Combination Spanners

Mar 15, 2005 11 Replies

Now I have had my own workshop built at home I can no longer use my Dads Spanners. What does the panel recommend? ie the best makes, etc. Looking for millimetre Combination spanners.


Car boot sale 10p apiece and a bit rusty.

Cheapest decent tools you will get.

And if they're not, you haven't lost much, if anything.

-- BigEgg

Actually, that's not a bad recommendation. I bought 6 sets of drill bits

1mm - 13mm in 0.5mm increments - "Titanium coated" for 2 quid a set from "Lidl". I must have drilled over a hundred holes in mild steel with the 6mm bit and it's still like new. Three of the sets are going on ebay next week. I reckon the other three sets are going to last me a lifetime with sharpening.

If the quality of the other tools are equivalent (and I'm more than happy with the tap+die set from Lidl, and the DVD writer and angle grinder from Aldi) then I would recommend - they might not be snap-on, but if I want that sort of quality, I make my own.

-- BigEgg

in my opinion, ya cant beat craftsman hand tools. Just as long as i

still says craftsman on it someplace decernable, They will replace i if dammaged or broken by simply returning it to sears ( or wherever yo got it, or where ever sells them )

Ken-Ohki "I make things do what I want them Too, The Hell with what they ar designed to do.

-- Ken-Ohk

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Agreed - if you can afford new or find secondhand.

Trouble is, that's the States.

I don't think Craftsman, and Sears, have reached Europe yet.

-- BigEgg

And hopefully that level of spelling won't either but don't hold your breath.

In article , Colin Jacobs writes

Halfords Professional ratchet spanners. Truly things of wonder.

I've got the "normal" set, the "stubby" set, *and* the flex-head set, and I wouldn't be without any of them.

Lifetime guarantee, too.

But not on the ratchet part, you'll notice.

-adrian

In message , Nigel Eaton writes

Are these available in other than metric - Whit for instance?

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