I totally understand the wrist problem, I hate filing flats for that very reason...
I love love love Aldi, you can find some real deals there, but I've had varying levels of success with tools. I think it's because I treat them so harshly!
Aldi, and similarly Lidl are German discount supermarkets that have spread throughout Europe like wildfire. Especially since the recession has got everyone looking for cheaper options. They do themed special offer purchases, usually twice weekly, on non-food items (as well as regional foods). There are sometimes some good bargains to be had. The food can be hit and miss as the brands are unfamiliar here. A comedian on tv described shopping there as being like shopping in a supermarket on holiday - good fun as you don't really know what anything is! :) Aldi is the bigger chain (think they're in the US too) and Lidl is a bit notorious for treating their workers badly.
Ah. I was wondering if "Aldi" was the same "Aldi" as here---it's regional, as far as I know. Out of Batavia, Illinois. It certainly seems the same corporate entity. They offer mostly food items, some very good prices as long as you're looking for nothing exotic, and the weekly specials on some non-food items, such as slow-cookers, screw-drivers or wrenches, occasionally a dremel or a blow-dryer, patio screen-houses, slumber-party sleeping bags for kids' sleep-overs, some garden items or other seasonal goods..things like that. Also paper goods such as toilet paper or kitchen paper-toweling, facial tissue, paper plates or cups; some housekeeping items (scouring powder, dishwasing liquid soap, cake soap) and some personal toiletry items such as toothpaste, mouth wash, antiperspirants....
I don't think it'll last long, the build quality ain't great. But I won't mind getting a more expensive one now I know it will do the job.
I've had pretty good luck with Aldi/Lidl. Boltcutters £3.99. A set of Electrical pliers that are perfect for boning tips £4.99. Plastic storage units meant for screws that are ideal for reels of thread etc
Do you have the means---mainly a dedicated space in which most of the filings can be confined---to have a sturdy table on which you can mount a bench-grinder (power grinding wheel?)
That would be the ideal long term solution but I don't have the room. I'm in an old tenement flat and sew in, what was, the (small) spare room. I'm crammed in there are it is. I couldn't swing a cat even if I had one :)
I use predominantly spiral, but sometimes flats are better. The corset I was working on last weekend was a request for all flat steel, which is why my poor old wrist was suffering. I stopped using pre-cut lengths a long time back as it just it's too wasteful and expensive. Also, I'd be putting in orders to Vena Cava every week :) I just need to be a bit creative in finding ways around the tasks that hurt and pace them. I would love to be able to move and get a bigger workroom, but the housing market is making it impossible right now. My flat is actually great for size for a 2 bedroom, but all the space is in the wrong rooms, like the hallway. Typical Glasgow tenement. I've used up all the space....too much stuff!!! :)
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I love love love Aldi, you can find some real deals there, but I've had varying levels of success with tools. I think it's because I treat them so harshly!
I hope it sticks it out a while :-)
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They do themed special offer purchases, usually twice weekly, on non-food items (as well as regional foods). There are sometimes some good bargains to be had.
The food can be hit and miss as the brands are unfamiliar here. A comedian on tv described shopping there as being like shopping in a supermarket on holiday - good fun as you don't really know what anything is! :)
Aldi is the bigger chain (think they're in the US too) and Lidl is a bit notorious for treating their workers badly.
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I was wondering if "Aldi" was the same "Aldi" as here---it's regional, as far as I know. Out of Batavia, Illinois. It certainly seems the same corporate entity.
They offer mostly food items, some very good prices as long as you're looking for nothing exotic, and the weekly specials on some non-food items, such as slow-cookers, screw-drivers or wrenches, occasionally a dremel or a blow-dryer, patio screen-houses, slumber-party sleeping bags for kids' sleep-overs, some garden items or other seasonal goods..things like that. Also paper goods such as toilet paper or kitchen paper-toweling, facial tissue, paper plates or cups; some housekeeping items (scouring powder, dishwasing liquid soap, cake soap) and some personal toiletry items such as toothpaste, mouth wash, antiperspirants....
Thanks!
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I've had pretty good luck with Aldi/Lidl. Boltcutters £3.99. A set of Electrical pliers that are perfect for boning tips £4.99. Plastic storage units meant for screws that are ideal for reels of thread etc
Tools hold a strange fascination for me :)
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I stopped using pre-cut lengths a long time back as it just it's too wasteful and expensive. Also, I'd be putting in orders to Vena Cava every week :)
I just need to be a bit creative in finding ways around the tasks that hurt and pace them.
I would love to be able to move and get a bigger workroom, but the housing market is making it impossible right now. My flat is actually great for size for a 2 bedroom, but all the space is in the wrong rooms, like the hallway. Typical Glasgow tenement. I've used up all the space....too much stuff!!! :)
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