Fix that screw

[undyingking]

I never thought I would be the sort of person who would for pleasure browse through the Screwfix catalogue. Yet I've just spent a happy half-hour doing exactly that. And thinking "What could I do with a biscuit jointer?" etc.

I've been quite restrained, though, and only actually bought the garden shredder (which is what I was supposed to be getting) plus a hasp and staple for the shed door, a new #1 Philips screwdriver (mine is worn), a circuit tester, and some light bulbs for the kitchen*. How long before I'm back again, though? It's worse than Amazon -- at least, there, guilt of self-indulgence sometimes holds me back from excess, but on Screwfix all these things are notionally useful.

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* NB waistcoatmark -- re earlier discussion, yes, one of ours has failed already.

Comments

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Think that's the same shredder we have -- or we might have its slightly smaller brother; it's certainly the same type, the spiral-cutting ones. As far as I could tell, they're the only ones which actually work ;)

They don't come with a waste-collecting bag as standard (or at least ours didn't) but it's easy enough just to hook either a very large carrier bag, or something like those bright yellow waste bags that garden centres sell, over the relevant bits.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

the only ones which actually work

Yeah, I borrowed a [whatever the cheaper mechanism is] one when I had to do some clearing at the old house, and found it only slightly more effective (and possibly more frustrating) than tearing the stuff up by hand would have been. I like the way this one reverses to free clogs, too.

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

The cheaper ones are a sort of spinning-disc thing, like a food processor, as I recall. We bought one of those, found out that it completely failed to shred anything, and took it back the next day to swap it for the more expensive species.

Given that a fair amount of our shredding needs involved firethorn, which is really not something you want to be trying to do by hand....

[smiorgan.livejournal.com]

Handy thing to know. I'd put off buying one for fear that it wouldn't work.

[undyingking.livejournal.com]

Having a borrow first is definitely recommended.

[bibliogirl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, definitely go for the Bosch spirally ones rather than the cheapo ones. Yes, more money, but they work _so_ much better....