Aldi Sunday

[Andi]

Hmm I needed 2 drill bits.. The set for £14 will do nicely

 

https://www.aldi.co.uk/c/specialbuys/dates/2018-01-28?q=%3Apopular&page=0

 

 

Actually Im feeling a bit tight so maybe these

https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-metal-drill-bits-set/p/081535191433801

Edited January 26, 2018 by Andi

[fry61]

At those prices I'm glad I'm out of the tool trade.

[agent_zed]

always concerning though when it says for metal drilling on the box and then in the contents below it says 11 masonary bits and in the description lists masonary as one of the things they can drill.

 

I always find cheap drill bits very brittle. I've taken to buying slightly more expensive packs of the ones i actually use a lot.

 

Sometimes worth a shot though. Bought a cheap router table from Aldi i think it was £20 or less and that's been brilliant.

[theduck]

I bought a set of those Aldi ones years ago, they were excellent, in fact I think I will buy some more!

[Andi]

Ditto. Spent more money on 1 bit plenty of times and found them no better than Aldi

[fry61]

Back in the day ---we stocked every size of HSS drill from 0.3mm to 13mm in 0.1mm steps & 13 to 25 in 0.5mm steps --- bet Aldi don't match that.

[speedtripledan]

At those prices you won't be drilling many holes in metal.

[kevin the chicken]

Certainly not in stainless!

[Andi]

Back in the day ---we stocked every size of HSS drill from 0.3mm to 13mm in 0.1mm steps & 13 to 25 in 0.5mm steps --- bet Aldi don't match that.

 

I bet they don`t too..........

 

But then again, I bet you did`nt stock tampons either

[fry61]

No --- because we were a tool shop --- read into that what you will

[kevin the chicken]

Bet you didn't have an ATM either. Ours did until about 4 this morning when a gang of scumbags extracted it with a land rover 110. We got called out because the automatic fire alarm was activated and beat the police there by a couple of minutes. Half the entrance has been pulled out. Thousands of pounds worth of damage, hopefully the machine was nearly empty.

[fry61]

No ATM but we did have tens of thousands of pounds worth of Dewalt power tools stolen in a crash & grab raid --- bankruptcy loomed & only averted by a re- mortgage.

[kevin the chicken]

It makes me furious. We are only a small town and that is the only decent supermarket for miles. When you think of all the cost too, the lost cash and ATM, the damage to the store and their lost revenue, the police investigation, the fire service attendance and the stolen vehicles are just a few things. We are a soft target here since our police station was closed, the nearest one is now ten minutes away at least on blue lights and by the time they get here the perpetrators are long gone as they are so practiced at it. Makes a change for them to use a 4wd rather than a JCB telehandler though.

[bullfist]

Remember buying a set of masonry bits from a major supplier that (I think) were sourced from India. A anticipated vigorous piece of masonry drilling put a right-angle bend in the bit!

[Andi]

Well, the drills have paid for themselves already.

The head snapped off a bolt when doing the final last tightening turn on the kick start of my piece of sh*t Peugeot Chinese scooter.

I put a 6mm drill nearly an inch down the center of the bolt. Job done.