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Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Sep 26^th, 2015 at 3:57pm

Just interested in your thoughts on automotive spanners.

Some suggest Snap On are the best quality, others reckon Stahlwille. Both are professional garage mechanic quality.

I have bought a few Stahlwille and am quite impressed however they are very expensive. They are not overly thick like the el cheapos (to make up for crap steel etc)

Not sure if I have any Snap Ons...Mmmm

I also have lots of the old Sidchrome (the made in Australia ones) which I have flogged to death.

Your thoughts?

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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2015 at 4:07pm

Redmond Neck wrote on Sep 26^th, 2015 at 3:57pm:

Just interested in your thoughts on automotive spanners.

Some suggest Snap On are the best quality, others reckon Stahlwille. Both are professional garage mechanic quality.

I have bought a few Stahlwille and am quite impressed however they are very expensive. They are not overly thick like the el cheapos (to make up for crap steel etc)

Not sure if I have any Snap Ons...Mmmm

I also have lots of the old Sidchrome (the made in Australia ones) which I have flogged to death.

Your thoughts?

Yes - Sidchrome are terrible because they
are too thick to get into tight places.

Those other 2 brands are fantastic.

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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2015 at 4:37pm

Bobby. wrote on Sep 26^th, 2015 at 4:07pm:

Redmond Neck wrote on Sep 26^th, 2015 at 3:57pm:

Just interested in your thoughts on automotive spanners.

Some suggest Snap On are the best quality, others reckon Stahlwille. Both are professional garage mechanic quality.

I have bought a few Stahlwille and am quite impressed however they are very expensive. They are not overly thick like the el cheapos (to make up for crap steel etc)

Not sure if I have any Snap Ons...Mmmm

I also have lots of the old Sidchrome (the made in Australia ones) which I have flogged to death.

Your thoughts?

Yes - Sidchrome are terrible because they
are too thick to get into tight places.

Those other 2 brands are fantastic.

Yes thick spanners.

I really noticed that when I was trying to remove the starter motor I think it was from my old project car (Aside: An old Alfetta that will most likely never get finished) anyway I had to really hunt for a spanner with a small head to fit over one nut that was hard to get at and be then able to turn it a little bit at a time.

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Redmond Neck Moderator Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21966 ACT Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2015 at 5:05pm That certainly was the talk in the old days Aussie when they were made in Oz. Not sure that still applies.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39227 Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #5 - Sep 26^th, 2015 at 5:15pm Redmond Neck wrote on Sep 26^th, 2015 at 5:05pm: That certainly was the talk in the old days Aussie when they were made in Oz. Not sure that still applies. I would not know Mr Neck. The Thread reminded me of that decades old jingle so I went in search for it, is all.
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Kat Gold Member Offline Socialism IS the answer. Posts: 17709 Everywhere and no-where Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #6 - Sep 28^th, 2015 at 2:20pm No idea whether they are still available, but there is/was a Japanese brand, 'Mini-Max', which were very good, but not cheap. Had a set of their 3/8"-drive sockets for literally years.
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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #7 - Sep 28^th, 2015 at 5:12pm

Kat wrote on Sep 28^th, 2015 at 2:20pm:

No idea whether they are still available, but there is/was a Japanese
brand, 'Mini-Max', which were very good, but not cheap.

Had a set of their 3/8"-drive sockets for literally years.

Yes I also had some of them years ago Kat and also liked them, cant recall what happened to them. Maybe they were Whitworth sizes that I used on my old pommie cars (Austin, Vanguard etc.?)

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40955 Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #8 - Jan 13^th, 2016 at 5:25pm I have bought quite a few sets of 'Force" sockets . Very good, they'ld make good spanners too
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40955 Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #9 - Jan 13^th, 2016 at 5:35pm A guy at work the other day said 'Yato' tools are good. They look ok .
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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #10 - Jan 13^th, 2016 at 5:42pm

Redmond Neck wrote on Sep 26^th, 2015 at 4:37pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 26^th, 2015 at 4:07pm:

Redmond Neck wrote on Sep 26^th, 2015 at 3:57pm:

Just interested in your thoughts on automotive spanners.

Some suggest Snap On are the best quality, others reckon Stahlwille. Both are professional garage mechanic quality.

I have bought a few Stahlwille and am quite impressed however they are very expensive. They are not overly thick like the el cheapos (to make up for crap steel etc)

Not sure if I have any Snap Ons...Mmmm

I also have lots of the old Sidchrome (the made in Australia ones) which I have flogged to death.

Your thoughts?

Yes - Sidchrome are terrible because they
are too thick to get into tight places.

Those other 2 brands are fantastic.

Yes thick spanners.

I really noticed that when I was trying to remove the starter motor I think it was from my old project car (Aside: An old Alfetta that will most likely never get finished) anyway I had to really hunt for a spanner with a small head to fit over one nut that was hard to get at and be then able to turn it a little bit at a time.

If you have bought Sidchrome spanners & sockets - all is not lost

- you can easily grind them down with a bench grinder to fit into tight spots.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40955 Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #11 - Jan 13^th, 2016 at 5:47pm bobby - I have done that. It's not easy. Must not let the spanner get too hot, must keep the surfaces parallel. It worked though, looks a bit ugly
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Redmond Neck Moderator Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21966 ACT Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #12 - Jan 13^th, 2016 at 5:49pm Yes I have ground a few down myself! I dont think I would try with a chinese /indian made brand though!
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Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market
Reply #13 - Jan 13^th, 2016 at 5:58pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jan 13^th, 2016 at 5:47pm:

bobby - I have done that.

It's not easy. Must not let the spanner get too hot, must keep the surfaces parallel.

It worked though, looks a bit ugly

Don't worry about what they look like -

the Sidchrome steel is so strong that it can take the heavy grinding.

Just dip in water every 10 seconds to keep them cool.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40955 Gender:	Re: Best Brand Of Spanners on the Market Reply #14 - Jan 13^th, 2016 at 6:38pm Oh, for me, the looks of my tools are paramount.
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