My wife bought some of the following to wear doing exams as she has learning difficulties and possible autism. https://www.amazon.co.uk/PELTOR-X5A...ocphy=9045577&hvtargid=pla-420057081336&psc=1 I've used them while doing jobs and they seem very good, could hardly hear anything.
Do you wear glasses, or are you going to wear safety glasses, if so the over the ear ones may not be comfortable and or fully seal against your noggin, otherwise balance how often your going to use them V's the cost. Screwfix is a reputable retailer, so everything should be fully CE /UKCA compliant as PPE and not some back market crap, so don't overthink it, if it were me I'd be going 3M, trusted brand, comfortable, good quality and will last you a while.
Exactly this. I have a cheap Stanley pair and a cheap-ish 3M pair, both work perfectly well. Even a set of foam ear plugs would suffice, but owning a set of defenders that you can just pop on and off makes you more likely to use them.
Cheers chaps! Based on available stock I went with a combination of the above in the end - the Stanley over-ears (so I'll have to see how they fare with safety goggles - I'm not putting my head that close to an angle grinder and coming away still able to hear the music but without being able to see the disco lights) and the 3M in-ear plugs (Saturday morning techno moved to kitchen speaker instead). Been to Screwfix to pick them up, brunch done (priorities) so now like all good workmen I'll put the kettle on and THEN get down to it.
Well, this is still an ongoing saga. After much procrastination and trying to "do other smaller, easier tasks first", it turns out I only had stone-cutting discs for the tool. Then by the time I chose which ones I thought I needed, the shop was shut. So back off down there as soon as it opens this morning and the strategy is now "it's a fkg demolishing tool - stop overthinking everything and just take the damn machine out in small pieces and get it fkg done". But one last thing to overthink first - what's the difference between stainless steel and "metal"? They have general 1.6mm multi-purpose blades, cheaper "metal-cutting" ones (only 1mm thick), stainless 1mm ones, or just go with Bosch 1mm or De Walt 1.2mm? The last two branded ones got some crap reviews, whereas out of many submitted, the Erbauers were better received but across only a few opinions. CBA having to go back to the shop to return anything so was going to middle-ground it with the De Walt ones unless anyone has any experience... I actually had a dream about this last night. I'd managed to get it out from under the worktop, but it was leaking over the floor. Don't know if that's a warning or an omen. I have set a deadline of 1330h to have this done.
I’ve used the Erbauers to cut nails, screws, a metal hand banister, segments of copper pipe and pretty much everything inbetween. Got em from screwfix, think it was 5/8 I can’t remember for less than a tenner.
Get the / any good quality 1mm ones, they'll cut quicker than 1.6mm, sure they wear faster but quicker cuts is the name of the game. A bit of pressure and mostly let the weight of the tool do the work, don't muscle it or lean on it too much, also remember these are 1mm thin discs spinning at a million RPM's, do not torque the blades, keep all your cuts straight, wear eye protection.
A little late, but for angle grinding I use a hardhat with a full face shield, glasses, ear plugs AND a respirator. The stuff you breathe in from the abrasive disc is wicked. -Oh, and heavy gloves. I forgot them once, and was promptly gifted a bit of sub-dermal 3m abrasive pad.
So.... anything I can do about seized radiator bleed valves? Besides dumping loads of WD40 in there in an attempt to penetrate and loosen the threads, because that hasn't worked. I've already sheared one off, luckily without causing a leak. Sadly these are the older "integrated into the radiator" type, as opposed to being on a removable plug.
I'd probably replace the radiator to be honest? They're not mega expensive, and am I right in saying it's a rented place?
If you own the place I would just replace rad. If you cant then I would isolate radiator, buy some replacement bleed screws and drill the old one out. If you set the drill to turn the same way as the bleed screw when drilling, it might even undo the screw for you.
That's what I thought would be the case, tbh. I do indeed rent, so it's not strictly my problem to solve. But once Christmas is out of the way we are going to start looking at a mortgage application and buying somewhere. Our tenancy renewal is due in a couple of months, so we're going to need to talk to the landlord about a rolling tenancy or short-term extension or something like that anyway. There's going to be a bunch of stuff that needs doing before the next tenant comes in.
Potentially looking to try and put together a couple of shelving/storage type units together from plywood/mdf sheet and currently don't have any kind of powered saw and so was wondering if people thought it would be worth picking up a cheap saw of some kind. From a quick look around I'd be tempted to go for a circular saw perhaps as seem to be fairly versatile for the money, any thoughts/recommendations? We don't currently have any power tools really so not limited to a brand, but I don't think that would matter as would probably get a corded one to save some money/I don't see quite the same benefits from a cordless saw vs a cordless drill.
A circular saw is a great bit of kit, combine it with a speed square and you can rapidly make accurate crosscuts in 4x2 and the like. Grab a cheap corded one and the power of it will be incredible, I have a 500W cordless and it's always been plenty fast, a corded unit will be at least twice as powerful as that. Get some ear defenders, or if you're cutting costs, ear plugs. It'll slowly deafen you if not, take it from a man with tinnitus, it's no joke! Edit: ^ like this, the lip of the speed square aligns it with the workpiece and you can just run the saw against it to get perfect 90° (or 45°) cuts with zero effort or skill.
My mains powered Evolution has never let me down, if you can stretch to it I now see they do a track version, which would come in handy over long cuts
this is solid advice, i have used em odd diy jobs during weekends and tinnitus in my right ear, also worth getting a speed square while you are at it it so helpful
