tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post7707999773206978253..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Trust me, I'm a professionalUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-44935119835404609212011-05-26T13:09:19.583-07:002011-05-26T13:09:19.583-07:00Pop up with fancy tools... wriggly tin shed... &...Pop up with fancy tools... wriggly tin shed... 'De Walt' are good tools? This is all too much for me.<br /><br />Early, cheap, rotary tools were crap (too much vibration due to bad bearings), but the newer ones are ok. That big cutter is B & Q, and - for 30 quid - it's fine. The blade cost over twice as much as the tool. The small red one is a 'Flex' tool (German) and used to cost about £300, 20 years ago. It now costs about £120, and is better than the originals. The Chinese have driven prices down.<br /><br />I haven't learnt any lessons Weaver, otherwise I would post up stuff like this, but thanks for the positive outlook.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-64652513162789134282011-05-26T07:09:01.981-07:002011-05-26T07:09:01.981-07:00i'm with iris!
good idea gal!i'm with iris!<br />good idea gal!John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-52592936829209800642011-05-26T06:47:08.805-07:002011-05-26T06:47:08.805-07:00I think that moral applies to almost everything th...I think that moral applies to almost everything these days Tom.<br /><br />I noticed that one of the gardens at Chelsea had polished concrete slabs and I must say that they looked very smart.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-29950205008794894762011-05-26T05:06:46.868-07:002011-05-26T05:06:46.868-07:00Even though it caused you quite a bit of frustrati...Even though it caused you quite a bit of frustration and probably elevated your blood pressure, it was a lesson learned.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-3391299356212284532011-05-26T05:05:37.326-07:002011-05-26T05:05:37.326-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Starting Over, Accepting Changes - Maybehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032033918798053005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-19007577251877729572011-05-26T02:53:10.046-07:002011-05-26T02:53:10.046-07:00So here is what I would do to lift your mood: Hide...So here is what I would do to lift your mood: Hide in the bathroom and when a scaffolder casts a nosy look through the window, pop up with your fancy grinding tool going at full speed and show them a very toothy (and slightly maniacal) grin!<br /><br />However, if a scaffolder falls off the scaffold as a result of that, I will deny ever having typed this.Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12550611275677498097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90850530977672135922011-05-26T02:46:55.724-07:002011-05-26T02:46:55.724-07:00'Tools for the job' - my current irritatin...'Tools for the job' - my current irritating mantra. No point buying shit cheap stuff as you always get what you pay for.<br />My wriggly tin shed if full of shite B&Q power tools that have failed in one way or another over the years. I'm a bit of a thicko so it's taken a long time to resist buying useless cheap crap - false economy. <br />All my new stuff is Makita or DeWalt and the quality of the build, cuts and finish of the end product is telling. <br />Too bad I can't get in the workshop for all the shiny new kit...Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487456386841182116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-34302317708584378812011-05-26T02:39:42.154-07:002011-05-26T02:39:42.154-07:00I love the use of the word 'professional'....I love the use of the word 'professional'. I have some really tacky Badminton rackets that apparently are 'pro', I've also bought a 'pro' tarpaulin, and a 'pro' frying pan. I also have a feeling that my 125 mm Chinese angle-grinder was also sold as 'pro'. Mine works fine!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-1912967852297871562011-05-26T02:37:53.431-07:002011-05-26T02:37:53.431-07:00That surface on the chamfer is how it is left afte...That surface on the chamfer is how it is left after the first cut - that's how efficient these blades are. It cost £65 plus VAT, and will last me out. It's paid for itself already.<br /><br />The scarcity of caring professionals works to my advantage, because my patron - once he has found one - is very loyal in keeping them by giving them things to do. I am lucky!<br /><br />Now I must go off and get covered in dust again.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-52721969199052886852011-05-26T02:32:48.342-07:002011-05-26T02:32:48.342-07:00Hello Tom:
To our untrained eye, the chamfer looks...Hello Tom:<br />To our untrained eye, the chamfer looks, and we are sure is, highly impressive and we marvel [genuinely] at your skill in producing it.<br /><br />But, we live in an age when anything goes and the slipshod and the inferior surface to the top more and more in all aspects of life, of which your cutting blades from China are but one further example. What depresses us is that so few people seem to notice and increasingly there are fewer and fewer real professionals to be found.Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com