New sockets and wrench

rockdemon

rockdemon

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Got these from our very own hairyrover's site

http://www.baconsdozen.co.uk/

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Quality seems pretty good and good value for money :)
 
Most of my tools are deliberately abused to remove the shininess as once touched by oil they become irritatingly slippery!
 
Must say they look really nice. I usually get my tools from eBay or car boots / shows. I had a real bargain at the Dorset Steam Fair this year. A brand new old stock 1960's AF socket set in metal case for £8.00. There were tons of tools there this year all really cheap. I must admit the Landover was well laden on the return trip. :D
 
Yes, I think Kevin goes to a lot of trouble to actually source decent quality stuff. I believe he's slowly winding down now though.
 
Thanks for the kind comments. I'm cutting down the amount of stock I hold and the amount of time I spend at work,but pursuing a pet project at the same time. I'm trying to persuade an English company to make some imperial tools that are long out of production for me. The biggest problems are the fact that the quantity will be small and red tape but discussions are progressing well if slowly. Will keep you informed as to progress.
I'm open to suggestions as to what specialised imperial stuff might be worth considering,in for a penny in for a pound.
 
I have some more miniature AF spanners coming,Im investigating AF obstruction and crow foot spanners.
 
I must admit I'm a bit of a dunce in this regard - is an obstruction spanner one that goes round bends or something?

Rich
 
I did a Google search on "obstruction spanners" and it came up with various examples. I didn't realise that I already had many of these but didn't know what they were.
 
Quite often known as 'Block' spanners because they were often used on manifold or other nuts or bolts that were on the engine block and usually in difficult areas to access. Like a lot of AF (SAE) stuff,these are no longer common especially in higher quality. Crow foot spanners are like a open ended spanner with no handle but a square 3/8 or 1/2 hone close to the open jaw so that they can be turned with a socket extension bar and handle. The are used when there is an obstruction directly over the fixing and access around it wont allow a conventional spanner in (as per nuts under a rocker shaft or camshaft for example). These are very hard to find in AF.
 
I find that all the spanners I bend,cut down and modify to fit nuts and bolts in impossible locations get lost just before they are needed again.
 
hairyrover said:
I find that all the spanners I bend,cut down and modify to fit nuts and bolts in impossible locations get lost just before they are needed again.
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Because the designers of helicopters and their engines think it's really funny to tuck things away in barely accessible places, I have a collection
of modified tools, some of which bear little resemblance to their original form.
Needing one and not finding it is cause for some dark blue, high volume protest, at times.... :shock: :LOL: :roll:
 
I generally find that I find lost spanners about five minutes after I have finished the job I needed then for in the first place. I did manage to find a nice small tin once to put the small ones in. Only difference it made was that I lost the whole lot in one go.
 
Fortunately, (or not, depending on your point of view, I guess) we have stringent tool control requirements in Aviation, so my work toolbox is inventoried and losses are identified at tidy-up time rather than next time the tool is needed.
All that serves is to relocate the frustration and swearing times, though....particularly at the tail-end of a main transmission change that has run into day 5. :D :LOL:
 
I postponed retiring once but as it gets harder and harder to sell decent quality tools to a public that look in pound shops or Aldi for stuff because "I only need it for one job". I am selling up and retiring.
At least I'll have more time to play Rovers,maybe get a couple more to add to the collection.
 
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