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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 40955 Gender:	New tools May 14^th, 2016 at 11:05pm I'm keen to buy some new tools. No idea on what though. Something stylish and well finished.
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Redmond Neck Moderator Offline OzPolitic Posts: 21966 ACT Gender:	Re: New tools Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2016 at 10:31am What sort of tools are you talking about? Spanners Socket Sets Electric/Battery Drill Electric Saw Woodworking Tools Screw Drivers Shifters Hammers Garden Tools Whippers Snipper Blower/Vacuum Sorry I didnt read you post properly Quality spanners = Stahlwille - German made - slim construction - very expensive
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77095 Gender:	Re: New tools Reply #2 - May 15^th, 2016 at 11:04am here's a beaut one you can use in the garden
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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: New tools Reply #3 - May 16^th, 2016 at 7:25pm I've just purchased a router, jigsaw and two wood clamps for my birthday a couple of weeks back.. ' I'm in the throws of modifying one of my bee boxes to accept flowhive frames and to have a viewing window... got some finishing to do.. waiting for Perspex, some nobs and a couple of other small things and i'll be done
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Re: New tools
Reply #4 - May 16^th, 2016 at 7:58pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 7:25pm:

I've just purchased a router, jigsaw and two wood clamps for my birthday a couple of weeks back.. '

I'm in the throws of modifying one of my bee boxes to accept flowhive frames and to have a viewing window...

got some finishing to do.. waiting for Perspex, some nobs and a couple of other small things and i'll be done

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164100_resized.jpg

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164126_resized.jpg

Son of a good golfing mate of mine owns/runs a pretty big national business catering for specific perspex (plastics) needs, so if you have trouble getting what you want, let me know.

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Re: New tools
Reply #5 - May 16^th, 2016 at 9:01pm

Aussie wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 7:58pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 7:25pm:

I've just purchased a router, jigsaw and two wood clamps for my birthday a couple of weeks back.. '

I'm in the throws of modifying one of my bee boxes to accept flowhive frames and to have a viewing window...

got some finishing to do.. waiting for Perspex, some nobs and a couple of other small things and i'll be done

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164100_resized.jpg

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164126_resized.jpg

Son of a good golfing mate of mine owns/runs a pretty big national business catering for specific perspex (plastics) needs, so if you have trouble getting what you want, let me know.

no worries aussie..

Ive got 2 pieces of Perspex off ebay for $7 each delivered.. 300mm x 210mm

I also have 15 knobs coming in from china for $6.68 delivered..

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Re: New tools
Reply #6 - May 16^th, 2016 at 10:23pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 9:01pm:

Aussie wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 7:58pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 7:25pm:

I've just purchased a router, jigsaw and two wood clamps for my birthday a couple of weeks back.. '

I'm in the throws of modifying one of my bee boxes to accept flowhive frames and to have a viewing window...

got some finishing to do.. waiting for Perspex, some nobs and a couple of other small things and i'll be done

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164100_resized.jpg

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164126_resized.jpg

Son of a good golfing mate of mine owns/runs a pretty big national business catering for specific perspex (plastics) needs, so if you have trouble getting what you want, let me know.

no worries aussie..

Ive got 2 pieces of Perspex off ebay for $7 each delivered.. 300mm x 210mm

I also have 15 knobs coming in from china for $6.68 delivered..

Well, you sure don't need me or that son of my mate!!

(What's a knob?)

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 77095 Gender:	Re: New tools Reply #7 - May 16^th, 2016 at 10:53pm Aussie wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:23pm: (What's a knob?) Mechanic
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Reply #8 - May 16^th, 2016 at 11:22pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 7:25pm:

I've just purchased a router, jigsaw and two wood clamps for my birthday a couple of weeks back.. '

I'm in the throws of modifying one of my bee boxes to accept flowhive frames and to have a viewing window...

got some finishing to do.. waiting for Perspex, some nobs and a couple of other small things and i'll be done

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164100_resized.jpg

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164126_resized.jpg

ooooooohhhhhhh, a router !!

That never occurred to me

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Reply #9 - May 17^th, 2016 at 6:52am

1. Anything made of metal - don't buy from China.

Drill bits, slot-head and phillip-head screws, chisels, punches, wood-plane blades, files etc.

