best and worst tools bought in 2012

[charlie1]

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

Very powerfull, very accurate, also very big. Its more a stone machine, only use it for stone really. All other ceramic and porc jobs can be done to the highest level using sigma and grinder with good wheel imo

 

[Peter]

Got a few tools this year, some good some bad.

Bosch floor laser - 7/10 - Handy but could be brighter
Evolution Rage mitre saw - 8/10 - Cuts through metal trims well, saves lots of time when skirting a room out
Evolution Rage sds - 1/10 came free with the mitre saw, blew up after 10 minutes chipping
Stabila 196-2 set - 8/10 - Good so far. Easy to keep clean and removable ends
Raimondi sucker - 9/10 - Brilliant for a lot of things, much better than cheap suckers
Montolit DNA - 9/10 - Brilliant blade, made my DW250 a lot more accurate than it was with the Marcrist
Redback knee pads - 5/10 - Didn't get on with these at all, tried for two days and knees hurt for days after
Berol felt tips - 9/10 - Only started using these recently but work better than a pencil a lot of the time
Cup grinder -8/10 - Another tool I dont know how I did without, a lot of dust though
Spiked shoes - 5/10 - Good idea for SLC but awkward to walk on
Dewalt impact driver - 8/10 - Only 14v but loads of power
Evolution mixing drill - 7/10 - Strangely has got better over time, not sure how long it'll last though
Marshalltown extra long 12mm trowel - 8/10 - Great on big floors and for evening out bad floors once you get used to it
ATS holesaws & bullnoser - 9/10 - Excellent value for money and lasting longer than I expected
Addex (?) grinder blade - 6/10 - Reasonable, does the job
Tryolit porcelain grinder blade - 5/10 - Struggles on porcelain

Bound to be some others I've forgotten about, says a lot for them.

 

[Tony73]

Alot of money you spend there Wingn , alot of good stuff.

 

[Peter]

There was a DW250 and an 3EK thrown in there too, got a nice tax rebate a few months ago and went crazy. :lol:

 

[Spud]

There was a DW250 and an 3EK thrown in there too, got a nice tax rebate a few months ago and went crazy. :lol:

Have to agree with you about the marcrist blade they wander about all over the place Glad I replaced mine too

 

[Howsey16]

A couple of months ago I bought a rubi 10mm trowel with 45 degree angle notches, used it once and it's a nightmare. Scraping of excess adhesive on your bucket is near on impossible whih is just annoying. And before I got chance to use it again (which to be fair I had no intentions of doing) 2 notches snapped off. STAY CLEAR!!!!!!!!

 

[Jeff the tiler]

Worst buy. Thought I could downsize to a berlingo. Still trying to downsize everything else to get everything in!!!!!!

Best buy Raimondi pull rapid washboy. What was I doing not buying a washboy before