake with the bent rotor, but 15 miles now without a creak. It doesn't seem real.

Have you had your hearing tested recently?