Night 5

[pyoor_excuse]

So, as you may or may not have gathered – radio silence has been more common of late thanks to university and house I suppose – I’m on nights. Night 5 of 8 tonight. Unfortunately, I got woken in that way which means I currently feel faintly dozy and all I want to do is curl up and sleep some more.

There is, however, exciting news afoot. The electrics are now complete, which I think hits the awesome-cool state. And, more excitingly, the kitchen has (started to) arrive. It actually could all be here, it’s all ready, but it’s difficult for us to get it into the house, since there’s no storage in the house, so he’s generously offered to hold onto two(/three)* of the units for a little bit while we get the first two(/three) units in. This is made marginally more complex by the fact that we lent our jigsaw to my mum, who is in Cornwall. It’s a nasty cheap jigsaw anyway, so we’re going to have to get a replacement I fear. I’ve looked on the ‘bay, because a second hand really nice would would be better, I suspect, than a fairly basic bosch/black&decker or whatever’s kicking around.

The problem with buying tools, I find, is that either I’d rather buy really really old ones (better quality) or find myself cursing the idea of buying new ones because we are planning to be in Canada where 240V tools will be useless. Ah well.

I’m still trying to get a decent drill press**, or at least a semi-decent one. I may have to settle for the Ferm one, which I’m sure will be adequate, but isn’t as nice as getting something of ‘better’ quality. I nearly got a rather nice one, but was outbid by 2p. Anyhow. I best get ready for work, since they’re probably expecting me to turn up and all :)

* It’s a cupboard and an L-shaped cupboard/shelf unit. The shelves are separate, but need to be screwed to the cupboard once installed, so I think he refers to them as 3 units, and we as 2.
** For other jobs, not kitchen related.

Originally published at Kates Journal. You can comment here or there.

Comments

[quercus.livejournal.com]

Jigsaws, more than any other power tool, are worth getting a decent one. Either the Bosch barrel-body (GST135) or the better Makitas.

You could even buy a 110V on-site one, use it with a transformer here, and take it with you later.

[pyoor_excuse]

I've been considering that as a possibility. I thought they'd be more pricey than they are (the 110v transformers). Ooi, any recommendation on the Makitas?

[quercus.livejournal.com]

I've used Makitas, not owned them, so I don't remember the model numbers - 4350 I think. I wouldn't go for a body grip unless you either have big hands, or you want real precision on short cuts, not a whole day's work.

A range of blades is worth it too. I buy Bosch and I do nearly everything with only three or four of them (101B (everything - get two packs), 101D (mini chainsaw), 119BO (tight curves), 301BCP (thick stuff, but precise)) but sometimes you need the others too - like a 101BR reverse tooth for worktops especially, also something for plastic and aluminium.

110V transformers are often around S/H. Car boots and farm auctions turn them up.