Cheap impact.........

[Dustydazzler]

Hi all

It is my 40th coming up next month and my parents are insisting they get me a little something

I have told them I don't need anything but they want to

So my old Hitachi 18v impact is pretty much dead and I would like to try another brand

Any recommendations in the sort of £100 range

 

[Charlie_]

I still honestly don't see the need for one of these, when others near me are using them incessantly the noise makes me want to wring their necks.

I have one but only use it when I need to, I also can’t be doing with the noise.
Those multicutters make a bloody racket too..
See lads using them to cut all sorts, whining away for 10 minutes when a sharp saw would do it in about 30 seconds

 

[Squid]

I still honestly don't see the need for one of these, when others near me are using them incessantly the noise makes me want to wring their necks.

Suppose down in Cornwall you are still fitting gas lamps 'p)))

 

[sparkdog]

One can never have too many drills and drivers.

 

[Dave OCD]

A very good point Charlie, using tools just for the sake of it when there are quicker and better ways. I've even seen idiots doing up socket terminal screws with a cordless ffs.

 

[123]

I love my impact driver and multi tool. If it annoys other trades on site then that's a bonus

Just the other day I used my impact driver on 1/2" screws

 

[Dave OCD]

Suppose down in Cornwall you are still fitting gas lamps 'p)))

Very droll, I was involved in the electrical 'side' of an installation of 4 cast iron columns with copper gas lanterns in the early 1990s in Redruth,Cornwall. This was part of a regeneration scheme and in recognition of William Murdoch who had the first house lit by gas lamps in the town apparently. And for a few years we used to replace the mantles.

 

[Charlie_]

I love my impact driver and multi tool. If it annoys other trades on site then that's a bonus

Just the other day I used my impact driver on 1/2" screws

Sometimes when the wind is just right I can bloody hear you!

 

[Squid]

It didn't work as I believe Redruth is one of the poorest places in the UK.

I was yanking your chain Mr OCD.

 

[littlespark]

I've even seen idiots doing up socket terminal screws with a cordless ffs.

That's a sure way of cracking the socket front.

 

[Dave OCD]

Yes I was just telling you a little story SWD, they were so unreliable that I had to source all electric versions that looked identical, and no one ever complained.... Yes it's a pretty poor area, yet one of the richest in the heyday of tin mining, long gone now.

 

[123]

Sometimes when the wind is just right I can bloody hear you!

If it wasn't for Isle of Man & Joey Dunlop I wouldn't exist (my parents met each other on the Isle of Man when there for the TT, around 1975).

 

[Charlie_]

If it wasn't for Isle of Man & Joey Dunlop I wouldn't exist (my parents met each other on the Isle of Man when there for the TT, around 1975).

TT fortnight has just started, currently practice week. Mad Sunday at the weekend and then race week starts.
The whole building trade shuts down for the whole week, hope it’s sunny..
Good story btw

 

[Timbo]

This is not cheap, but it's a lot quieter than normal ones.
M18 FUEL™ Surge™ ¼″ Impact Driver M18 FQID | Cordless Impact Driver | Milwaukee Tools - https://www.milwaukeetool.eu/m18-fuel-surge-8243;-hex-hydraulic-impact-driver/m18-fqid-eu/

 

[Zerax]

....And for a few years we used to replace the mantles.

Careful with those things... they're radioactive !

 

[Squid]

If it wasn't for Isle of Man & Joey Dunlop I wouldn't exist (my parents met each other on the Isle of Man when there for the TT, around 1975).

Have you seen your Father since 1975? ;o))))