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[The Moog]

Yep I have one+ and love it.got the cordless drill then the higher torque impact. Never let me down although DIY rather than pro use

 

Quick charge easy to use.

[DodgeRover]

Evening all,

 

Does anyone have any experience in owning/using the Ryobi 18v one+ range, my 13 year old set of Makitas has finally seen the batteries off and with Xmas coming soon I might get the wife and parents to club in together for a set of drills and impact drivers.

 

Diy use in general, i do need a decent Impact driver as I'm landscaping the back garden with sleepers in the new year.

Ryobi (perhaps wrongly) I have always thought of as low end DIY user stuff, I've only seen it used on site once.

 

Can you just buy a lithium conversion battery set for your existing Makita's if they aren't worn out?

 

I've got the big combi Dewalt 18V lithium kit and its good, I'm hoping its durable, they've been in daily use for the last 2 years and the batteries still seem fine.

Have also used Makita/ Hitachi/ Festool and Panasonic kit all of which have been fine, if I could have got Panasonic for the price I paid for my Dewalt set I would have gone with them, there tools are top notch. Festool are nice but a Festool drill/ impact driver is too good for site work.

 

If you are putting in timberlok bolts to hold the sleepers together just watch out how hot you get the impact driver, doing similar with my old 14.4v one we had the battery start to melt the case and the motor area was too hot to hold. The new Lithium one gets equally hot when working hard continually so I tend to predrill the top piece to make the going slightly easier

[DodgeRover]

If someone lost the C1E catagory off their driving licence at aged 70 (because they didn't know they lost it as well as 7.5T if they didn't send a medical) is there a way to get it re-instated or do they now have to do a test? _ I will email the DVLA but I doubt I will get a sensible/ correct answer

[Pillock]

ISTR a few folks on here having experience of the amazing missing entitlements after a replacement licence, and the DVLA response was invariably "prove it".

[DodgeRover]

I was an old style paper licence (passed in the 60's) so it was on automatically before renewing at aged 70

[Snipes]

Ryobi (perhaps wrongly) I have always thought of as low end DIY user stuff, I've only seen it used on site once.

 

Can you just buy a lithium conversion battery set for your existing Makita's if they aren't worn out?

 

I've got the big combi Dewalt 18V lithium kit and its good, I'm hoping its durable, they've been in daily use for the last 2 years and the batteries still seem fine.

Have also used Makita/ Hitachi/ Festool and Panasonic kit all of which have been fine, if I could have got Panasonic for the price I paid for my Dewalt set I would have gone with them, there tools are top notch. Festool are nice but a Festool drill/ impact driver is too good for site work.

 

If you are putting in timberlok bolts to hold the sleepers together just watch out how hot you get the impact driver, doing similar with my old 14.4v one we had the battery start to melt the case and the motor area was too hot to hold. The new Lithium one gets equally hot when working hard continually so I tend to predrill the top piece to make the going slightly easier

I'm going to get the Panasonic brushless Drill & Driver pairing sometime next year. Very rarely see Panasonic on site but I just really like the look of them.

 

http://www.toucantools.co.uk/panasonic_eyc215lj2g_18v_5_0ah_li-ion_brushless_drill_driver_and_impact_driver_twin_pack.html

[DodgeRover]

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I'm going to get the Panasonic brushless Drill & Driver pairing sometime next year. Very rarely see Panasonic on site but I just really like the look of them.

 

http://www.toucantools.co.uk/panasonic_eyc215lj2g_18v_5_0ah_li-ion_brushless_drill_driver_and_impact_driver_twin_pack.html

They're much newer than the ones I've used, I don't know why you don't see more of them to be honest, their older impact driver was amazingly powerful - In fact I think they may have been the first tools I saw with lithium batteries, every other company was just upping the voltage (and weight) of NICAD packs to get more run time.

[Eddie Honda]

If someone lost the C1E catagory off their driving licence at aged 70 (because they didn't know they lost it as well as 7.5T if they didn't send a medical) is there a way to get it re-instated or do they now have to do a test?

