Electronic Hand-Mixing the Collomix Way For over thirty years Collomix has been making mixers for the building industry. Based in Gaimersheim in Bavaria, the company has an enviable reputation for producing high quality products that can easily compete on the … Continue reading
Now Even MORE Useful Readers will know that I have a very great respect for the Fein MultiMaster range of oscillating tools. These tools do jobs that other power tools simply aren’t built to do and perform these functions in … Continue reading
Drywalling Perfection? We have all got used to the cut-throat pricing of power tools made possible by the internet and by Far Eastern bulk manufacture. But what do you do as a smaller, but highly respected, German manufacturer in order … Continue reading
The Multi-Purpose Circular Saw Only a few years ago there were some jobs, like cutting sheet metal, pipes or certain manmade boards, where only a purpose-made traditional tool was the answer. Then some bright spark realized that carefully designed purpose-made … Continue reading
Electric Convenience and Power Disc cutters are incredibly useful machines, particularly the big ones that are used on road building projects and building sites. I have used a few of the petrol powered ones to great effect and I have … Continue reading
Multi-bladed Cutting As a kid I remember being slightly confused by the idea that some aeroplanes had contra-rotating propellors. I wondered how they would work. In fact, I think the idea of contra-rotation is counter-intuitive, but once you think about … Continue reading
High Quality Stanley Bostitch makes a fine range of gas-powered nailers, one of which I tested a few months back. But there are some functions where the independence from an electrical power source is not an issue, and then the … Continue reading
Get The Drill Drill bits are much underrated by people who don’t need to use them every day. This is probably the reason why many DIYers have a plastic gift case full of semi-used bits that don’t work very well. … Continue reading
Depending on your point of view, it may be that a cordless drill is a cordless drill, and we already have a huge range of choice from just about every manufacturer. So do we need another one? Continue reading
Cordless combi drills are a staple – needed by almost any trade or household you could mention. Even when they were powered by the now ancient NiCad technology, we couldn’t replace our corded drills quickly enough. But now, with Li-Ion batteries and one-hour smart-charging technology, our appetite for a wide range of drills seems limitless. Continue reading
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