Most essential tool

I've always used Manista hand cleaner with the poly grains in it, excellent stuff, used to buy it in 15ltr drums, but since I started using the gloves I just use a basic antibacterial hand cleaner. I wouldn't go back to oily hands. I know it's a bit namby-pamby, but you really don't want those nasty chemicals and used engine oil on your skin.
 
DaveHerns said:
I've never found a hand cleaner that works .
Engine cleaner followed by Fairy liquid does it for me !
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Add a spoonful of sugar to the Fairy Liquid for abrasion and it makes it really effective....
 
When you've been a paper-pusher all your life, there's something good about ingrained oil / dirt on your hands and under your nails
 
Desert Island Tools:

1. Full set of Imperial Stalwilly spanners, sockets, extension shafts, ratchet and power bar.

2. Cheap set of Taiwan-made small scale sockets.

3. O-ring pick.

4. LED headlamp torch.

5. Static timing light [ex Ford D Series truck front indicator].

6. Assorted screwdrivers - can never have too many.

7. Bench drill press.

8. Bench vice.

9. Torque wrench - the best quality.

10. Trolley jack.

11. Electronic vernier calipers.

12. Continuity and voltage tester.

13. Workshop manual.

14. Factory parts book.
 
Most definitely my new hi-lift trolley jack, never had a car so high off the ground so quickly & easily...... Backed up by the old faithful quick set 6ton van axle stands.

J
 
plus 1 for the welder again... 800 exhaust blowing round a joint... not any more... 20 minutes and a bit of gas the only cost!
 
Keith Coman said:
Desert Island Tools:

1.large axe
2. sharpe knife
3.Flints
4. May be a gun with amunition

I wouldn't have a p6 or any other vehicle with me so I might want to survive so I could get back to my P6 etc... :wink:
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I've just bought a plasma cutter! Got it on Ebay for £179 (Chinese, but hey, it works, I've seen the video) This is gonna make removing my Firebird rear 1/4 panels a damn site easier.. Can't wait to use it, but unfortunately there was a lead missing, so I'm waiting for that to arrive. :roll:
 
I think so. Basically it uses a high current arc to melt the metal in a very fine area, and a concentrated jet of compressed air which blows the molten metal away leaving a very clean edge. I've been practicing with it this morning on some gash metal. You can cut a straight line through 1.5mm steel almost as quickly as drawing a line with a pencil! It reduces the amount of time cutting out old metal by a huge amount. :D

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My current most essential tool is a magnet on a string, last night I picked up a plastic bag with a gross of 3/4" long self tappers, it split, all over the garage floor. Big old TV magnet swung up and down like a water dowser, sorted.


John.
 
John said:
My current most essential tool is a magnet on a string, last night I picked up a plastic bag with a gross of 3/4" long self tappers, it split, all over the garage floor. Big old TV magnet swung up and down like a water dowser, sorted.


John.
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Very handy, but to make the job even easier cover the magnet in a plastic bag before you pick up the screws, and then just peel the bag back over them all to remove them from the magnet, and they're already bagged up ready for storage.
 
That's why your an enigma Harvey, thinking outside the normal comes naturally to supernatural beings :LOL: Sheer genius.



John.
 
I have a magnet out of a microwave magnetron that I use for cleaning up after I have been grinding/welding etc.
Stick it in a bag and run it over the workbench/floor/etc and it's far better than any broom.
 
rockdemon said:
Definitely my aldi angle grinder - given it lots of stick the last month or two and not missed a beat!

Rich
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I totally agree Rockdemon .. Ive got a couple of Premier grinders which are used for cutting, polishing, cleaning, shaping, building, decorating and occasionallly ........ grinding ..Havegrinderwilltravel :D
 
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