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Electric rattle guns - recommendations please??
K2-K6:
B&D is DeWalt, remarkable how powerful marketing can be isn't it :)
B&D made a "professional" line some years ago, it was genuinely very good but viewed in same light as their general low use "punter" offerings seemed very expensive. Use of a more technical Germanic name and bob is indeed their uncle ;D
AshimotoK0:
I have the small hex drive Ryobi-ONE version. Seems to rattle out JIS screws fine, as long as the the head isn't too nadgered (i.e can't be reformed into a decent cross head again). I really bought it because I already have a 5AH and a 4 AH Ryobi battery pack... so they kind of lock you into buying more of their tools once you have made the investment in their genuine battery packs (which are very expensive). Their angle grinder and chain-saw tools are pretty good, as I have both.
I wish you could get this item linked below the other way round though (i.e Ryobi to Makita adapter) Maybe there is a technical reason why they don't appear to be available ... anyone know why or know if one indeed exists?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2386202.m570.l1313&_nkw=batadapter+ryobi+to+makita&_sacat=0
Perhaps there are safety issues:
https://www.protoolreviews.com/power-tool-battery-adapters/
Bryanj:
B&D is Dewalt now but 40 yrs back wasnt
K2-K6:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on December 27, 2020, 03:01:07 PM ---B&D is Dewalt now but 40 yrs back wasnt
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I've a couple of B&D professional corded power tools that were just (when the name changed) cast in yellow plastic as Dewalt, identical items then and still going. They could make good stuff then but that's not what the mass market would stand in terms of cost. But people are prepared to pay more for something when they percieve they are getting higher quality, even though it was the same stuff.
The other scource was ELU power tools which they bought too.
Obviously subsequent tools have been developed by them, but within a higher profit margin market sector which the B&D name would not support.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on December 27, 2020, 03:01:07 PM ---B&D is Dewalt now but 40 yrs back wasnt
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Anyone on here old enough to remember Stanley-Bridges power tools? Barry Bucknell?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv0PNfPznOE
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