Tools Lidl Reminder

[Sailfree]

Thanks to the formite that pointed out the future items for sale at Lidl on here I visited Lidl today.

Walked out with a Mutitool -£29.99, Electric scraper £16.99 and could not refuse the 4 multitool blades at £6.99 (bought 3 sets!) and Diamond sharpener -£9.99.

With work on boat and 4 properties to maintain extra tools are always useful as the one I want is always somewhere else.

Be interested to see if the Lidl multitool performs as well as my v expensive Fein but cheapo is guaranteed for 3 yrs so can't see where I could go wrong!

Plenty in store this morning but be quick if you want yours..

Whoever posted the info last week thanks and keep the info coming.

 

[prv]

Be interested to see if the Lidl multitool performs as well as my v expensive Fein but cheapo is guaranteed for 3 yrs so can't see where I could go wrong!

I have one bought four years ago and still going strong. It's great, cannot fault it.

The blades are a bit soft, though, so I always recommend buying the tool from Lidaldi but get better blades from elsewhere.

Pete

 

[Sailfree]

The blades are a bit soft, though, so I always recommend buying the tool from Lidaldi but get better blades from elsewhere.

Pete

Thanks - I do have a stock but thought they were worth a try. Will only use then on soft material then.

 

[Jim@sea]

Went today to buy an Electric Scraper but my local store (Morecambe) did not have any for sale.
Can I buy them "on line"

 

[VicS]

Went today to buy an Electric Scraper but my local store (Morecambe) did not have any for sale.
Can I buy them "on line"

Not as far as i know but its may be worth going back, even after the offer has technically ended.

Something I wanted a while back had sold out by the time I got there but when i went in a week later they had stacks!

 

[ganter]

I bought the multi-tool yesterday and have had lots of fun attacking everything with it!

Looks good, robust and fit for purpose. Particularly handy on old paint and the hacksaw wheels work very well.
I dare say the cynics will tell me they'll not last 5 minutes but Hey! what does?

 

[Kelpie]

I'm still using the original blades in my Lidl multi tool after nearly three years... They really, really need replaced now! I've been using my diamond files (also from Lidl!) to sharpen them up, but it's getting beyond a joke now.
What's the best value replacements?

 

[MYStargazer]

Walked out with a Mutitool -£29.99, Electric scraper £16.99 and could not refuse the 4 multitool blades at £6.99

+1

Odd marketing and sales strategy, and some stranger stuff in there, but I'll certainty be back. Thanks to the forumite for letting us know.

 

[sparerooms]

I brought the soldering station today
I liked the look of the portable vice too

 

[Stemar]

I liked the look of the portable vice too

If it's the one I've had for years, it's a great thing to have on the boat, but it needs a well varnished surface for the sucker to stick

 

[bigwow]

I got the cross cut saw, disappointed that the shackles were not stainless so passed on them.

 

[maby]

Went today to buy an Electric Scraper but my local store (Morecambe) did not have any for sale.
Can I buy them "on line"

Lidl seem to have a few "overflow" stores dotted around the country where unsold stock is collected and made available - you can often find lines that were being promoted weeks ago there for clear-out. The only one I know of is Maidstone - they have a large hall on the side of the main store which is stacked up with lots of unsold stock dating back over many weeks. Much of it is in perfect condition - simply not sold in time and they need to clear hte shelves of the smaller stores to make room for new promotions. There is also a lot of stuff which is damaged, incomplete or the packaging broken.

 

[Ruffles]

I have one bought four years ago and still going strong. It's great, cannot fault it.

The blades are a bit soft, though, so I always recommend buying the tool from Lidaldi but get better blades from elsewhere.

Pete

I need to fit a shaver socket in some bathroom tiles. Will it cut tiles?

The tiles are on an outside corner and I only have one spare tile!

 

[maby]

I need to fit a shaver socket in some bathroom tiles. Will it cut tiles?

The tiles are on an outside corner and I only have one spare tile!

Not with any of the blades upplied by Lidl, but they are a standard fitting and I think you'll find something from Bosch that will go through tiles. I would expect that you would have to drill through the glaze - I don't think the multitool blade would touch it.

 

[maby]

I need to fit a shaver socket in some bathroom tiles. Will it cut tiles?

The tiles are on an outside corner and I only have one spare tile!

P.S. Should be able to do it with one of these fitted : http://www.saxtonblades.co.uk/90mm-diamond-blade-p121

 

[prv]

I need to fit a shaver socket in some bathroom tiles. Will it cut tiles?

Yes, with the right blade - I've used it for exactly that.

I'm fairly sure mine came with the tile-cutting blade, but Maby says they don't any more. They are available though, they're interchangeable between brands of tool.

Pete

 

[maby]

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They are available though, they're interchangeable between brands of tool.

Pete

There are two or three different fittings in use - check before ordering anything.

 

[Sailfree]

Will an ordinary bi metal blade be OK for the brass thro hull fittings.

Currently considering two options. Loosen fitting nut and cut through on inside (Galadriels suggestion). Other is to use a cone cutter carefully on outside to just part flange from threaded bit! Need to identify cone cutter suitable for brass and one that wont "grab" the fitting. Prefer both of these to the marine engineers method of "carefully" grinding off flange on outside with an angle grinder. Carefull that you don't damage hull!!

 

[prv]

Will an ordinary bi metal blade be OK for the brass thro hull fittings.

I would have thought so.

Currently considering two options. Loosen fitting nut and cut through on inside (Galadriels suggestion).

Surely if you can loosen the nut you don't need to cut anything? Just take the nut right off and knock the fitting outwards with a lump hammer. The cutting approaches are needed because the nut is usually seized and/or corroded in place.

My vote would be for the cone cutter.

When we removed Ariam's old brass fittings, I sent my dad to B&Q for some appropriately-sized hole-saws (annoyingly I'd left my own set at home). Apparently B&Q didn't have what we wanted, and he came back with tile saws, like these:
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I was a bit dubious, but we gave them a go, and they actually worked very well. They ground away the portion of tube that connected to the flange. We did have to hammer a piece of wood into the hole to act as a locator for the saw - I assume the cone cutter will locate itself in the hole and then do exactly the same job.

Pete

 

[Sailfree]

Surely if you can loosen the nut you don't need to cut anything? Just take the nut right off and knock the fitting outwards with a lump hammer. The cutting approaches are needed because the nut is usually seized and/or corroded in place.

My vote would be for the cone cutter.

Pete

I am assuming I can get the nut undone a few turns until it hits the seacock that will be immovable on the threads. Providing big enough gap I can feed the metal blade between the inside hull sealant and the securing nut.

I will give them all a blast of plus gas a few days before work commences. Trying to unscrew them should test the residue strength of the material a bit.