Cordless tool advice

[Paul Marvin]

For cutting stone, yes, I agree but I'm not aware of any diamond blades suitable for scafflold tube.

I have cut everything with mine cant remember the make and its rubbed off worth looking into buddy

 

[Tseralo]

Before you buy Pitlamp have a chat with Mr Lister he is using a reciprocating saw to good effect on the other side of ink and it's much safer than a grinder, I think the blades last longer as well.

 

[tomferry]

I would recommend 5ah and above battery?s just to add this into the works 

 

[Cantclimbtom]

Before you buy Pitlamp have a chat with Mr Lister he is using a reciprocating saw to good effect on the other side of ink and it's much safer than a grinder, I think the blades last longer as well.

I'd go further:  and recommend you try to borrow a reciprocating saw from someone for a short while, then you'll know if it's the right thing

 

[speedycaver]

I have one of those cheap brushed Makita grinders and they are great and easy on the batteries.  It will be fine for a few cuts but if you have a lot to do then, as has been mentioned, a reciprocating saw would be better.  A 'recip', as we call it, will get into corners whereas a disc cutter is not so practical.
Be aware though, if a recip catches, it will throw you off balance, so be careful if you are working off a ladder or somewhere with limited space.  Also, a recip can be quite greedy on the batteries.

 

[Pitlamp]

I'm really grateful for all the advice above; Many thanks. I'm sorted now.

 

[Paul Marvin]

speedy caver I just love your avatar 

 

[al]

I took Aquamole Jim's advice (cos he's probably cut more scaff than anybody I know!), and bought the 18v Makita recip saw for scaff, and I've found it very useful for loads of other stuff too.

 

[SamT]

Actually - this looks pretty compact and looks like it would do the job...

https://www.powertoolworld.co.uk/makita-djr188z-18v-lxt-cordless-brushless-reciprocating-saw-body-only?gclid=Cj0KCQiA-K2MBhC-ARIsAMtLKRuafT96BrS4wayB2TRl_9m97UsVQu2nwp1_2FW_P8qWyHdHr6PaQDsaAhuGEALw_wcB

Wont look as pretty as a grinder in full chat underground.

 

[Cantclimbtom]

Since I think OP has already bought the tool (????)  Now's the right timing to start posting links to ones that are much better/much cheaper etc to annoy him
If you see any amazing deals on unbelievably cheap Makita, post away.... 

 

[SamT]

Since I think OP has already bought the tool (????)  Now's the right timing to start posting links to ones that are much better/much cheaper etc to annoy him
If you see any amazing deals on unbelievably cheap Makita, post away.... 

 

[Flotsam]

I'm finding the Aldi Ferrex tools good value and they work well. Three years warranty. They have a recip saw at the moment for ?30, the 20/40V battery about ?30 and the charger ?15. I believe the batteries are Samsung. You can of course use the battery and charger for the other tools in the range. They have in the range a chainsaw, drill, grinder, polisher and multitool plus some others. The 40V operation makes them very powerful and as the batteries are relatively cheap you can take more than one to a site and/or charge one while using the other.

 

[Cantclimbtom]

They had that in the middle aisle in my Lidl the other day - perhaps still there? I was suspicious about battery etc. Have you used one?  Is the battery performance acceptable?

 

[Pitlamp]

Since I think OP has already bought the tool (????)  Now's the right timing to start posting links to ones that are much better/much cheaper etc to annoy him
If you see any amazing deals on unbelievably cheap Makita, post away.... 

      You lot are priceless! But I'm from Lancashire, even though I live in Yorkshire. So it won't have any effect on me. 

You gave me loads of really valuable information, so by all means take the Mickey.

 

[speedycaver]

They had that in the middle aisle in my Lidl the other day - perhaps still there? I was suspicious about battery etc. Have you used one?  Is the battery performance acceptable?

Yes, I was thinking the same,.. possibly a good source of 18650's for high drain stuff  :-\
.. for that price, we need to ensure they are not 'second hand cells' repurposed for cheap tools.  Almost worth buying one just to tear apart and test.

 

[alastairgott]

Always wear goggles, I had to go to the hospital to have a shard of scaffold pulled out of my eyeball after using a circular saw in a cave. A day trying to blink and getting puss-y eyes was enough. I was lucky, didn't seem to effect my eyesight.