what are some of your best tools ?

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:02 pm

this includes say paying $60 for the CV band tightening tool which some may think a little excessive, but makes the job a finger injury potential job so quick and easy. the right tool for the right job sorta stuff.

to start it off

$15 for a used 3/4" breaker bar
$5 cheapy 36mm 3/4" socket
$40 ALDI open end ring ratchet spanner set missing 12mm size?!
$21 cash flexible head 12mm open end ring ratchet spanner GASWELD
$40 1/4" socket set
$6 aerial style magnetic pick up tool
$6 aerial style mirror
LED torches
and a borrowed chain block tackle
new set of open end ring spanners
and various loose metric spannes of different lengths, new or used.

and the best...8, 10 and 12mm t bar style socket wrench that have a long tube socket on a 300mm long shaft with a T at the top - all one piece.
$5 each at a field day , shoulda bought a 14mm too!

Using these buggers everywhere

Post by **Alex** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:09 pm

i love my sidchrome "big fella", its longer than a standard breaker bar, but has a ratcheting head on it..works awesome

alex

stinky · Post by **stinky** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 12:16 pm

10/12/14 mm ratcheting spanners. Worth their weight in gold!

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 1:23 pm

my cordless rattle gun
ratchet spanners
ratchet screwdriver
short spanners
the OXY

julian · Post by **julian** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 3:01 pm

Portable butane powered soldering iron kit
Ratchet spanner set
12" shifter

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:38 pm

I love my Pin Punches - nothing better for removing the CV cup pins.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:07 pm

Not me... but a mate of mine has a socket welded onto a CV joint axle. Makes me laugh everytime he uses it. Im sure most of the WA guys could guess who this would be.

A hint... someone that welds CV cups back together instead of replacing them.

Dave

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:19 pm

found another 1 just now
the piston ring compressor

tristan

BlackMale · Post by **BlackMale** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:32 am

SuBaRiNo wrote:Not me... but a mate of mine has a socket welded onto a CV joint axle. Makes me laugh everytime he uses it. