whats your favourite tool?

[roofman]

My Mag Drills, but an old 3/8 snap on ratchet comes a close second

 

[Parm]

Same here. I've got an Estwing 16oz claw hammer with vinyl grip that I've had for about 20 years. It's looking a bit grubby now but it's still as solid as when it was first bought.

Ace, I've got the same one too

 

[Spark plug]

At £223 on amazon it needs to be ....lol

They ain't cheep but mutch better than the cheeper offerings IMO. Also never turn it off and the battery lasts 2-3years, had a cheep one and if you forgot to turn it off the battery would be dead the next day

 

[awemawson]

What type is it? I've had a gander on ebay but there's as many different types as there are days of the week.

It's a generic ebay special 60 w job. I wrote a bit about it with pictures here:

http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,10888.0.html

 

[chunkolini]

I suppose mine is a bit predictable.
20mm solid bar in my Metalcraft Powerbender.

There is also this that I made and designed myself. My Ringmaker MkII
Makes rings in mild steel from about 80mm down to 30

 

[ukracer]

My Mag Drills, but an old 3/8 snap on ratchet comes a close second

Interesting ....what main uses do you put mag drills to?

 

[God mode restorations]

Gold plated too!

And a nice price to go with it..have found a couple of them..nice thoe...

 

[roofman]

Interesting ....what main uses do you put mag drills to?

a lot of roof construction drilling into RSJ ect...plus a lot of workshop stuff putting 20mm plus holes into plate and the likes.

 

[Jim Davey]

a snap on ratchet magnetic screwdriver inter changeable tips had it over 40 years now still going strong

Knipex Cobra adjustable pliers. Well made tool and pleasure to use.

I have both of the above tools and use them daily, can't rate them highly enough.

I also use this a lot.

Three phase test panel that supplies all the welders I work on/with. It's got a contactor on a remote pendant so I don't have to go back to othe panel every time I want to isolate a machine I'm working on. It has an amber beacon that flashes when energised to remind me when I'm working on live equipment. It's a godsend.

 

[Richard.]

Gedore 200mm bolt cutters, had em years and use them almost daily yet they are as good as they always were. 1 hand operation straight through a 6mm bolt, I use them for cutting everything from mig/Tig wire, nails , cables, bolts, hose clips yet they never go dull. Worth 3 times there price tag IMO.

 

[Jim Davey]

Gedore 200mm bolt cutters, had em years and use them almost daily yet they are as good as they always were. 1 hand operation straight through a 6mm bolt, I use them for cutting everything from mig/Tig wire, nails , cables, bolts, hose clips yet they never go dull. Worth 3 times there price tag IMO.

Good hand tools usually are. I adopt the policy that anything I use everyday needs to be good, I'll make savings on occasional use kit but I can't cope with the irritation of tools that just barely do the job if I have to use them too often.

 

[Richard.]

Good hand tools usually are. I adopt the policy that anything I use everyday needs to be good, I'll make savings on occasional use kit but I can't cope with the irritation of tools that just barely do the job if I have to use them too often.

Me neither I hate using cheap nasty chocolate metal to do a job. It's actually saved me a fortune in time and frustration buying my favourite brands in tools.

 

[Spark plug]

Me neither I hate using cheap nasty chocolate metal to do a job. It's actually saved me a fortune in time and frustration buying my favourite brands in tools.

It's getting harder to get "real"good brands now as good brand names are becoming Chinese in disguise like vice grips and record to name but a few.

 

[Jim Davey]

To be fair even a genuine Vice Grip was a fairly cheaply made bit of kit. I've had some new ones recently and the quality seems just the same as always.

 

[roofman]

To be fair even a genuine Vice Grip was a fairly cheaply made bit of kit. I've had some new ones recently and the quality seems just the same as always.

A genuine USA made vise grips was the best out there and walked all over the "mole grips"

 

[Spark plug]

A genuine USA made vise grips was the best out there and walked all over the "mole grips"

I agree USA made vice grips where the best locking plied by far.

 

[Jim Davey]

I agree, but they are still a pressed steel cheaply manufactured tool. I do like the knurling in the jaw tips though and the nice sharp edges, you can grip stuff really well even when you can barely get on the edge of it.

 

[roofman]

I agree, but they are still a pressed steel cheaply manufactured tool. I do like the knurling in the jaw tips though and the nice sharp edges, you can grip stuff really well even when you can barely get on the edge of it.

plus a genuine hardend jaw teeth that lasted and stayed sharp..i have 2 sets and ide never part

 

[gordon stephenson]

" One" of my favourites is a half inch drive toothless ratchet, Been absolutely great over the years, moves in the smallest increments and never slips despite any amount of torque. Stamped with the name QUEST, Cant find anything about this make at all, I would like to buy more of their gear if i could find any.

 

[Jim Davey]

Probably the most useful tool I own is my iPhone. Earns/saves me more money than any other piece of kit in the shop I expect.