subject: The Right Tools For The Job [print this page] Any DIY home improver can, with a little care, research and skill, produce as good a job as a professional. Where however the professional usually scores is in experience and the right tools.
Whereas the DIY person may have only carried out a job a few times a professional may have done it hundreds. They will have made mistakes but they will have learnt from them and found the best and quickest way to tackle any particular job. Still time is one thing the DIY person has that the professional does not, as for them productivity is money where as for the DIY person getting it right is what counts and they can spend time making sure it is.
The other matter though of the right tools is a little easier to correct. The professional will have invested in having the right equipment as for them it is how they make a living. Now professional quality tools such as the Makita power tools range are within the grasp of everybody.
The most basic of these power tools is the drill. If they were lucky our grandparents may have owned an electric drill but these are a pale shadow of the sophisticated tools that are available today. For a start they would have been mains electric drills and would have been relatively simply types with at most two speeds.
Today's drills of choice are battery powered units giving flexibility as to how and where they are used. They are also variable speed which means that they can be used as power drivers as well. Anyone who has had to repeatedly tighten screws by hand will know that this function alone makes the drill worth the cost. It does not stop there however as most also have a hammer drill setting so that they can drill with relative ease into masonry. In the past this function usually required a separate drill. Yes the modern battery drill is certainly a flexible piece of kit.
However that is not all that there is in the Makita power tools range. The jig saw is probably the next most useful tool in the power tool arsenal as these are not only used for cutting holes in worktops but can be used for cutting sheet materials. In fact for most people they will take the place of a regular saw as the preferred cutting tool. If however more heavy duty sawing of sheet material is envisaged then a circular saw is probably a better answer. Again these are available in the Makita power tools range.
For the real DIY enthusiast these are also the mitre saw. These will cut precise angles to ensure you can get the correct finish needed. These really were only for the professionals at one time and whilst Makita still do manufacture tools for the professionals they also manufacture one of these which is within the price bracket of the occasional user.
At Wickes we stock the Makita power tools range so that you can be sure you have the right tools for the job so you can get as good a finish as the professionals.
by: Emma McCann
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