Lidl soldering gun = hot knife

[Steve Clayton]

On sale from Monday 25th April.

See page 15 - soldering gun. Works well as a hot knife for sheets, halyards, warps, etc

http://www.lidl-pageflip.com/uk.html?kid=heg8tx

 

[capnsensible]

Got one, its brill. Had it 2 years, use it a lot, going strong.

 

[Sailfree]

Got one, its brill. Had it 2 years, use it a lot, going strong.

I bought it 2 yrs ago used it once and it failed!!

 

[Gwylan]

Welding

On sale from Monday 25th April.

See page 15 - soldering gun. Works well as a hot knife for sheets, halyards, warps, etc

http://www.lidl-pageflip.com/uk.html?kid=heg8tx

Any thoughts on the welding set? Always feel it would be nice to have one, but know less than nothing about welding!

 

[Lakesailor]

80 amps isn't going to weld much.
I've a crappy stick welder that goes up to 120 amps and I've never managed to strike an arc below 100 amps.
I used to have a beautiful oil cooled welder that went up to 180 amps and it was so easy to use. (should never have sold that) You get what you pay for.

 

[Dipper]

I use an old junior hacksaw blade held in mole grips and heated to red hot on the hob to cut and seal ropes. I cut about 10 on the boat yesterday (new running rigging and reefing lines).

 

[maxi77]

I must admit I have 2 of the Aldi gas soldering irons which come with a hot knife blade, great for cutting rope and although some of the soldering tips on the older ione are past their best well worth the money, far better than electric, especially on the boat

 

[electra]

Good value ?

On same page in Lidl advert is box of 49 hose clamps for £6.99 - made of "durable carbon steel". Would they be any use in a marine environment ?

 

[Steve Clayton]

On same page in Lidl advert is box of 49 hose clamps for £6.99 - made of "durable carbon steel". Would they be any use in a marine environment ?

NO

 

[elton]

"durable carbon steel"

- otherwise known as "steel".

 

[Gwylan]

Tempting though for short term use

 

[planteater]

Got one, its brill. Had it 2 years, use it a lot, going strong.

Same here - cut a lot of ropes but not done much soldering with it.

 

[planteater]

I'm intrigued by the £70 toolkit. I keep a £30 Lidl toolkit on the boat on the basis that it might get nicked. For the most part it's actually pretty good. A couple of weedy/useless items but the the spanners and sockets seem to be fine.

So how good is the £70 set?

http://www.lidl.co.uk:80/cps/rde/xchg/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/index_20113.htm