Alas, this thread is not about politicians looking for re-election.
My first choice for the title of "The Most Useless Tool" is THE STRIMMER
Most of your time & effort is spent re-priming the line as it snaps with ease and regularly.
They're mince
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27-04-2015 10:42 AM #1
Useless Tools
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27-04-2015 12:04 PM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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27-04-2015 12:16 PM #3
Do we really need another thread about Butcher and Malpas?
To be fair, Butcher is probably a dab hand with a strimmer by now. Maybe he'd be able to help you out?
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27-04-2015 12:41 PM #4
Is it an electric or petrol strimmer?
my petrol strimmer has a brush cutting blade that is the bees knees at long wet grass.There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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27-04-2015 12:58 PM #5
Thanks for the advice, folks.
I think the line on my electric strimmer would be handy for sewing on buttons although maybe it's too fragile for that.
On a serious note, my concern re. putting a heavier line on the spool is that the one supplied originally is probably designed so as not to overload the electric motor.
Just wondered if there's a large enough safety factor in the design to accommodate a heavier line?
Anyway, to keep the pot boiling.....
Another useless tool is those cheap keyring lights that last barely a week or so.
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27-04-2015 01:59 PM #6
I knackered my shoulder this time last year (tendinitis, bursitis, capsulitis & rheumatoid arthritis - the full monty! ) and was toiling to use my strimmer so I bought myself one of these (a brush cutter?)
(that's not me by the way ).
It takes about a quarter of the time and I've yet to snap/break the line once.
I can also change the line for a blade if I want, but I'm too scared.
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27-04-2015 02:16 PM #7This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
In the autumn if you need to cut down tough weeds like nettles or Dock, then the blade is the thing to use. It makes a nice ringing sound when it cuts tough stems, music to your earsThere is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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02-05-2015 08:52 PM #9
Do you really call them strimmers in this country? In the U.S. we called those things weed whackers or string trimmers.
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02-05-2015 08:56 PM #10
If you have a lot to clear, you can get one of these brush mowers. I used one of them at my parents' cabin and they work pretty well.
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02-05-2015 10:18 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm a big girl's blouse when it comes to metal blades spinning at high speed (I'm not totally at ease with angle grinders either). Cutting wood with power tools doesn't bother me (I've got a circular saw and a jig saw), but cutting masonry or the risk of a blade hitting an unseen stone gets my brown adrenaline flowing.
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04-05-2015 08:20 AM #13
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Win/win.
Other useless tools.
Although my darling wife will disagree, I don't buy useless tools, they only become useless when the serviceable bit become unserviceable and can't get replaced.
A great wee thing I had was a wallpaper trimmer. It was like a Stanley knife but the blade was circular. It just rolled along, top, bottom, tricky round bits, with a perfect cut, no snags.
No circular blades are available in the size, not even on the internet!
I still have the hand grip bit 10+ years on and every time I'm in a DIY shop I still look to see if they've been reinvented :-)
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&k...l_5434tk6ea7_bThere is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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04-05-2015 12:33 PM #16
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It's similar but my blades are smaller*. I did try another device like these but it just wasn't as good.
38mm iirc with a triangle type hub. I think I got it from QVC and and the and the supplier is no more :-(Space to let
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10-05-2015 08:31 AM #19
Just re-sealed my bath and would like to add silicone sealant to this debate. Don't get me wrong it's brilliant stuff when it actually sticks to what it's meant to stick to but all too often I was scrubbing it off my fingers. And it's waterproof (obviously) so doesn't wash off easily.
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10-05-2015 02:22 PM #21
My collection of tools is vast, ever since I received my first tool kit from the CITB at 16 I have never stopped buying,
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When I was at school "weed whacker" meant something else entirely.
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15-05-2015 05:46 AM #24
Does anybody want to buy a ride on mower?
There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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Thinking about it, isn't this one of the Aberdeen chairleaders
There is no such thing as too much yarn, just not enough time.
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19-05-2015 11:48 AM #27
Anything out the pound shop, unsurprisingly. I bought a wrench and something else out there which were both completely unusable
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