 

No test, just medical every 3 years.

[Danblez]

Got a broken front spring and local mechanic says I should replace both. Is he yanking my chain?

[Richard]

It's normal practice to change them in pairs to be sure they are both the same rating and age, but people have changed one without dying in a fireball.

[sierraman]

A spring you'd be fine just swapping one. A shocker on the other hand I'd swap both, otherwise handling could be a bit hairy if the other is knackered.

[Kiltox]

Is it acceptable for a MOT to join new copper brake pipes to existing steel ones (replacing a corroded section) using a female and male connector or do I need to replace the whole length?

 

Only ever replaced short sections that go between two points before

[twosmoke300]

yes

[Kiltox]

Any idea what the cheapest tool available is that will flare steel acceptably? I know that the cheap nasty ones will not

[catsinthewelder]

I was given Ryobi one drill for diy use then lost my job so started using it all day everyday as a handyman. After about 18 months I needed a 2nd battery to get through a day but it has put up loads of abuse like falling 12' off scaffolding without complaints. It is now a bit noisy after a load of dust got into the motor when I was drilling holes in a ceiling though.

[steveo3002]

Any idea what the cheapest tool available is that will flare steel acceptably? I know that the cheap nasty ones will not

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brake-Pipe-Flaring-Tool-Trident-T413701-3-16-/151035636166?hash=item232a6ce9c6:g:emwAAOSwll1Wwa6O

 

these are good

[twosmoke300]

^^^ what he said

[Kiltox]

Cheers gents, order placed

[D Spares & Tyres]

So at the risk of sounding gossipy....

 

What happened to chompy snake? Did I miss something while I was away?

[scaryoldcortina]

^^

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

So at the risk of sounding gossipy....

 

What happened to chompy snake? Did I miss something while I was away?

 

paging vulgalour, vulgalour to the beige gossip phone...

[Richard]

What's the story with Duracell car batteries? Are they actually made by Duracell or are they something else rebranded?  They seem quite expensive, are they any good?

 

In general I assume that something branded with a name that's known for something else will be rubbish and I couldn't bring myself to put a giant PP3 in the car, so I didn't buy one.

 

Also- AA batteries, are they rebranded Yuasa?

[Tamworthbay]

Don't know, but yuasa are good batteries.

[sierraman]

I bought a Lion battery other week. £27 for Focus with a 3 year guarantee!

[Kiltox]

What's the story with Duracell car batteries? Are they actually made by Duracell or are they something else rebranded? They seem quite expensive, are they any good?

 

In general I assume that something branded with a name that's known for something else will be rubbish and I couldn't bring myself to put a giant PP3 in the car, so I didn't buy one.

 

Also- AA batteries, are they rebranded Yuasa?

They're made by Banner who are a decent manufacturer. 5 year warranty too

[Kiltox]

I bought a Lion battery other week. £27 for Focus with a 3 year guarantee!

Insane cheap - I always fit Lion batteries but you might need that warranty.

[scaryoldcortina]

Whoever came up with Lion brand lead-acid batteries deserves an award for confusing people.

[robinmasters]

I just saw this: 

 

http://koenigsegg.com/freevalve-technology-unveiled-at-beijing-motor-show-in-qoros-qamfree-concept-car/

 

Pneumatically operated valves, which work independently of each other if you can't be bothered to click on the link.

 

Made me think-why have intake valves at all? Why can't air be squirted in by some sort of injector like wot the fuel is?

[scaryoldcortina]

Because you are describing a remotely actuated intake valve?

[drum]

I insured my shite transit yesterday at 8pm, hoping to use it today. Askmid says it's still uninsured. The policy says it start time was yesterday at 8, so am I insured or not?

Is askmid some kind of independent check for punters or is it the same database police and dvla use? I haven't tried taxing it yet as the v5 is in the van in the shed.