Winner! Thanks CAMS, Bosch

[tortfeaser]

Hi, just a small gloat, and a thanks to Bosch and CAMS. Got this email just now:

Dear CAMS accredited official

CONGRATULATIONS!!! By registering with CAMS to receive an e-mail
notification each time a new edition of the "It's Official" newsletter
is published, you have been randomly selected as the lucky winner of a
power tool of your choice courtesy of CAMS' major sponsor, Bosch
Australia.

From the following list below, you will need to select three items in
order of preference (ie. 1-3). Normally you will be given your first
preference, but in case your first selection is not available, you will
receive your second preference, etc.

* Angle Grinder
* Cordless Drill
* Impact Drill
* Planer
* Stapler/Tacker
* Sander
* Jigsaw
* Circular Saw
* Router
* Heat Gun
* Glue Gun

Now all that you need to do is simply reply to this e-mail as soon as
possible with the following information:

* Your full name
* Address (that you would like the power tool delivered to)
* Contact number (i.e. mobile, home, business)
* Power tool preferences (i.e. 1-3)

NOTE: Please allow between 5 to 6 weeks for delivery.

Kind regards


Chris Terpos
Communications Officer
Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS)

I went for a router, then saw, then impact drill. Haven't had a good router in a while

[fro]

When you say router, do you mean Electrically Operated Die Grinder?

C'mon. I woulda thought you'd go for the Angle Grinder. No job is complete without the use of an angle grinder*.

* - =and the subsequent smouldering of flesh/velour/clothing.

[tortfeaser]

Supercheap is my angle grinder supplier of choice. If you're going to do every job with an angle grinder and as you say, the job isn't done until you have, then make it one you can get renewed regularly. And that only costs $20.

If, on the other hand, the choice involves a quality power tool (and it may not be), then I'm for the expensive die grinder. I thought about the glue gun as cable tie replacement and vinyl roof application tool, but I'd have to buy so much glue to fix all the Appliance bits that fall off.

[fro]

Originally posted by tortfeaser
Supercheap is my angle grinder supplier of choice.

Well, you've heard my theory on Supercheap electrical devices. While the reciept says you own it, the truth is you're leasing it for the length of the "warranty". When the "warranty" runs out, you inevitably end up having to renew your lease.

Originally posted by tortfeaser
I thought about the glue gun as cable tie replacement and vinyl roof application tool, but I'd have to buy so much glue to fix all the Appliance bits that fall off.

What bits have fallen off? Sure, some bits have been ripped off, some left behind, some carefully removed, some stretched beyond their elastic limit... but fallen off. I'll not hear such slander!

As for the vinyl roof... Well, when I have that big roll/pike/dive/off*, I'll be purshasing a hot glue gun post-haste.

* - Not if, but when.

[raybak]

Hey Fro have you seen the enw 18v rattle guns that Super Cheap are selling. How long do you wreckon they will last?

Ray

PS I'm not biased cos I don't work there anymore

[tortfeaser]

Haven't seen them, but my inner economist says they last the warranty period plus one day. Kind of like Chapman and Lotus - get to the end of the race and fall apart, but not a metre before. Still, if they're cheap, could be a goer.

[Spac]

Warraty plus a day? That's when the lease runs out, not how long a particular, individual item will last...
And here in Canberra we have the benefit of late night trading on Thursday and Friday nights (Queanbehole and ACT), so there's double to opportunity to obtain you change-over leased power tool, when you're madly trying to get your car ready for the weekend.