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Speaking of chucks; you can replace the plastic chucks on cheaper DeWalt drills with a metal one, they're £20 or less. Turns a £99 Wickes special into a £200+ model; the rest of the drills are near enough identical. I discovered this when examining mine (795) and our electrician's one (796), side by side. The plastic chucks are ok, but won't last long if bashed around.
I’ve just bought a Bosch green belt sander to do some decking boards
It's a beast. Had a test spin, and it'll leave grooves in wood if you're not careful! Not particularly well damped, lots of vibration, and it's really noisy. Dust extraction isn't great; I do wish there was a universal dust extraction port connection system for tools, that you could just screw a hose onto. I'm bodging things with lots of bits of scavenged vacuum cleaner bits, and pieces of cut up inner tube.
Oh by the way; anyone got any tips on how to deal with the static build up from using the belt sander? It's nothing major, just like nettle stings, but a little alarming.
. I discovered this when examining mine (795) and our electrician’s one (796), side by side. The plastic chucks are ok, but won’t last long if bashed around.
Your electrician didn't mind you dismantling his drill?
Your electrician didn’t mind you dismantling his drill?
Didn't need to. You can see the difference is the chuck. There wasn't any significant weight difference to suggest the internal parts were any different; the more expensive 990 (I think) model has more substantial internals. The drills are essentially the same; the 795 is sold in 'DIY' outlets in budget packs (with low capacity batteries), the 796 sold more in 'professional' suppliers. The difference is a metal chuck, and marketing.
Edit: this is confused further because the 796 is apparently a slightly newer model (hence the 795 being sold off cheaper), with the newer one having a bit more power (on paper). So possibly slightly better electronics. Plus; Google suggests that you could also get a 795 with a metal chuck. Anyway; replacing the plastic chucks on the DIY shed models is probably a good idea for greater longevity.
there is, it's called a 3D printer 🤣 very handy, made an adapter to connect my Makita plunge saw to my Henry recently!I do wish there was a universal dust extraction port connection system for tools
No I mean built in to the tools themselves. Most extraction ports are plain, so any fittings are just push on, which isn't always ideal. Some sort of standardised thread attachment would be great. I'm not about to buy a 3D printer for something that will be no better than a fitting I can easily bodge.
Didn’t need to. You can see the difference is the chuck. There wasn’t any significant weight difference to suggest the internal parts were any different; the more expensive 990 (I think) model has more substantial internals. The drills are essentially the same; the 795 is sold in ‘DIY’ outlets in budget packs (with low capacity batteries), the 796 sold more in ‘professional’ suppliers. The difference is a metal chuck, and marketing.
Edit: this is confused further because the 796 is apparently a slightly newer model (hence the 795 being sold off cheaper), with the newer one having a bit more power (on paper). So possibly slightly better electronics. Plus; Google suggests that you could also get a 795 with a metal chuck. Anyway; replacing the plastic chucks on the DIY shed models is probably a good idea for greater longevity.
Reading this back, I realise it's really, really boring. I apologise.