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Jakey
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1st Jun 08 at 18:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cant afford SnapOn or Mac Tools but want something semi decent.

Cant be arsed with eBay because im still waiting for my paypal account so sort out..

Im mainly after Plier sets, breaker bar and torque wrench.

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Liam
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1st Jun 08 at 18:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
screw-fix?
Jakey
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1st Jun 08 at 18:46   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote


Didnt think about there, cheers fella.

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mattk
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1st Jun 08 at 18:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
screwfix are the bollocks
Bonney
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Be carefull with screwfix, sometimes the quality is appauling. I got 2 planes from there, and both were terrable, only fit for a kids toy box
Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
Location: Suffolk
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1st Jun 08 at 18:53   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Machine mart
Doug
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Halfords
Jakey
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1st Jun 08 at 19:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cheers guys.

Halfords is very good, got alot from there but they dont do good torque wrenches or breaker bars.

Ordered a few things of Machine Mart. Think im going to now
nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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1st Jun 08 at 19:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Halfords proffesional, lifetime guarentee.

Get a trade card even cheaper

Machine and mart for a decent roller cab (tool chest)
tom_simes
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Registered: 12th Jan 05
Location: Undy, Newport Drives: Skoda Octavia vRS estate
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1st Jun 08 at 19:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Halfords do fantastic torque wrenches, and as Phil said, they have a lifetime guarantee on them too.
Jakey
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Ive got that £200 tool set from Halfords, and got a trade card.

Debating whether to save for a second hand Snap On box of eBay....
tom_simes
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1st Jun 08 at 19:16   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Any of my mates or myself have never had a problem with Halfords toolboxes. although they aren't particularly cheap.

You should have got the £200 set when its on sale though Jake, £99.99, fantastic value! Not any cheaper on trade then though
nova_gteuk
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1st Jun 08 at 19:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The only snap on things in my experince worth buying is ratchets.

Wouldnt bother with a tool box its just going to get dirty scratched etc.

and when you start you only need the basics,just build it up as you go along.

thats a decent starter tool box tbh.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/ctc800-8-drawer-combi-chest-cabinet/path/clarke-mechanics-tool-chest-range
Jakey
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1st Jun 08 at 19:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Looks good that chest Phil

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Originally posted by tom_simes
Any of my mates or myself have never had a problem with Halfords toolboxes. although they aren't particularly cheap.

You should have got the £200 set when its on sale though Jake, £99.99, fantastic value! Not any cheaper on trade then though


I did mate, got it for my birthday when it was on offer
If i do get a box then i need to start buying socket rails etc
Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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1st Jun 08 at 19:42   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Tbh, id rather spend all i could afford on the snap on van than in halfords, even if it ment i got half the stuff.

There doing a bluepoint 3/8 socket set for 100 atm, good deal that for what you get.

People who use tools all day long will know u can feel the difference.

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ali_corsa
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Registered: 30th Jun 07
Location: Tamworth Drives: Focus st
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tbh i have some stuff halfords and some snap on, yea a couple of times ive broke a couple of halfrods sockets but they have always been replaced no questions asked, i have no problems buying halfords stuff, as i think some of there stuff is very good like the rachet spanners never had any problems with mine
tom_simes
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1st Jun 08 at 21:04   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
''Apparently'' almost all of the Halfords Professional range is made by Draper, but the fact it has a 'no-questions asked' lifetime guarantee makes it plenty good enough for me to buy.

I had one 7mm hex key socket snap when I was doing my brakes, so I popped along and got another one, with no problems at all.
dan-h
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halfords professsional gear is top quality i think
chloe16v
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1st Jun 08 at 21:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
ebay?
Dan
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1st Jun 08 at 21:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know the lifetime guarentee etc is really good. but the quality of the tools is alot less.

When i fit my spanner on something, i want a very tight fit. not a sloppy fit, that leads to rounding off etc.

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nova_gteuk
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Snap on aint all that tbh,its just a designer name.

Only snap on thing i like is likei said is the ratchets i like,never found halfords stuff to be a sloppy fit.

And i done my 3 year apprenticeship with ford and they even told us dont be attracted to the name snap on.but they do make all their own tools in ford

and for air guns/tool etc,i found sealey just as good as snap on
Fonz
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Registered: 12th May 06
Location: Newbury, Berks
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2nd Jun 08 at 07:05   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
rs components?

rswww.com
Dan
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Registered: 22nd Apr 02
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2nd Jun 08 at 07:26   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As for the sealey air guns being as good as the snap on ones, they aint even close.

I guess its because you guys all work on cars. I work on HGV's and if i was to use a sealey gun. Which the workshop supply 1 per shift, i couldnt undo half the stuff i could with my snap on one.

Ill admit, things like allen keys etc aint much different. But the ratchets, spanners, sockets etc are in a different league to be honest.

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nova_gteuk
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When i worked in fords all we used was sealy air tools and they worked fine and most the time we was working on the 7.5 ton lorrys/vans. never had a problem with ours still have mine in my chest still going strong since i bought it 9 years ago



Mark.W
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2nd Jun 08 at 18:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Jon_C
Machine mart



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