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1 hour ago, JSHarris said:

realise this isn't an option on your plot, with no mains power, but have you thought about using the 12V car charger that Makita sell?

 

It's only been two days that I've had to stop a bit early because the batteries ran out. For the price of that charger I'd probably be better off buying an extra 5 Ah battery which would likely solve the problem. My other option would be to run my mains Makita charger off my 1200 W pure sinewave inverter or off my inverter generator.

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4 hours ago, PeterW said:

For collated go with a specialist such as Senco - expensive and when they work they are good, but when they don't.... they are a pain !

 

 I followed this advice and bought a collated driver / drill pair off Ebay for a £120 in 2017.

 

They have done several thousand screws since, quite happily, over a series of floors and walls, across several projects. 

 

Piccies here:

 

(I also bought one of those double-sided magnetic plasterboard cutting doodahs, which is brilliant if you keep your fingers in check).

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11 minutes ago, Ed Davies said:

 

It's only been two days that I've had to stop a bit early because the batteries ran out. For the price of that charger I'd probably be better off buying an extra 5 Ah battery which would likely solve the problem. My other option would be to run my mains Makita charger off my 1200 W pure sinewave inverter or off my inverter generator.

You could buy 3 fake ones with change for that. Tbh the fakes can be hit or miss but I only buy them and have never had one blow up. Iv had a couple have the live come unsoldered but once re soldered have lasted as long as a real one. 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07HJT9HFR/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awdb_t1_QrxBCbT4BQ62T

 

 

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2 hours ago, Construction Channel said:

If I was dedicated to only one site corded would be the obvious option.

I have 3 buildings but all close to one another and all being worked on...... so corded is the way I will go for a planer. 

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7 hours ago, Dreadnaught said:

 Is it feasible to buy a comprehensive set of tools for resale at the end of a build? I saw such fine set when I visited @PeterStarck 's lovely build last year.

I won't be selling mine for a while :). I tend to go to Axminster Tools because they are fairly local and have a good selection.

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All DeWalt here other than a Paslode 350 and an old Makita collated screwdriver. My first cordless- 25 years back- was a B&D and when it died I kept the batteries and bought a bare Dewalt drill to replace it. The rest is history.

Except that I bit the bullet at the end of last year (as all my XRP batteries are going soft, and used XRP kit is still cheap as chips) and got some XR stuff, and a couple of XRP-XR adaptors.

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On 20/02/2019 at 10:57, Mr Punter said:

 

 

I don't see dry lining contractors using collated screw guns. Maybe @nod will comment as it is his field. A friend bought one and it was prone to jamming and the screws are expensive.

I’ve been using Hilti collated screw mags for over 20 year

If I saw a framer using singles It would set alarm bells ringing 

i cant rember the last time I saw someone using singles 

A lot of lads lease there tools from Hilti 

I get the collated mags fo a £100 each 

Two year guarantee Far superior to any other 

We just chuck them after two years 

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14 minutes ago, Big Neil said:

@nod. What do you me by collated magazines? All I know of collated screw guns is seeing review videos where there is a collated attachment with a belt of screws fed from below. Is that what you you mean. When i hear mag i just think of guns.

 

Search Hilti Mag - fits on the front of the SD range of drywall drivers. 

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1 hour ago, Big Neil said:

@nod. What do you me by collated magazines? All I know of collated screw guns is seeing review videos where there is a collated attachment with a belt of screws fed from below. Is that what you you mean. When i hear mag i just think of guns.

The Hilti have a Seperate mag and bit that simply push onto the batterie or corded gun

The makita and others are more diy 

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I think the tackers are given a price and supplied materials by the boss, who goes with whatever is cheapest. They have their own tools, but I guess most don't have collated screw guns and the boss buys individual screws cheap enough. For commercial jobs on metal frame I can see why collated is standard.

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