A few handy things in lidl

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Like a monocycle..... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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Funnily enough I made the monocycle one of my family April fools insisting that we all get one to improve our postures and save space in the shed where there are four bikes.

Just for a nano second SWMBO gave me one of her "you cannot be serious" looks.

I did nip into Lidl last night and buy a little weather station for £14. It has baro & baro trend/temp/tide/moon/time/date/hygto/external temp& hygro.

I can't resist toys /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Tim
 
Normally, this time of the year LIDL have stock of nautical things like shackles, inflatables etc. I have not seen any this year, what happent?
 
My (adult) kids bought me a unicycle for my birthday before last although since house prices have dropped somewhat I hope they may have reconsidered my relative value to them alive.

For what its worth I can manage about two meters before falling off.
 
3 years warranty and Lidl are pretty good at honouring it. My concern would be the speed of rotation - 3300 - which may be a bit fast and "burn" some polishes or abrasives; but load will slow it down a bit.


I think they mean the head dia is 250 mm /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Go for it; looks ok. It's another 5£ in the treasury for Hu Jintao, though. Where else can you get a cheap polisher ? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
 
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Any thoughts on the polisher?


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I think it's the vibrating action type that halfords and others sell.

If so it is completely useless for anything except polishing the car. And I haven't cleaned my car since I went to a wedding 2 years ago.

PS: You can have mine for free!
 
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What would be the best sort to use on a boat? Looking to buy one so interested in recommendations.

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I believe this is the sort of thing. I believe you need foam bads for cutting back and wool mops for polishing.
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Are those thing noisey? I love my angle grinder but there is no way I want to listen to that racket polishing the whole of the topsides.

Pete
 
Metabo make a really good polisher. It has excellent balance, and a very well controlled range of speeds. It will last a very long time, but that's what you pay for.
 
It seems very hard to find a polisher that's right for boats at a reasonable price. The best advice seems to be slower speed say 600rpm, the circular orbital type seem to be better and lighter than the angle grinder variety. How to find all that for less than £100?



Harpsden
 
both Sealey and Draper make variable speed polishers for less than 100£.

You do need something which can work steadily at about 600 rpm or less for the abrading phase to avoid any chance of creating "hot spots".

Try "orbital polisher" on eBay, or Amazon , or Axminster Tools.
 
I am not sure if any one looked very well, but they are doing a 1kg powder extinguisher from 9th April for £6.95.

I think I'll go and get a couple of spares
 
Still searching for the perfect polisher,

Draper did make a variable speed orbital polisher but it is discontinued and the current Sealey catalogue has no variable speed machines. Axminster don't seem to have one

Boatsheen has this one:-

Boatsheen orbital polishers

With the claim of no gel coat burns but doesn't seem to be variable speed. The top one on the page is also only 2.2kg.



Harpsden
 
Yep. I bought the baro and it is a bargain! Works brilliantly, Not quite sure where to mount the outside sensor though.
 
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