Lidl today 15/10

[MY63]

I may have mentioned before I use the Lidl small rotary tools mainly for sanding the edges of leather and making small wooden parts for my cases.
While there this morning I also noticed this clamp thing, I have thought about buying one before but they are usually £30 for a 1m one. £9.99 seems quite reasonable.

www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/diy/parkside-clamp- ... ail/p35974

I also noticed a pillar drill that looks very similar to the Bosch model, and some £15 small folding work benches that I use as saw horses, They are the perfect height to work with the CMS stand (also Lidl) I dont mind spending money on tools but if I can save a bit then why not.

 

[TrimTheKing]

Clamp looks good. I'm going to have a look at that later, cheers.

 

[Rod]

I been using one for years ( but not the Lidl version) they are really useful

Rod

 

[Nico Adie]

This will be just the ticket to go with the circular saw that my kind and understandingwife is getting me for my birthday at the end of the month, thanks for the heads up.

 

[sunnybob]

Just as long as you are aware that anything that cheap has failed all of the factory quality controls (such as they are).
Dont expect the drill to be accurate, dont expect the clamp to be strong.
i have bought tools from lidl, they have all failed to meet even my low standards. Most have been binned fairly soon after purchase.
The "upside" is that as and when it breaks you can take it back easily.

 

[MY63]

I appreciate your point of view Bob, I have been using the small rotary tools for 4 years. I still have the first one which still works. I have three in use and have just bought a 4th. I have difficulty changing the tools at £16.99 I dont mind having 4.
I agree the pillar drill may be made to a lower tollerance but it does look a lot like the bosch machine.
The clamp pulls tight and works in the same way as the ones I looked at elsewhere and I think it will be ok for smaller jobs where I dont want to get track out.
The little saw horses have been outside for over a year and are still fine.
Clearly they are not professional tools.

 

[mjp]

While there this morning I also noticed this clamp thing, I have thought about buying one before but they are usually £30 for a 1m one. £9.99 seems quite reasonable.

http://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/diy/parkside ... ail/p35974

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I bought a couple of those clamps a couple of years ago and they've been excellent.

I buy a lot of Lidl tools and never had a complaint about any of them other than their drill bits, which are rubbish.

Martin.

 

[sunnybob]

I suspect my Lidl gets all the returns from all the other stores. I have had something like 90% failure from them. I no longer buy their tools, not even things like compasses.
When we go in there for food, I tell my mrs I'm off to wander the junk stalls and will meet her at the checkout.
I'm pleased someone manages to use them.

 

[clogs]

I bought 2 of the originals ....over forty years ago and still going strong.....
the originals have lost there name plate but we're made in Santa-Anna, California.....
the biggest I have will clamp across a 4ft board with ease.....
mine also gets used with a router.....

the Lidal one...even if a part breaks it's an easy fix.....

 

[droogs]

The battery Lidl dremelike is great. I have 3 of them and use them to work stone, a lot of stone (approx 400m x 6mm on the last project) and in my Veritas plunge base. They have never let me down and 1 has outlasted 2 Dremels. Yep drill bits from Lidl are made of minc eand I keep snapping the handle well the body plate in front of it on the squeezey clamps. I feel while they sell to the domestic market most of what they sell is capable of surviving, at least the length of the job, in the commercial world. good value overall

 

[Cabinetman]

It’s a shame it’s just not a little bit longer to go across a 1.2 m sheet of ply. It’s strange as that’s one of the first things you would want to do with it – well I would. Ian

 

[John Brown]

I bought one of the clamp guides on Friday. I may well use it as a clamp, but as a saw or router guide, I reckon it's fairly useless, as it has a good 1 or 2mm of play from side to side. I have an expensive one that I bought years ago, and it's rock solid.

 

[Lons]

I bought a couple of these years ago but found as belt and braces security I needed to use a couple of clamps as well.
I cut one of them down a while ago and attached a homemade adjustable featherboard for use on my tablesaw.

 

[MY63]

I bought a couple of these years ago but found as belt and braces security I needed to use a couple of clamps as well.
I cut one of them down a while ago and attached a homemade adjustable featherboard for use on my tablesaw.

I bought a second one on Saturday with the intention of cutting it down to 600 mm. The difficult part is the ends one is flattened to fit through a slot and receive the securing pin, the other end has a spring and circlip system.
I would be interested to learn how you did it Lons.

My clamps have intentional play at the ends to allow clamping at angles,
2020-10-19_07-46-11 by my0771, on Flickr

I have found if the ends are drawn up tightly before the cam is turned the clamp is tight.

Open

2020-10-19_07-46-25 by my0771, on Flickr

Closed

2020-10-19_07-46-36 by my0771, on Flickr

I am not trying to tell anyone how to use these but I found they clamp tightly if that piece is pulled tight.

 

[Lons]

I'll take some pics later, made some simple ends to fit my saw rails ( SIP 01332 )

 

[Lons]

Here is the detail of the cut down guide, I adapted it a few years ago and hacked out the timber ends just to see if it worked and it does, rock solid and the featherboard slides along the guide and clamps tight, I always intended to remake the ends properly but never got around to it so it stays rough as a badger's posterior but effective.