ALDI's latest offering

Here's what's on offer at Aldi Australia this Wednesday the 17th Feb, now is it a starter to get anybody hooked , or, is it just a piece of junk ?

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/special-buys/special-buys-wed-17-feb/wednesday-detail-wk07/ps/p/3d-printer/

Direct link to the Spec. page:

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MichaelG.

At a glance, it looks a decent printer for £250 - heated bed, excellent choice of filaments as well as PLA (conductive, flexible)

Seems this is all we have to look forward to in the uk:

**LINK**

That is the Wanhao I3 Duplicator. it is £289 in the UK when they have them. They sold out last week. It has a metal frame

http://www.technologyoutlet.co.uk/collections/3d-printers/products/3d-printer-wanhao-duplicator-i3

regards

Steve

Edited By Steve F on 11/02/2016 09:16:05

Lol, prices keep dropping - I recently purchased an ultrasonic cleaner from Aldi for $25Au. It does the same job of cleaning my cartridge cases as the 'Name Branded' one from the local firearms dealer which retailed for $149Au.

Same specs, same transducer, different badge.

Might just give this one a go - It would be nice if it could print in wax.

Hey, Neilo, Australia is often used by some outlets as a 'test case' for consumer acceptance of new toys.

* Danny M *

Gentlemen, thank you very much for that information, much appreciated.

Aldi related. Bought a very nice black magnifying desk lamp there yesterday. Well made and good looking. Not particularly cheap at £20 but the quality shows.

Rik

Just fed my Alddiction. L:ED movement sensor lamps were £6.99, as I already have a smaller one inside the workshop door and its really useful I thought I'd get another. This one has EIGHT(!) Maxell AAs in it instead of three AAAs so I suspect it will last even longer than the year I get out of the other one.

Also wire strippers for 1.99 - less successful as the brass adjustment screw is too tight to move by hand, but I looks like it's an M5 thread so I can sort that.

Neil

Oops Lidl actually, but then my pun wouldn't work...

you can have a Lidliction

Roy

But then I'd need medication.

Neil

I also indulged in a lidl-bit of a buy-up while my car was being sorted in the adjoining toyota dealership... another clip-light plus more cheap tools (they tend to get carried about the farm in the rain and used for opening tins so cheap is better)

Picked up a set of 5 flex head spanners for a tenner today, so 2 quid a spanner

If you can find one they also do a 50mm cordless nail gun for 80 bananas

Sold out online but still in some shops

A bit of a mega bargain, these things can be up to 500 quid a pop

I hope it is better than the earlier incarnation I had. Nicad era - the batterries and charger were good but the actual nail gun was carp. A relatively inexpensive purchase, but failed at about the time the warranty expired.

Some workshop type stuff listed for tomorrow (Thursday 13th). Link below.

**LINK**

Edited By V8Eng on 12/09/2018 22:29:36

Finally got one ! … Aldi special buy day, Inverter welder + auto dimmer helmet.
Short summary; All ref to Manufactures' … usual disclaimer applies.

Spent a couple of hrs playing with it this afternoon, nice piece of kit so far. Comes complete with earth clamp, tongs, welding mask, wire brush instruction manual, fitted UK 13 amp plug, having got the auto dimmer helmet I didn't bother assembling the supplied mask. Claimed rod range... 1.6 - 2.5 mm rods, max amp rating of 80 amps.

Had to go & buy a pack of rods from M/Mart on the way home, was a bit dubious about 2.5mm rods so opted for 2mm, ( 5kg pack of unbranded rods so quality wise ? ) The setting quoted for 2mm rods in the manual is 40 - 80 amps...2.5mm rods are quoted as 50 - 100 amps... so max of 80 amps may not be quite enough for these. set up for 60 amps & gave a couple of passes on some black angle iron, amazing how much chicken sh1t I ended up making. I thought I could still do a reasonable pass but the years since having done any have taken their toll, talk about wandering all over the place, not maintaining arc gap etc. still the resulting passes showed that 60 amps was a little too high so dropped down to 50, … bit sticky... upped to 55 - 58 ish, seems ok so will use that as base line amps.

The auto dimmer helmet worked straight out of the box, is solar powered with Lithium ion battery back up, claims not to need changing, extremely quick dimming action, < 0.7 millisecond claimed. The only point of note was that the earth clamp had just a spring for the action & no copper braided connection, cable just fastened to clamp.

Other than that I'm pleased with my buy, now just need to re-practice not making chicken sh1t, Oh & something to weld...







George.

What's a little bit scary about the MachineMart welding rods is that there's nothing to say what type they are .

Anyhow, with 6013 rods you whould be alright at 75Amps for 2.5mm rods. 2.5mm 7018 wouldn't be nice, Don't know it you can easily get 2mm ones though.

Back to Aldi, I'm hoping to pop in to our one tomorrow to get hold of one of their needle scaler guns. I've got a surface grinder coolant tank that's got a thick layer of steel grit that I allowed to dry out. It's impossible to get out with the pressure washer, so I hope to rattle it loose .

Just used an Aldi sharpening grinder for the first time since I bought it a while ago, it did a reasonable job on the kitchen knives.

Thought this video would bring a smile to your faces!

Cheers

Martin

Got the Drill driver as a scissors car jack driver and nut remover thinking that the electronic torque control would make it good for puncture and car lifting work, as well as drilling screws nuts etc

Big mistake, the torque control is truly awful, it's actually bluddy dangerous because this is an amazingly powerful cordless drill with no decent safe torque control so squashed fingers and twisted hands are a definite risk

So it's fabulous for drilling into steel and screwing 400 3 inch screws into decking but don't ever use it in a torque gun type situation

I would have sent it back but for 50 quid its the most ridiculously powerful cordless drill I've ever come across