Cheap toolkit

Trotter said:
When they snap, they slash your wrists. End of lifetime, guaranteed. Lol
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The only thing I've had snap from the pro range was the, knuckle on the 3 foot Breaker bar on the frozen crank bolt of a landrover tdi engine.....

It had a 3 foot length of scaffold tube wedged against the ground whilst I flicked the starter over with the key.....

It was swapped without anything more than a apology from them...

Obviously I forgot to tell them it was being abused a little bit when it failed. ;-)
 
For cheap tools I used to look through the stuff at car boot sales buying tools for 20p I built up a collection to keep at my holiday home.
 
It's a cheap set should get you out of trouble set not a lifetime set of tools and as a van set should work and save a lot of grief which is why i put it on here
 
mfw said:
It's a cheap set should get you out of trouble set not a lifetime set of tools and as a van set should work and save a lot of grief which is why i put it on here
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....with the added bonus that they are the ones that you don't mind lending to the cheapskate neighbour's!
 
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the only snap on socket i have is a 19mm i bought for my breaker bar , but i bought it before i got the Halfords kit . some of their smaller kits seem ok . most users would only need a range of say 10- 19mm . i have a larger set with 3 ratchets. i use the 3/8'' mainly, even for quite heavy jobs, the 1/4'' every now and again and rarely use the 1/2 '' , and i do all sorts of stuff - can't see a light user needing even half of them
 
With any tool if you are lucky you will get what you pay for cost me a small fortune in the end doing a fence ( still £1500 up ) but the tools more than paid for themselves and still have a very good residual value
 
harrow said:
For cheap tools I used to look through the stuff at car boot sales buying tools for 20p I built up a collection to keep at my holiday home.
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boot sales for me too . i normally have around 10 routers, few good ones ,Elu ,Trend,Milwaukee ,but most are unwanted presents i get for a tenner or less .and they do the job , also cheap angle grinders are ok . but my handtools are the best i can afford ,Marples chisels , Estwing hammers , Bahco side cutters etc. as for power tools jigsaws, drills,plunge saw,planers etc all good quality , but although i have a Makita impact driver , i'm just as happy with the Parkside one for 1/3rd the price .
 
n brown said:
boot sales for me too . i normally have around 10 routers, few good ones ,Elu ,Trend,Milwaukee ,but most are unwanted presents i get for a tenner or less .and they do the job , also cheap angle grinders are ok . but my handtools are the best i can afford ,Marples chisels , Estwing hammers , Bahco side cutters etc. as for power tools jigsaws, drills,plunge saw,planers etc all good quality , but although i have a Makita impact driver , i'm just as happy with the Parkside one for 1/3rd the price .
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Sound like a carpenter to me with them sort of tools like my eldest
 
i dislike lending tools and will only lend to my kids. 2 things then happen . i forget that i lent them and they forget to return them. drives me crazy looking for them in the shed ,just hanging a tool on the wrong hook gives it instant invisibility !
 
Got 2 many tools and toys that cost lot of money - and i have borrowed from people you break it you replace it learnt my lesson hire or buy and sell on not rocket science

And for Mr Brown i do own a triton router which is a beast
 
n brown said:
wife bought me a Halfords ''professional'' socket set over 2o years ago, £100 half price offer , done a serious amount of work , only had a couple of ratchets go ,but nothing ever bent or split ,even when i've used pipes to extend .cheap compared to snapon ,facom etc ,but still good .
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Sounds like the same kit and price as the one I bought in 2001. It’s had some heavy use ( rebuilt Land Rover, various old cars and lawnmowers) and nothing inside the box has broken but the plastic clips holding the box together have broken . Apart from the case, it still still looks as good as new.
 
i fixed mine with a couple of flap hinges glued with Stixall and pop riveted about 15 years ago - sorted
 
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