Al and Jacque

Have loads of power tools as I am a carpenter, dilemma is do i sell them here and probably not get what they are worth, or do i ship the lot to OZ, by the way they are all 110v which is the regulation in UK, so need your advice.

Thanks
Al

Nu-Shooz

Ship them all. We did.
What's the point in selling them just to buy them all again.

Damson

Just out of interest, would carpentry tools need to be thoroughly cleaned (because of wood shaving remnants)? Hubby also has quite a few tools.

newjersey

knowing how ozzie are paranoid about untreated wood (or rather any nasties that can come with it), I'd say clean them best you can.

Flixy

We had a shipping agent in the other day who suggested using a pressurised air spray to get rid of any sawdust. He said to take them to the local petrol station and use theirs if we don't have one!

Damson

Good idea, love it when people think outside of the box!

Flixy

He also said to use a wire brush to get the dry mud out of any tread on shoes, then use a cotton bud dipped in Milton sterilising fluid to sterilise them, I can't wait for that job!

hantsfamily1

I would sell the 110v tools and start again here. The sites here are all 240v and as they have no idea what a transformer is they are not too comfortable around them.

On the bigger sites the health and safety is big and all tools have to be tested and tagged every 3 months. The company who you are working for usually takes care of this.

The 110v tools have no resale value here so if you do bring them you are stuck with them.

Good luck.

ABCDiamond

I would tend to agree with the above, unless you only want them for personal use.

johnnyyt

Dilute some Jeyes fluid and put it in a spray bottle for cleaning.

Johnnyyt

Wendy66

Bring them, hubby is a builder and they are all fine here. Just clean them best you can, AQIS did open 'every' box of tools to check them and there were a lot! They don't have to be spotless, just clean of mud etc.

Catch

this question has been "hammered" over the last couple of years, 110 power tools are not used in oz,it will be difficult to get them tagged for use and they will have zero re sale value.

BadgeIsBack

'Torque' about it!

I would bring any 240 gear.

Catch

'Brickin' hell your right on there guvoner

rodandhayley

sell em thats what i did,

if you decide to keep em bring a few transformers with you
im not talking about optimus prime i mean the yellow box tranny
if yours is nicked ,breaks down or you lose it you will have a hell of a job getting another one.