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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    Depending on where you live there may be a tool library nearby which will save you buying some things.

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    MAKITA LTX!!!! (You only need the batteries!)

    The rest will ... follow...

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    what ERU said but if you have a preferred brand in my case Bosch professional and stick to one battery size be it 10/12 or 18 volt you can buy one tool with a few batteries and buy any other tools bare so you don't duplicate chargers etc. Ryobi do the same and may be better suited for a starter kit setup.
    hope this helps.

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

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    Power chords of course!
    only if used by long haired rockers, but if da youff pick it up it plays drill.

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    There is one thing I would utterly recommend, and that is a screwdriver with the little mains testing neon light in it so you can make sure that the socket or light switch you are about to replace really really is switched off at the consumer unit. I find when moving house there are always sockets that don't work and light switches where some idiot has cut it with a carpet knife when papering around it.

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    Quote Originally Posted by DanceswithUnix View Post
    There is one thing I would utterly recommend, and that is a screwdriver with the little mains testing neon light in it so you can make sure that the socket or light switch you are about to replace really really is switched off at the consumer unit. I find when moving house there are always sockets that don't work and light switches where some idiot has cut it with a carpet knife when papering around it.
    my place has a mystery lead that goes from a plug in the wall down under the ground floor. We've still not found out where it goes. Needless to say it is permanently turned off just to be safe.

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    Quote Originally Posted by ik9000 View Post
    my place has a mystery lead that goes from a plug in the wall down under the ground floor. We've still not found out where it goes. Needless to say it is permanently turned off just to be safe.
    We found a 2-core wire dangling in our under-stairs cupboard. Turns out it went live when you switched on the light in the downstairs netty.

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    well, for something really basic you need at least whats in this pic

    Cheers, David



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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    plus a Brummie screwdriver
    Cheers, David



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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    No wheelie bin-sized bucket of swarfega?

    Amateur.

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

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    Re: Starter toolkit recommendations

    Quote Originally Posted by DanceswithUnix View Post
    Chordless screwdriver is great if you are doing something like boarding up a loft so putting in a *lot* of screws, but not something I would say is in a starter kit when an old manual driver gets you a better feel for whether you are rounding off the head of some cheap screw. Similarly that drill looks super for putting holes in house walls, but for years I got away with a hand drill. These days I usually go for a Bosch battery drill as it does hammer and screwdriver functions as well as actual drilling, is nice and compact and uses the same battery as the hedge trimmer.

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00L3XK06C/

    But for years I put up shelves etc with nothing more than: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stanley-1mm...dp/B00004UDKT/

    and a spirit level

    Edit: I do own a chorded drill, but really it only gets used for really big holes where the extra power helps. Amazed it hasn't siezed up really.
    I agree on the combi drill suggestion. I have a little 3.6V cordless screwdriver, they're junk. Not worth it as they have so little power they struggle with flatpack furniture let alone a real job.

    Also, I don't think a corded drill is money well spent these days, they're are a massive faff with the cable and a half-decent cordless will do everything they can do, and probably everything you need. My old black and decker cheapo cordless managed drilling bricks, countless screw driving jobs, mixing paint and grout, etc. I did more or less kill it mind as it no longer drills straight (replaced with a black friday deal DeWalt).

    Also, you don't need two batteries as a DIYer as you'll struggle to go through one in a day.

    Other recommendation: Halford advanced stuff is well priced and has a lifetime warranty, so if you snap it thy'l replace it.

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