They 'dilute' good metal down just like dairy farmers used to water down their milk until the law caught up with them. Better to spend triple the 'Made in China' price for some good Solingen steel tools.

2. If you can - go to garage sales and antique shops to see if there are any tools from the old days when lots of carbon was added to the melt to make edge-cutting tools almost unbluntable and un-bendable.

It was only last week that I arrived just a little too late at a garage sale to buy some old fashioned tools that would have been a tradie's pride and joy.

My best luck was when I visited an antiques shop that had only just opened. I was happy as a pig in shi mud when I discovered they had a box full of old-style tools made of high-carbon steel. I think I started ululating, but don't quote me - it might have been the shopkeeper instead when he saw me pull out my wallet with GREED written all over my face.

3. DON'T buy anything that has plastic in its working parts or where any stress may be brought to bear. This is another trick the Made in China crowd are trying to foist on us to maximise profits for their cheap-to-make garbage. Plastic can hold up quite well in temperate climate zones, but definitely not in mainland Australia. The sun breaks the molecules down within a couple of years.

4. Screw-drivers of whichever type - NEVER buy from China where grossly inferior metals are dipped in a gold-coloured paint to make them look like quality products.

5. Sets of ring-spanners .... again, the rule is don't buy from China.

etc.

And lastly - DON'T ever take your best tools to work - You can guarantee that one, some, or all of them will be stolen by one of the arseholes you work with.

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Its time Gold Member Offline Boot libs out Posts: 25639 Gender:	Re: New tools Reply #10 - May 17^th, 2016 at 9:41pm Ashley juliar Mc hammer
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Reply #11 - May 17^th, 2016 at 9:44pm

Aussie wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 10:23pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 9:01pm:

Aussie wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 7:58pm:

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 16^th, 2016 at 7:25pm:

I've just purchased a router, jigsaw and two wood clamps for my birthday a couple of weeks back.. '

I'm in the throws of modifying one of my bee boxes to accept flowhive frames and to have a viewing window...

got some finishing to do.. waiting for Perspex, some nobs and a couple of other small things and i'll be done

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164100_resized.jpg

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/ae269/oldpom/20160515_164126_resized.jpg

Son of a good golfing mate of mine owns/runs a pretty big national business catering for specific perspex (plastics) needs, so if you have trouble getting what you want, let me know.

no worries aussie..

Ive got 2 pieces of Perspex off ebay for $7 each delivered.. 300mm x 210mm

I also have 15 knobs coming in from china for $6.68 delivered..

Well, you sure don't need me or that son of my mate!!

(What's a knob?)

Stops ya hand slipping off

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Reply #12 - May 18^th, 2016 at 7:16am

Oh yes, and when you go to Bunnings and ask one of their retired Tradies in the red shirts where they keep a certain tool - if instead of him immediately telling you where you can find them he instead asks you what you need it for, and then starts lecturing you about how to use it - just drop him there and then.

And then ask someone else and repeat the process until finally one of the assistants doesn't treat you like you're a village idiot.

I asked for a glass-cutter for a 1cm thick pane of glass last week. It was a simple request. It wasn't a trick question. After 5 minutes of incessant interrogation from him I dropped him on the cold concrete with a left-jab followed up by a knee to the groin and then rounded off with a right-hook to the jaw that required re-setting with titanium wiring and screws. Cool

Next time I need to know where something is kept I'll start off by saying ... "This is NOT 'Undercover Boss' - and it's NOT a trick question, and this is NOT a test of your knowledge as a white-haired retired Tradie .... I just simply want to know where you keep the chisels".

"Chisels? Certainly sir. What do you nee .... "

Kapowww!. No need to wait for him to finish his sentence.

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President Elect, The Mechanic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 17501 Gender:	Re: New tools Reply #13 - May 18^th, 2016 at 6:56pm i'd also like a belt sander.. and one of those paint rollers that you see on TV that you fill with paint on the inside of the roller so that you can just keep painting...
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Reply #14 - May 18^th, 2016 at 8:00pm

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on May 18^th, 2016 at 6:56pm:

i'd also like a belt sander..

and one of those paint rollers that you see on TV that you fill with paint on the inside of the roller so that you can just keep painting...

I bought a belt sander a while ago from trade tools.
Very good shop that.

It's renegade sander , excellent.

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