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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #15 on: 27 February 2007, 13:24:57 »
I've had the compressor and air hammer for a year or so (the offers come around regularlyish...) and I found the compressor really usefull.  Hose length is good as well, able to reach all 4 wheels and the spare of the car from the garage onto the driveway.  

Used it for blowing up tyres, blowing through various things that are chocked/blocked, spraying degreaser with the paraffin gun, painting a pushbike frame, blowdrying the brakes/discs of the motorbike after washing, popping the pistons out of brake calipers,  etc etc.  Best use (really!) was cleaning out our Dyson upright hoover.  Once the various air venturi pipes were blown through, it was like a brand new machine again.

As for the air hammer, its not the most powerfull one I've ever used but this could be down to the volume of the tank.  If you really are givving the hammer hard use it fairly gobbles the air up and the compressor is almost running non stop to keep up.  I tend to wait until its built up before giving it a blast.  The hammer is a bit heavy as well.  

All in all, I think it is well worth the monies asked and its small enough to take up a corner of the garage and not get in the way.  Would not be without it now.

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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #16 on: 01 March 2007, 11:25:45 »
Happiness achieved!!  :)

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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #17 on: 01 March 2007, 19:31:55 »
Got a air gun and the air wrench. Already had a compressor...
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #18 on: 01 March 2007, 19:52:48 »
Yeah, got a couple of packs of grinding wheels and the air wrench as well.

Its a pain in the chuff though that after you screw the air coupling in on the wrench, nice and tight with PTFE tape, the whole schemozzle does not fit in the shaped box, and you can't shut the lid!


(it does if you force it though....  ;D )

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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #19 on: 01 March 2007, 20:03:17 »
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Yeah, got a couple of packs of grinding wheels and the air wrench as well.

Its a pain in the chuff though that after you screw the air coupling in on the wrench, nice and tight with PTFE tape, the whole schemozzle does not fit in the shaped box, and you can't shut the lid!


(it does if you force it though....  ;D )

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Yeah, the airgun is fine, but the wrench you have to take the brass adapter off. How gay is that.
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #20 on: 01 March 2007, 20:13:46 »
so the aldi deals combined will take off wheel nuts...how about stubborn bolts?
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #21 on: 02 March 2007, 09:20:17 »
Got up yesterday morning, felt a bit off colour.

Went to Aldi @ 9 am, bought the compressor and wrench, got home, put it in the garage, dashed to the bog, was violently sick, spent the rest of the day in bed so haven't been able to inspect it yet.

Felling a bit better this morning, might go and assemble it.
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #22 on: 02 March 2007, 10:19:50 »
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Got up yesterday morning, felt a bit off colour.

Went to Aldi @ 9 am, bought the compressor and wrench, got home, put it in the garage, dashed to the bog, was violently sick, spent the rest of the day in bed so haven't been able to inspect it yet.

Felling a bit better this morning, might go and assemble it.

I'd do that, (not the sick bit though!!), but it's better to stay in the boxes until my new garage is complete. Although I did unwrap the air ratchet. Quite a sturdy looking bit of kit!!

Think I might do what Mark suggested and hook up another tank in future, but we'll see how it goes initially.
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #23 on: 02 March 2007, 10:47:51 »
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Yeah, got a couple of packs of grinding wheels and the air wrench as well.

Its a pain in the chuff though that after you screw the air coupling in on the wrench, nice and tight with PTFE tape, the whole schemozzle does not fit in the shaped box, and you can't shut the lid!


(it does if you force it though....  ;D )

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Mine does......
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #24 on: 02 March 2007, 10:51:48 »
Anyone tried the Air Wrench yet?

I presume the push screw on the bottom of the handle (numbered 1-4) is for torque settings?

1 being the lowest, 4 being the highest?

The instruction book does not say.
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #25 on: 02 March 2007, 10:54:20 »
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Yeah, got a couple of packs of grinding wheels and the air wrench as well.

Its a pain in the chuff though that after you screw the air coupling in on the wrench, nice and tight with PTFE tape, the whole schemozzle does not fit in the shaped box, and you can't shut the lid!


(it does if you force it though....  ;D )

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Mine does......
No, we're on about the one that looks like a socket set wrench, not the big drill one, which fits in OK...
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #26 on: 02 March 2007, 19:35:28 »
May be worth unpacking your compressors guys, got mine home and the pressure switch had been snapped off, crated it back up and they swapped it no probs though. Service was faultless.
Got the nut gun, ratchet, air hammer and drill so full set up to play with now  ;D
TB your right that ratchet box is stupid, think I'll be taking a hot knife to it lol.
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #27 on: 02 March 2007, 20:00:56 »
my local aldi didnt have 'em....or was sold out  :(
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #28 on: 02 March 2007, 20:30:38 »
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my local aldi didnt have 'em....or was sold out  :(

At 0920 yesterday, at our one, they were on their second pallete, there was a queue and all you could see at the checkouts was compressors!!
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Re: Must Have's from ALDI
« Reply #29 on: 02 March 2007, 20:32:57 »
Compressors still on sale at the two near me - its the air wrenches that have dissappered like snow off a dyke....   8-)

EDIT - the spill chocker changed my d y k e (Scots speak for a wall, normally a drystane d y k e ) to d**e.

eejits...   ;D ;D  
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