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    Hey everyone just thought id mention that aldi have some good deals on tools this week at fairly decent prices has anyone used their brand before im thinking of buying their router and mitre saw stand?


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    A quick search on these forums should reveal copious past conversation on these and other Aldi tools.

    I seem to remember a few discussions on them over the past couple of years.

    Here's a couple of results from many: Aldi table saw Might be good, might be terrible - aldi workshop stuff coming up

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    My Aldi take in a nutshell: If it's powered, probably don't bother; if it's not powered, it's probably worth a shot.

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    No idea about their other gear but the saw stand looks to be identical to my Milwaukee one ( only seen a picture) so would be worth getting at that price.

    Even if I see something I like in their catalogue I don’t bother as they are always sold out when you get there unless you are waiting before opening time on sale day

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    Aldi sell budget tools so they will never be up there with high end stuff. That said sometimes at the low price what have you got to loose. I got the Aldi multi tool a few years ago for a one of job. I knew it was not high quality but reckoned It was worth it for that one task. Still going fine and last time I bought a pack of blades they cost more than the tool cost.
    Sometimes they are just what you want. Just be realistic as to expectations before you buy.
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    To my bitter personal experience, I agree with the warning on power tools and accessories. I have also bought some of the hand tools which were not worth the price - worse than useless!

    But you can be lucky. I like their F and G clamps and have heard very good things about their chisels - which I have been waiting for for years!

    I makes sense to me that if you pay Over $50 for a router for instance, they have probably spent less than $20 on materials and manufacturing and nothing on quality assurance.


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    The mitre saw stand is a good price, identical to the Bunnings price of their Ozito house brand unit. I have had an Aldi mitre saw for quite a few years, I also bought the mitre stand when I bought the mitre saw. Both are excellent for what they are; bottom end stuff.

    I have two Aldi battery drills, both excellent for their price they work and work and work.

    As for getting Aldi specials later than five minutes after opening, it does happen. Because of floor space, there is usually only one pallet, or wire basket of goods at a time displayed. It is not uncommon to see everything sold out, only to come back the next day and see another lot of the sold out special on offer.

    I shop at Aldi around 4 times a week for food, they are our first priority supermarket for almost everything we eat. As a result, I have seen how they have changed from being a food supplier with a specialist or niche supply of non food goods, to a more mainstream supermarket. But still with the now twice weekly specials.

    The first time I visited an Aldi store was in 1985 in Germany, reminded me very much of SSW (Self Service Wholesalers) in Victoria in the sixties. Goods (food and special items) were literally on the floor and/or pallets, but they were cheap as anything. That was an Aldi Süd (South) store. Australia, is an Aldi South outlet.

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    I have previously bought both of these and my experience with them is mixed. The drop saw stand is simple and functional I found the best way to mount the saw was to first attach a 19mm ply base to the saw mounts on the stands removable bases that clip to the rails. Then attach the saw to that. It works but is very basic. The router table and router from aldi were rubbish. trying to adjust the router depth in the table was problematic an my solution was to extend the legs by around 115mm with angle iron and tab to allow it to be screwed down on to some ply then I modified a scissor car jack by adding a hand wheel and mounting it under the router. it gave good depth control but did not alter the fact that the router is rubbish.It has the worst collet I have ever seen on a router, poorly machined and only around 10mm of grip. I gave it to a nephew and bought a keg table and triton router. I am very happy with them both.20150903_082907.jpg.

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    I have had a collection of Aldi tools over the years. I have never had one fail mechanically but in earlier incarnations battery replacements were made of unobtanium and the company had this annoying habit of changing the battery pin config on each new production run of identical cordless products, like their 18 and 24 volt drills. The main negative for me was the annoyance of having identical drills with visually identical and electrically incompatible batteries.
    Aldi have now settled on a systemic battery pack of 20 volts for a large range of tools. 4 ah for 40 dollars. Some larger tools eg: the cordless mitre saw require 2 x 4ah batteries. I have just bought a range of tools that run on the systemic batteries. The 20 volt hammer drill has a smaller capacity chuck than its 18 and 24 volt predecessors and is physically smaller - to be truthful it strikes me as less robust and less useful. The cordless circular saw is excellent. The 115mm angle grinder likewise is really good and the garden pole saw is a better product for high pruning fruit trees and ornamentals than the chainsaw headed products. Also if you keep your docket you get a really good warranty for the price.

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    ...... and the garden pole saw is a better product for high pruning fruit trees and ornamentals than the chainsaw headed products.
    I looked at the pruning pole saw but with such a meagre reciprocating action I couldn't convince myself it would be any more useful than a traditional manual saw on long pole. A similar size/weight chainsaw head on an Ozito seemed to be a real option for 150mm branches, how thick a branch can the reciprocating saws handle?
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    It's fine for pruning fruit trees. Relatively light no mixing two stroke no tugging the starter. Saw detaches from pole and accepts the battery for hand pruning. I think 100mm would be about its practical limit but the pruning on fruit rarely gets to 70mm. It accepts standard reciprocating saw blades which are available in aggressive profiles suitable for pruning. I have a chainsaw pole saw for larger tasks....to be honest I was sceptical but bought it on mark down for 34 dollars and have been pleasantly surprised.
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    Here you go labrat

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    Hi Treecycle,
    Thanks for that, I took the pic with an android phone and my apple desktop computer would not talk to the phone so I attached it to an email and sent it to myself and then put it in the computer downloads. When I attached it to the reply on this forum it ended up being upside down. I could not find a way to rotate it so gave up. I like wood and tools but really really detest technology and it feels the same about me. All the best.

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    The socket sets they have this week are excellent quality. I have had one for a year in my business and use the sockets on my impact driver with no problems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by code4pay View Post
    The socket sets they have this week are excellent quality. I have had one for a year in my business and use the sockets on my impact driver with no problems.

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    The earthmoving guy I use said the same with their larger 1/2 inch set, he was impressed with how strong they were as hasn’t broken any and has put a set in every machine / truck he owns.
    Cant go too far wrong at the price

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