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my thoughts exactly Paul - to try before i buy, hopefully someone who uses a system will reply.
A few of the tool manufactures make belts set up with rings for braces, like the
P-71897-Super...

This question is 'sort of' powertool related, so hopefully in the right forum.

I'm getting older plus developing the 'middle aged spread' :/

My tool belt loaded up with a battery drill each...

+1
My first thought too was 'chainsaw'.... even hiring one for the job.

For someone who has never used a circular saw, hardwood + 9"+ saw is tempting fate IMO unless you have someone with you...

ring dewalt & ask em for stockist nearest you
For assitance call the TOLL FREE number 1800 444 224

or try 1 of their service agents near you, most are shops, use the drop down at left to find a...

Makita arent as good as they used to be back before the year 2000 in my opinion when they used to be the leader and lots of tradies used them.
Makita today dont seem to have kept up with other...

My thoughts exactly :wink:

With the exchange rate so favourable at the moment I'm debating and working out if the cost saving is worth the lack or warranty.

Anyone bought tools (specifically cordless) and can recommend...

Help please -)
I'm looking for a dozen or so 200x50 or 200x75 CYPRUS PINE sleepers.

Heaps of treated pine and hardwood sleepers about but I'm having no luck with cyprus pine - seems like sizes...

Just be aware that it is slow going.
I purchased the grout removal tool to fit my Dremel (that I've had for a few years) to cut out the old grout on a benchtop. While it does do a good job, it...

Looks like you've pretty much decided on bosch.
There's some comparisons here on different brands
18V Cordless Drill Review and Ratings

I have to replace all my 18v cordless gear, I'm...

:lolabove: that's never stopped me before... and probably wont in the future :U

from 1day coms website - looks like they are warrantying it (not the manufacturer)
Warranty Policy
1-day’s warranty policy covers our products for 12 months from the purchase date. Warranty claims...

It's GMC

LOL...not a problem, I have been called a lot worse and yes on the chamfer.

http://i37.tinypic.com/2uhs2kw.jpg http://i34.tinypic.com/23980.jpg

here's some of what i think your daughter is talking about
as you can see, quick & easy to knock out and no need to chamfer...

wolfcraft B4800 - dunno if they still make them

[QUOTE=BTman;1031485]I have just looked at the project table with the Glenfords special and it looks pretty good. Just the size for a sorts of small jobs. They could not tell me if you can buy it...

or ebay a couple of cheap sets to get the length if its a one off job & what you are drilling into (I figure for the price they wont last too many jobs, but you never know)
...

When it comes to POWER TOOLS 'need' sometimes takes second place to 'want ' :hahaha:

I find with the Dremel it just makes some jobs easier & quicker sometimes, especially on small projects.
I...

+1 for My Tool Store, I have bought over the net from them.
FAST delivery (like the next day lol) and nice people do deal with.

Thanks for the replies.
Well I've decided enough procrastinating, time to buy.
Having a quick search of prices. My local tool shop http://www.sydneytools.com.au/default.asp has 5 models;
I'm...

I keep putting off purchasing a drill doctor because of the cost.
Every time I look in the 'drill box' and see all those blunt bits or buy a new bit, I reconsider whether I should hang the expense,...

Which is where repacking your batterypacks comes into play :;

if you dont want to use a 'blade'
http://www.mytoolstore.com.au/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=tile+cutter&Submit=Search

LOL the whole page is a 'marketing tool'
I did give you the hint > ('orders closed sash' gives it away, clever marketing though) <!-- / message -->

Just what I need for computer repairs :U

http://www.usbchainsaw.com/




('orders closed sash' gives it away, clever marketing though)

Another positive for mytoolstore.com.au they are more than helpful.
They have a huge range of Dremel 'stuff' too.

Makita's & Pana's

Dunno if they are the cheapest they do have a pdf price list on their site)
I use camerons just off botany rd, even though i am inner-west.
They are specialist TP suppliers, not general landscape...

Fussy Nup as an ex harleyrider (42wla) and various other brands nothing but nothing comes near a harley.
how about a beemer ...

Gday Ian,
I see you're in Sydney, unfortunately you cant use mains water (directly) so whatever you decide on must not be reliant on mains pressure for water intake.
You can apply to the waterboard...

weed mat ?
(i really dont how environmentally friendly it is though, and if it would sweat and sour earth under)

Sydney is the same as ^ melb. Most large landscape suppliers and sand blue metal etc suppliers also have supplies.
Forget the bagged, waaaaaaaay to expensive compared to bulk.
LOL, my ute so hates...

Good man, good luck!

I had a similar experience years ago with 'flashing'.
Doctor sent me straight off to eye surgeon as it can be a sympton of a torn retina.
Fortunately mine wasnt a tear and settled down itself....

single or cavity brick walls, they do both

http://www.almabuildingproducts.com.au/

plumber here uses a high pressure water jet
first, to clear the fine roots a slug with backward facing water jet outlet forces its way through
secondly, then a cutter that fits on the end of the...

w00t another 'Haberfieldian'
In Haberfield you need a DA/BA/ Engineer's Certificate/Shading Diagram/Paint colour Diagram/Sewerage Diagram and Environmental Impact Study to put a clasp on your...

Leave a 30cm gap as a 'strip garden bed' and plant with clumping low plants?
Cheapest quickest way i can think of and will also break up the expanse of timber......

It IS only the first quote - dont panic yet, he may not have really wanted the job so overquoted.
Not knowing your layout, did he include the cost of a machine & driver to dig the drainage etc - I...

a basic hat/coat rack.
coupla lengths of dowel into a backboard
you can predrill it for him if you dont want him to use the drill
he can glue it all together
and unlike this one, let him go wild...

Draining to under the deck, i'm not so keen on, dont want a swamp for the mozzies to breed nor a wet area for 'whities' to nest.
Move it around the corner as suggested, or put a sink under it with...

LOL, come live in the inner 'burbs of Sydney..
This vast estate is 4 mtrs at its widest down to 3.7 at the back. :o
Makes you get creative with building and storage solutions.
1 stick of timber...

Yup, I know the waterboard does the actual connection to the mains but does a plumber supply the riser from the main 2mtrs down to surface level or do the waterboard?

As for money, to reroute all...

Question for a plumber in Sydney please.
Background
We live in one of three 1870's terraces.
When the sewer was connected the sewer line was shared.
Each side terrace sewer lines feed into the...

Agreed on both counts...
I dont 'feel' old.
Working with 400 kids 3 days a week keeps me young and on my toes.

And yes, I think I am reasonably fit compared to some others my age.

I've been...

half past seven :U

:ranton:
I hate it that I am 'slowing down' even if I am in my mid-fifties!
This morning I filled a 6 cubic mtr skip in 4hours.
I am now soooooo paying for it with an ache here and here and here...

nup no ants at all, it's dry sort of like straw, but smells like molasses when you first open it...

I have no idea on above ground pools and what the sides are made of... 'steel outer skin?'
If so, keep the treated pine away from any...
"Green timber or timber treated with copper chromium...