Always Double Check Pricing Before You Buy

Around the same time as receiving my order of power tool batteries from the online website a friend of mine called to my home. As I was making coffee I was opening the box at the same time when he seen that I had ordered various Makita batteries online he was fuming a little bit. [...]

What so many different Type of Batteries

Having sorted out the workshop the other day this morning I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about various different types of cordless tools. I was telling him that I had a cordless saw, cordless drill, cordless sander and a cordless angle grinder and because they were from various manufacturers I had [...]

Cleaning Out The Workshop

On Saturday morning I decided to spend a little bit of time typing up my workshop. This is something I have been wanting to do for months but I’ve always put it off for some reason or made up some excuse for my wife that I was busy and didn’t have time to do it. [...]

Getting ready to welder for the first time

When I got to Martin’s house to check out his new welder it was only then that I discovered he had not even unpacked the box. It was funny a few weeks ago we had come true everything to make sure that he purchased the right welding equipment for his needs and wants it arrives [...]

Deciding whether to use gas or gasless for a welder

Our next step in Martin’s project to purchase a welder was to consider whether he needed a Gas or Gas less. Because he was choosing to produce a MIG welder these actually need some sort of shielding gas which can keep oxygen away from the weld. There are a number of options you can choose [...]

Purchasing a welder

When Martin and I were discussing what type of welder he needed there were obviously a number of things that he needed to consider and also a number of changes he had to make to his work space. As I’ve discussed already Martin wanted to purchase a MIG welder so he could work on some [...]

You need to look at a number of things before purchasing a welder

Martin called around you today he had just purchased one of those MIG welders and asked if I would call it around to his place to have a look as those one or two things he was not sure about. I’ve known him for a number of years now and you would think somebody buying [...]

Black and Decker Flashlight Battery

A while ago I decided to purchase a Black and Decker flashlight is something I’ve needed for a while because the old flashlight that I have had for a few years now is held together with selotape.

I decided to have a quick look around just to see what’s on the market. I guess the big [...]

Make Sure You Hire Key People When Designing Your Home

A while ago one of my good friends told me that he was thinking of moving home. I have known Tom for about 20 years and he has a couple of young children. He told me that he was planning on designing his own home, he had already hired an architect to look into some [...]

Shop In Your Local DIY Store and Save $$$’s

It’s a sunny day today and as it’s almost the weekend I’m thinking of taking a trip to the our log cabin. We’ve had this place for a couple of years now and it’s great just to take a weekend break every now and again and try and get away from the rat race. When [...]