Mike Chantler Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 (edited) Mine has steady amber when plugged in to both old and new 1A and 2A wall chargers with supplied lead. Some of my other USB leads give flashing amber (reduced charge rate?), some steady amber. 45W dell charger gives no light. Microsoft laptop charger with USB socket has flashing amber on supplied lead. Confusing! Now plugged in with amber to see how long until full charge. Edited September 10, 2023 by Mike Chantler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Manuel Posted September 10, 2023 Share Posted September 10, 2023 I bought a set of the micro drill bits. Good luck using the smallest one (0.3mm) more than once. I can barely SEE it, never mind drill a hole with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Cracknell Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Good luck to you guys buying the Lidl mini drill. I bought one when they first came about. Tried to get a chuck to fit it as collets wouldn't go down to my 0.25 drill bit. Weird and wonderful thread which none of the commercially available chucks would fit. 2 years on and the charger gives up the ghost. Contacted Lidl about a replacement charger and was told, quite bluntly, no chance. Treat them for what they are, a limited life alternative. Have now bought a Dremel with chuck and right angle adaptor. USB charged and as smooth as you like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyinFlynn Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 16 hours ago, Gary Manuel said: I bought a set of the micro drill bits. Good luck using the smallest one (0.3mm) more than once. I can barely SEE it, never mind drill a hole with it! Drill bits that size are only meant to be used in a cnc machine or a very precise pillar drill (think pcb drilling) because the bits are so fragile, any sidewise force applied to the bit will snap it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-H Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I bought one of the Parkside mains powered drill fairly recently and that came with a 3 year warranty, so worth keeping your receipts. It was £35 less 20% discount, so I thought it worth the gamble. It’s a bit fierce so better at cutting than drilling. I also have a couple of old Minicraft drills which are still going and the Minicraft thread size turns out to be the same as the Lidl drill so I have been able to fit a Minicraft chuck onto the Lidl drill. Although Minicraft tools are no longer available, there’s an outfit called Squires Tools who sell spare drill chucks. However, I also bought a Dremel collet nut to see if it fitted the Parkside thread - it doesn’t ! What I haven’t established though is whether the thread size around the neck of the Parkside drill is the same as the Dremel thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 That's not great news about the thread size on the Parkside cordless rotary tool as I think collets were designed by a particularly malevolent demon and far prefer a chuck - I do still have my MInicraft driill so will try the one on that one that for size. In general I've found the Parkside tools to be excellent. My small cordless drill is still going strong after many years of hard graft and is the power tool that I use most for drilling and screwdriver. It only needs charging infrequently and the battery is holding up well, touch wood. The electric nail/staple gun has also given several years of good service. A previous cordless rotary tool from either Lidl or Aldi and I don't think it was Parkside, was fine at first, but covered in that rubberised coating which degraded and went very sticky over time, making the tool unusable. No amount of cleaning with different solvents could cure the problem and so it's never been used since. I wish they wouldn't put that stuff on tools, it always seems to go off - it's not just on the cheap tools either, for some bizarre reason they chose to use it on the side cheeks of my very expensive Nikon research microscope, which cost more than all but one of the cars I've ever owned and after about eight years became a sticky mess, so much so that those cheeksare covered in parcel tape to make the instrument capable of being used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrman Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I had that "rubber" coating problem on a couple of Panasonic cameras and managed to remove it with isopropyl alcohol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh McCaber Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 There are two sizes of collets available. These are the collets from eBay that I bought for my Lidl multidrill- they fitted perfectly- cheap as chips- 6 squid for two- worth a gamble- you can always send 'em back if they don't fit!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354578570926?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180105095853%26meid%3D4bbb761fc554477c8b4cbffd1ad0e81e%26pid%3D100903%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D20%26sd%3D354578570926%26itm%3D354578570926%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2510209%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2510209.c100903.m5276 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 20 minutes ago, jrman said: I had that "rubber" coating problem on a couple of Panasonic cameras and managed to remove it with isopropyl alcohol. Aye, I tried that - my solvents try it on an unobtrusive bit goes - water-Isopropanol -meths - turps/white spirit -acetone. I stopped short of acetone IIRC because that seldom ends well where plastics are concerned, Unfortunately no joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 Tosh - the Parkside drill comes with multiple collets, which just makes the situation even worse. Like I said I far prefer a chuck and managed to get one for my Dremel from an online tool shop a few years ago. I'll give the Minicraft one a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I got a couple of eboot and Chinese aliwatsit chucks for my Dremel and neither of them fitted.🤐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Harris Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 I bought a 1metre straight edge/rule last week, perfect for cutting full lengths of balsa strip safely as it is quite wide and has a handle on, think it was £7.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 As well as the collets that came with the tool, I also have a set of ten brass collets sized 0.5 - 3.2mm which fit it, so I assume I must have got them from Lidl as well 😕. The thread on the spindle is 7mm and has 40 tpi. It's like no thread I've ever seen. I assume Lidl copied Dremel and Minicraft in going out of their way to be awkward beggars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 On 10/09/2023 at 08:37, Don Fry said: I used to have one of the quadropters. Not got the car, but I have Lidl underpants in those colours. Attire of choice for a sex God. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike T Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Way TMI... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RottenRow Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 At least he hasn't put up a photo of him wearing (only) them.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh McCaber Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Leccy, when I wrote "collets" above, I should have probably said "chucks". You just need the one, just like a fukll size drill. See the ebay entry below: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354578570926?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180105095853%26meid%3D4bbb761fc554477c8b4cbffd1ad0e81e%26pid%3D100903%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D20%26sd%3D354578570926%26itm%3D354578570926%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2510209%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2510209.c100903.m5276 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 Aaah, right - I didn;t bother with the link, because I need more collets like I need a hole in the drill. I ordered one of those for my Dremel a few years ago, so use it regularly, but I think it's probably a different screw thread than the Parkside - will check though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tosh McCaber Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Various ebay sites showed different dias. Got this one, and it fitted the thread on my drill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 I think it's the pitch of the screw thread, rather than just the diameter Tosh, however if the reports that a pukka Dremel chuck doesn;t fit the Parkside are correct, the one I have which fits the Dremel isn;t likely to work, but I'll check with the one I have and the Minicraft as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 12, 2023 Author Share Posted September 12, 2023 Just checked - good news - the replacement chuck fitted on my old Dremel fits the Parkside rotary tool. The MInicraft chuck doesn't get anywhere near close. Just need to search out where I got the Dremel replacement one from now and get another. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted September 12, 2023 Share Posted September 12, 2023 Leccy, I’ve bought cheap knockoff versions. Not the best purchases, they all seem to have a harmonic somewhere in the speed range. Drexel brand are available everywhere, iro £14. Lasts forever, no vibration. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy-H Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 In case of interest, I’ve just picked up one of the Parkside cordless drills with USB-C charging cable and have found that whilst current Dremel collet nuts won’t fit the mains powered drill, they will fit the cordless drill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Acland Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Bought one of the drills today. Plugged it in to a USB charger rated at 5v 2A. The USB charger became very hot, in fact so hot that I unplugged it. I assume I need to get a USB charger rated at 4A to be able to charge it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Lewis 3 Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 (edited) USB C isn't always 5 Volts, my laptop USBC intelligent charger is 19 volts, stupidly I lost the charger that came with mine so now have to charge it with my normal chargers (which means taking it appart), it won't charge off 5 volts though but can't remember what I used without taking it appart again. Edited September 15, 2023 by Philip Lewis 3 Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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