Tools ?
11 July 2009, 07:11 PM
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Tools ?
Anyone else a tool hoarder ? I love tools and that isnt a thinly veiled ***** reference, they have never been cheaper, just ordered some digital vernier calipers off Ebay for seven quid !! to replace my old manual ones.
What is your favourite ?
What is your favourite ?
11 July 2009, 07:21 PM
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My Bergeon tools for playing with watches.
Drivers, case back removers, clamps, lens press, spring bar remover, link extractor, tweezers etc.
My favorite tool is my Rolex case back remover, it has several dies and a beautiful box.
They are a pleasure to use.
The cheapest and most usable tool I us is an Orb case back remover, so simple.
Not photo's as yet, they are at my other address.
Drivers, case back removers, clamps, lens press, spring bar remover, link extractor, tweezers etc.
My favorite tool is my Rolex case back remover, it has several dies and a beautiful box.
They are a pleasure to use.
The cheapest and most usable tool I us is an Orb case back remover, so simple.
Not photo's as yet, they are at my other address.
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11 July 2009, 08:27 PM
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What???? You make me sound like a pshyco 
Friends recon I was born in the wrong country anyway. Between the above fetish and the rifles and bows (yes, I do have some arrows tipped with broadheads) and the love of American pickups...........
Friends recon I was born in the wrong country anyway. Between the above fetish and the rifles and bows (yes, I do have some arrows tipped with broadheads) and the love of American pickups...........
11 July 2009, 08:30 PM
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I love decent tools too, I have a good set here in the UK, but at the house we are doing up in France, I have only the top tools for each job, no cheap substitutes
I also have a lathe, milling machine, full set of collets, specialist drills, rifflers and swiss files and sundry measuring and cutting tools here in the UK for 7mm scale modelmaking. Worth a bloody fortune
I also have a lathe, milling machine, full set of collets, specialist drills, rifflers and swiss files and sundry measuring and cutting tools here in the UK for 7mm scale modelmaking. Worth a bloody fortune
12 July 2009, 03:24 AM
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Favourate regular use tools for me are halfords pro ratchet spanners-only 5 degrees of movement required to turn, superb balance and feel and they look good as well.
Most importantly they have a lifetime guarantee and can take massive abuse without breaking or feeling 'rough'
cheers richie
Most importantly they have a lifetime guarantee and can take massive abuse without breaking or feeling 'rough'
cheers richie
12 July 2009, 09:05 AM
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I'm the same - particularly since buying a house that needs renovating - great excuse for buying loads of new stuff. My wife doesn't understand that a man DOES need 3 routers - all different sizes, and it means you don't need to keep swapping the bits over all the time.
Same with saws - two jigsaws, table saw, compound mitre saw, circular saw, plus the various handsaws.
Favourite has got to be the SDS concrete breaker though - apart from being a proper big manly tool that weighs a ton, when we moved in I had loads of concrete to break up in the back garden from paths, planters, greenhouse foundations etc.. ( ended up about 3 1/2 builders skips full ) and thought about hiring one, then decided to buy one for about £100 instead, which has saved loads of money for the amount of days use it has had.
Also does the rounds with the neighbours whenever they need anything breaking up, and I like it so much, I bought a smaller SDS drill to go with it for doing the more fiddly and delicate jobs.
Also just bought a set of Draper Professional sockets ( the ones with the 6 rounded points inside that grip the flats of the nut rather than the corners ) which are so much nicer to use than the cheap Halfords ones I had before.
Same with saws - two jigsaws, table saw, compound mitre saw, circular saw, plus the various handsaws.
Favourite has got to be the SDS concrete breaker though - apart from being a proper big manly tool that weighs a ton, when we moved in I had loads of concrete to break up in the back garden from paths, planters, greenhouse foundations etc.. ( ended up about 3 1/2 builders skips full ) and thought about hiring one, then decided to buy one for about £100 instead, which has saved loads of money for the amount of days use it has had.
Also does the rounds with the neighbours whenever they need anything breaking up, and I like it so much, I bought a smaller SDS drill to go with it for doing the more fiddly and delicate jobs.
Also just bought a set of Draper Professional sockets ( the ones with the 6 rounded points inside that grip the flats of the nut rather than the corners ) which are so much nicer to use than the cheap Halfords ones I had before.
12 July 2009, 09:11 AM
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TBH, buying versus hiring is a no-brainer if you have lots to do.
We fitted 75 sq m of solid chestnut flooring on the first floor of our French house, the whole lot secret nailed. Took us best part of a week to do.
The secret nailer could be hired at around £30 per week, we were out there two weeks, so £60. Plus VAT
I bought one for £199 free delivery, from Screwfix, used it, and sold it for £195 when I got back...........amazing what folk will pay on e-bay, they don't seem to search for best prices before buying:rolleyes;
We fitted 75 sq m of solid chestnut flooring on the first floor of our French house, the whole lot secret nailed. Took us best part of a week to do.
The secret nailer could be hired at around £30 per week, we were out there two weeks, so £60. Plus VAT
I bought one for £199 free delivery, from Screwfix, used it, and sold it for £195 when I got back
...........amazing what folk will pay on e-bay, they don't seem to search for best prices before buying:rolleyes;
12 July 2009, 10:24 AM
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Tend to find that the wife will watch me struggle and moan if I suggest something to make the job easier, was cutting railway sleepers with a hand saw, took me an hour to do one, I thought sod this and decided a chainsaw was in order, she pulled a face about the anticipated £100/£150 so I downed tools, got in the car and came back with one, I pointed out that I was clearing over a grand a week contracting and if I wanted a chainsaw I was going to buy one, made the cut in 10 seconds as oposed to a sweaty, painful, creosote soaked hour.
Never understimate a wives desire to avoid you spending money on tools, after all that money could be better spent on shoes, handbags or having hair removed from various places.
Never understimate a wives desire to avoid you spending money on tools, after all that money could be better spent on shoes, handbags or having hair removed from various places.
12 July 2009, 10:51 AM
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Its a snap on Palm ratchet for me the best tool ever made. Go snap on.......!
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....re&dir=catalog
http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....re&dir=catalog
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12 July 2009, 11:09 AM
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I always used to buy some Snap On tool or other when we used to go to the States for training trips. I find that their ratchet wrenches are the best action of the lot and they never seem to wear out.
I even bought a little packet of drills for glass today in Liddles at half price even if I don't need them at the moment.
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12 July 2009, 01:35 PM
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Ive seen them used on a target with a 100lb draw compound bow, and
they dont do the target a lot of good lol
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12 July 2009, 02:01 PM
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Vortex socket wrench for me, lets the threads go straight through handy for those pita jobs.
Wouldn't go so far to say it's my favourite, it just gets used a lot.
Wouldn't go so far to say it's my favourite, it just gets used a lot.
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Looking at it, i see
A Hammer
A crowbar
2 screwdrivers the same size (one as a spare for when you damage the other one)
A multitude of spanners
And it has a cool hole to hang it up with
I want 2 of them
A Hammer
A crowbar
2 screwdrivers the same size (one as a spare for when you damage the other one)
A multitude of spanners
And it has a cool hole to hang it up with
I want 2 of them
12 July 2009, 03:56 PM
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Might be doing a trip to france which will be good. We're just planning the logistics of how to keep it cold on the trip back.
Got them for a display backdrop I has in the medal cabinet.
PS: I only shoot a girly 53lbs
