Power Devil tools?
Andy Hewitt
the general concensus on Power devil stuff?
Cheers.
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Peejams
Andy Hewitt <hairy...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> I'm looking to buy a cheap electric drill for occasionaly use, what's
> the general concensus on Power devil stuff?
>
> Cheers.
>
I've got a Power Devil sander and a pressure washer. They're suprisingly
good for the price.
Paul C
Andy Hewitt
Cheers, just what I wanted to know. There is a special offer in my NTL
'Choices' guide for a 500w Hammer drill for £13.97 - hardly and offer to
turn down if they are any good at all.
My theory being that if it lasts just a year, it's been good value. I
paid £100 for my Bosch 12v drill, and after 18 months it had to have a
new chuck, and after three years, it needs a new battery (about 50 quid
a go). It'd be a lot cheaper to by a cheap drill every year, and bin it.
John Dolan
Andy Hewitt wrote:
My local Taskers DIY was recently selling 7.5 volt Power Devil rechargeable
drills for £7.00. I bought three - one to keep the drill bit in, one to keep
the screwdriver bit in, and one to keep the battery charged up. Saves a lot of
time and frustration for lightweight jobs.
I also have their bandsaw and table saw. Both work fine for most DIY jobs and
have enough power to slice through sheets of ply and 2 inch thick timber.
John Dolan
Andy Hewitt
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> > > I've got a Power Devil sander and a pressure washer. They're suprisingly
> > > good for the price.
> >
> > Cheers, just what I wanted to know. There is a special offer in my NTL
> > 'Choices' guide for a 500w Hammer drill for £13.97 - hardly and offer to
> > turn down if they are any good at all.
> >
> > My theory being that if it lasts just a year, it's been good value. I
> > paid £100 for my Bosch 12v drill, and after 18 months it had to have a
> > new chuck, and after three years, it needs a new battery (about 50 quid
> > a go). It'd be a lot cheaper to by a cheap drill every year, and bin it.
> >
> > --
> > ** Andy Hewitt ** FAF#1 'It's better burn out, than fade away'
> > Mac G3/400, Diversion 600s, Trekky, Honda Concerto EX
> > *Web page update - 03/01* http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ahewitt/index.htm
>
> My local Taskers DIY was recently selling 7.5 volt Power Devil rechargeable
> drills for £7.00. I bought three - one to keep the drill bit in, one to keep
> the screwdriver bit in, and one to keep the battery charged up. Saves a lot of
> time and frustration for lightweight jobs.
Good idea, each drill only gets one third of the wear that way ;-)
> I also have their bandsaw and table saw. Both work fine for most DIY jobs and
> have enough power to slice through sheets of ply and 2 inch thick timber.
Thanks for the info.
Globefmmusic
same here i paid 100quid for my 12v cordless powerdrill- i was a bit p$$ed
off when i brother brought a 18v cordless drill from lidl`s last oct for
29.99 so far he has had no probs with it sometimes it aint how much you
pay(ie i have 3 vcr`s one cost 449 quid (pro editing) another cost 299 and
the other 98quid and guess which one`s still working without any probs,, yep
the 98quid.
Andy Hewitt
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> same here i paid 100quid for my 12v cordless powerdrill- i was a bit p$$ed
> off when i brother brought a 18v cordless drill from lidl`s last oct for
> 29.99 so far he has had no probs with it sometimes it aint how much you
> pay(ie i have 3 vcr`s one cost 449 quid (pro editing) another cost 299 and
> the other 98quid and guess which one`s still working without any probs,, yep
> the 98quid.
Hmmm, that's not always the case though. I have a 300 quid Sony, that
does very well, in the same time I've chucked out 2 cheapies.
Richard Atkinson
out! I work on customer services in a Homebase store and Power Devil is a
range we carry. Being on customer services, I deal with returns and to be
honest, I don't get any more Power Devil stuff returned as faulty than I do
any other make of power tool. In my opinion, unless you're fussy about the
make of tools you buy, the Power Devil stuff is just as good!
Slyspark.
Globefmmusic <Glo...@jings.com> wrote in message
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Andy Hewitt
> Well, for that sort of price, if it packs up after a year, you just chuck it
> out! I work on customer services in a Homebase store and Power Devil is a
> range we carry. Being on customer services, I deal with returns and to be
> honest, I don't get any more Power Devil stuff returned as faulty than I do
> any other make of power tool. In my opinion, unless you're fussy about the
> make of tools you buy, the Power Devil stuff is just as good!
Thanks, I got a PD drill in the end (from Argos, sorry to say), the feed
back is useful though. However, they did make a tiny mistake in
packaging, and put a 710w drill into a 500w drill catalogue box :-)
Cheers.
Malcolm Hackett
>> > Andy Hewitt <hairy...@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> > news:1er5mpd.1bh48de1tp8gu1N%hairy...@ntlworld.com...
>> > > I'm looking to buy a cheap electric drill for occasionaly use, what's
>> > > the general concensus on Power devil stuff?
>> > >
>> > > Cheers.
>> > >
Has anyone experience of the Power Devil router? I have one, and am finding
one specific problem, namely getting the cutter securely fixed into the
collet.
If the collet isn't really tight, then the cutter slips in use. Having had
this happen several times, my cutter shanks are getting damaged and some
have become useless in a very short time.
If I get the collet tight enough that the cutter doesn't slip, then I have
real problems in getting the cutter out after use. Even when the collet nut
is removed, the collet is so tightly wedged into its collar, that it can
take me 5 minutes of gentle persuasion before I can remove the cutter.
This can't be right! Have I a problem with the router, or am I just doing
summat wrong? The router was new this Xmas last and I'm new to this type of
tool.
davinci
Malcolm Hackett <malcndeb...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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Better too tight than loose: a loose router bit at 5-10,000 revs could be
lethal.
regards
d@vin©i
Malcolm Hackett
davinci wrote in message <9ceatb$43d$1...@news5.svr.pol.co.uk>...
great fun playing away with it this afternoon... until I came to remove it
from the router. Once again the cutter was jammed so tight that I could not
remove it without the aid of a wrench - 10 minutes later the cutter was out
but with a damaged shaft. The collet is still wedged tight inside its
collar and I don't know if I'll be able to either remove the collet or fit
another cutter.
I'm now looking for my warranty details!
batten...@gmail.com
John