best and worst tools bought in 2012 - TilersForums.com

[BoldreChris]

Best tools this year...

Mercedes Vito 120 (another Ebay buy), finally enough space to put the whole toolkit into, false floor so I can get 8x4 sheets inside ! (had a couple of nasty moments with plasterboard on the roofrack of the old Disco !)

Dewalt 10.8V mini screwdriver and impact driver. Just brilliant micro tools. Perfect for kitchen fitting and the impact driver is amazing.

And the worst...

Snakevision camera on a flexi. OK you can stick it down a 10mm hole and have a look inside otherwise closed voids but I can't make anything out on the screen - LEDs in the end are too weak to illuminate the target. Shame, it could be brilliant but isn't.

Hoping the Sigma 3DM will be the best of 2013.

Happy New Year, all.

 

[***tony***]

Best is replacement diamond core set 365 Drills, worst is that Vitrex grout removal tool, waste of money, you live & learn.

 

[Spud]

Forgot to mention I bought a Raimondi Rai-fix mechanical fixing device,I will be using it on a job starting next week pictures and a review to follow

 

[area tiling]

Bosch GTL3 floor laser was one of my best buys

Was thinking of buying one of these what do you use it mainly fir

 

[White Room]

Floors ????

 

[charlie1]

Bosch GBH4-32DFR hammer drill, 9/10
Dw24000, 8/10
makita angle grinder 9/10
sigma 3c 9/10
sigma 3e 6/10.... hardly used otherwise its great machine
small sigma 9/10
dewalt battery drill /8/10
dewalt jigsaw 9/10
45 degree trowel 0/10
white chalk 10/10
fiat scudo 8/10
snickers kevlar ripstop trousers 4/10.... no good for hopping up and down on baths, no flexibility.
120mm core from TT 9/10
electric mitre saw 8/10 ... very happy with this
pin rake 8/10... love this.
B&Q 1800 level 7/10, i use as straight edge though.
Diamond pad from diatech 9/10 ... love this
Electric polisher 8/10
trapeze stainless mirror trowels 8/10

... jees, been busy this year lol

 

[judge]

Best is replacement diamond core set 365 Drills, worst is that Vitrex grout removal tool, waste of money, you live & learn.

I got suckered into buying one of those grout tools.Handy for getting food out your teeth !!lol

 

[Bubblecraft]

Bosch GBH4-32DFR hammer drill, 9/10
Dw24000, 8/10
makita angle grinder 9/10
sigma 3c 9/10
sigma 3e 6/10.... hardly used otherwise its great machine
small sigma 9/10
dewalt battery drill /8/10
dewalt jigsaw 9/10
45 degree trowel 0/10
white chalk 10/10
fiat scudo 8/10
snickers kevlar ripstop trousers 4/10.... no good for hopping up and down on baths, no flexibility.
120mm core from TT 9/10
electric mitre saw 8/10 ... very happy with this
pin rake 8/10... love this.
B&Q 1800 level 7/10, i use as straight edge though.
Diamond pad from diatech 9/10 ... love this
Electric polisher 8/10
trapeze stainless mirror trowels 8/10

... jees, been busy this year lol

Did you just go through capital expenditure or AIA? Lol

 

[charlie1]

im not sure what kind it was but was in bnq and there was one set up with mock tile display, the guy done a small demo with it.... truley awfull lol, i just wanted to see it working for a laugh really, it was chipping the tiles and everything, i pointed this out t the guy doing the demo, he said ye, you wont see this when you re grout lol... really!! apart from that, it would take you about 3 weeks to regrout a bathroom with it (if it lasted)

 

[judge]

Bosch GBH4-32DFR hammer drill, 9/10
Dw24000, 8/10
makita angle grinder 9/10
sigma 3c 9/10
sigma 3e 6/10.... hardly used otherwise its great machine
small sigma 9/10
dewalt battery drill /8/10
dewalt jigsaw 9/10
45 degree trowel 0/10
white chalk 10/10
fiat scudo 8/10
snickers kevlar ripstop trousers 4/10.... no good for hopping up and down on baths, no flexibility.
120mm core from TT 9/10
electric mitre saw 8/10 ... very happy with this
pin rake 8/10... love this.
B&Q 1800 level 7/10, i use as straight edge though.
Diamond pad from diatech 9/10 ... love this
Electric polisher 8/10
trapeze stainless mirror trowels 8/10

... jees, been busy this year lol

Been an expensive year you mean :yikes:
Out of interest charlie what did you think of the dw 2400 ??