Favourite tool in your tool chest?

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Re: Favourite tool in your tool chest?

Postby speed » Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:18 pm

bruce wrote:Me! I can sometimes be handy.


Self nomination - I like it :)



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Re: Favourite tool in your tool chest?

Postby Nevyn72 » Wed Feb 11, 2015 5:41 pm

bruce wrote:Me! I can sometimes be handy.

So you're basically calling yourself a tool Bruce? :shock: :roll:
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Re: Favourite tool in your tool chest?

Postby bruce » Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:55 pm

:).

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Re: Favourite tool in your tool chest?

Postby track_addict » Wed Feb 11, 2015 10:10 pm

4 way spanners or my parallel knipex multigrips. So bloody handy. Then the selection of hammers, of course.
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Re: Favourite tool in your tool chest?

Postby Caffeine » Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:28 am

Sidchrome rotator socket driver. You can twist the handle in both directions to rotate the socket, as well as using it like a regular socket driver. It's awesome for getting at bolts in hard to reach locations (rear suspension top bolts for example)

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Re: Favourite tool in your tool chest?

Postby fastfreddygassit » Thu Feb 12, 2015 11:26 am

^^^^^^
Caffeine you legend!
I didn't know this existed but I know I could have used this quite a few times in the past.
Thanks for the inspiration as I have just bought one off eBay! :BROADY:
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As for me, favourite tool.....hmmmm that is a hard one to delineate....but here goes:

#1 would be the 1/2" breaker bar, and the 1.5m RHS that slides over it!
#2 is having multiple angle grinders with different discs (cutting, grinding, sanding, flapper wheel) which makes life
much easier when welding/fabbing stuff.
#3 is the "3rd Hand" which is invaluable when soldering
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#4 is having both the phone and computer in the garage so you can research/ring when sh!t goes wrong! :mrgreen:

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Re: Favourite tool in your tool chest?

Postby Caffeine » Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:58 pm

fastfreddygassit wrote:^^^^^^
Caffeine you legend!
I didn't know this existed but I know I could have used this quite a few times in the past.
Thanks for the inspiration as I have just bought one off eBay! :BROADY:
:NETPOINTZ:


hehe when I first saw it in bunnings I turned the handle, and the socket rotated, I was impressed. Then I turned the handle the other pay, and the socket still rotated in the same direction, and I was blown away :D

I ended up buying one on the spot, I got one for uncle, and one for my best man as a thank you present at our wedding too :oops:
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Re: Favourite tool in your tool chest?

Postby speed » Mon Nov 13, 2017 10:23 am

I'm reviving this thread. Screw my breaker bar. This thing will now save me hours of frustration :)

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