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Electric
and Hand Tools
You can find and buy pretty
well any sort of equipment on the internet -use the manufacturers
websites to find out about the product, and then there are a
number of online sellers where you can compare prices -Screwfix,
DIY Tools.
Many of the sites offer good
health and safety guides online -these are worth reading, particularly
if you are not used to using powerful equipment. You may also
wish to register fr the Construction
Skills Certification Scheme which issues a widely recognised
card to those who have passed their fairly straightforward test
on site safety.
Tool manufacturers:
Some of the better know online
retailers are listed below:
- Black and Decker
-the household name is in fact the worlds largest supplier of
power tools and accessories.
- Bosch
Power Tools -the German
manufacturer has long been a respected supplier of professional
(blue) and DIY (green) power tools and gardening tools. They
even do their "Bosch Mini" range for the younger DIY
enthusiasts of 3 and above.
- DeWalt -wide range of electric tools including
drills, hammers, staplers, saws and compressors in their distinctive
yellow/black colouring. Founded in the USA in 1922 by Raymond
E. DeWalt.
- Draper
Tools -founded by Bert
Draper in Kingston on Thames in 1919, Drapers now do a full range
of hand tools including sockets sets, spanners and pliers.
- Flymo -wheeled and hover mowers, shredders,
strimmers and garden vacs.
- Joseph Bentley
-traditional garden tools from Sheffield -nice tools but shame
about the musical website!
- Kärcher -specialists in cleaning equipment
-pressure washers, wet and dry vacuums, steam cleaners.
- King Dick Tools
-founded in Abingdon in 1856, they now offer a range of wrenches,
socket spanners, screwdrivers, pliers and other hand tools.
- Makita -range of electric drills, sanders,
saws and other equipment from the Japanese manufacturer.
- Old Garden Tools
-fabulous collection of antique gardening tools -love the horse
lawn mowing boots.
- Plasplugs -leading manufacturer of tililing
tools, tile cutters, fixings and drills.
- Ryobi -comprehsive range of electric drills,
sanders, routers, saws.
- Spear and Jackson
-long established British company making high quality garden,
power, contractor and hand tools.
- Stanley
-US manufacturer of hand tools, originally founded in 1843 by
Frederick T. Stanley as a bolt and door hardware manufacturing
company, they now do a huge range of storage, cutting, clamping,
fixing, measuring and laser products.
- Toolman -Sheffield based manufacturer of quality
woodworking tools.
Diggers
and excavting equipment:
Some of the better know online
retailers are listed below:
- Hewden -suppliers of access platforms, cranes,
hoists, excavators, dumpers and other building site equipment.
- JCB -if you need heavy plant then these
are the people! Founded by Joseph Cyril Bamford in 1945 the trademarked
name JCB has become the byword for heavy equipment. Also do a
range of consumer products for DIY at www.jcbshop.co.uk.
- MuckTruck -a versatile motorised mini-dumper,
available with a number of interchangeable accessories, very
useful for small building sites.
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