Probably risk getting shot down in flames here, but i'll let you know anyway

the local Aldi supermarket is selling 60 LED workshop lamps for £9.99 with a 3 year warranty, perfect for a home garage. Its not ideal for everyday use but for the occasional/ weekend mechanic its perfect. http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...uys3_15683.htm

they are also selling arc welders for £34.99, again with a 3 year warranty. great for a beginner http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...uys3_15678.htm

 

cant beat aldi's imo

 

Think I'll get me one of those workshop lamps.


Cheers,
Grant

 

yeah agree for the price, they are also selling selection boxes of very useful bits, like split pins, car fuses etc for £3.99 http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers...uys3_15681.htm

i think the heat shrinks they are selling would be great to tidy up old cossie wiring looms in the engline bay.

 

those lamps are good! Is that down our local one Matt...By the Crown?

 

tbh i was gonna take the piss but i might have one of those welder's

 

that's the one! i bought a lamp today. its cracking for a tenner.

 

My mate got one of those lamps and it lasted 2 weeks so dont throw you reciept !!

 

good lamps. very robust. kicked mine up workshop.still works.

 

3 year warranty!

 

The last thing I got from there was a windy gun,it lasted two times out the box was light use only and had a 2 year guarantee but I couldn't find my receipt so I stripped it and still couldn't get it to work.Found the receipt after clearing some old stuff out

 

Can anyone clarify this quote from vvoc?


Thanks Phil.

 

i bought the welder last time they had them in, although i think it is 140amp not the 160 they are currently selling.
had mine a few years now and its had plenty of use, stuff dropped on it, etc. and i cant fault it. was using it for a few hours yesterday afternoon infact.
brilliant bit of kit for the money, not much good for car bodywork but for heavier stuff its great, i modified my security post for behind the cossie on the drive yesterday. last week i repaired a spade lol.
oh, and mine had a 13amp plug on the end, 30 amp dedicated spur? bollocks if you ask me!
my clarke mig pro 180 should have a 16a supply and plug, but i just chopped it off and put a 13a on, probably not the best solution in the world but its been fine for over 12 months so far, and how often do you run the welder flat out?

 

Snap exactly the same with mine, must try and get it working, it's only a spare, the 3/8 drive ratchet is ace though, but jesus is it air hungry!!
tabetha

 

im gona go fetch a lamp....

 

I bought 2 yesterday
They have mains and car chargers and are only part charged when you buy them.

I charged mine up for an hour and then left one swiched on.
It was still very bright after 3 hours.

 

Those lamps are not bad but personally I hate the light, LEDs emit. It's just not the same and makes your eyes go tired very quickly.

 

used the lamp today for the first time, was on constantly for 2 hours.

 

might go for the dab radio for £25

 

Is that a car radio or house type radio? Last time I was in our local Aldi they were selling car cd players for about £50.

 

me and the old man got an aldi compressor for the garage and it runs our grit blaster and air tools fine, must be 4-5 years old now aswell, cant fault it

 

They only seem to have good prices on things I'd never use!

 

i bought a gassles mig welder from aldi about 4 years ago and has never missed a beat
i also buy my mountain biking clothes from them, they are cheap and good quality
shows how much money some of the other shops are making

 

I got a 25L wolf air compressor from Aldi's a few years back just for blowing out the hoover filters as peed of trapsing round me dads all the time to use workshop one, must say it's ace, very quiet compared with my 25L SIP, SIP now about 15-17 years old, never once changed the oil always drain and it has never missed a beat, it was cheaper not to service it and just buy a new one if it lasted say 5 years so been lucky.
Aldi advertise these things but never these days seem to have them/stuff/offers in my local one, Thetford, Norfolk.
tabetha

 

on sale tomorrow it's a normal house type,not heard of the make before.would love to find a cheap incar dab.

 

seriously dont think you can go wrong for the price of their gear

 

Have to agree, got a Medion Pc from there in late 2005. Still going strong.

Is the welder just a Plug one? Take it will do small jobs 1.5mm metal?

 

Hasn't got a plug on but if you aren't doing heavy work continuosly it will be O.K
The worst that can happen is the 13amp fuse will blow.

Should be O.K for 1.5, I used to weld 1.0mm and less, stainless sheet with a 140amp stick machine.

 

Cool, i would like to find a cheap DAB for my car too but having said that I never use my own car always in my work car.

 

It's not that hard to run a 30 amp supply to garage and legal I think ?, I have as the supply would go off if the compressor was on at same time as bench grinder occasionally.
tabetha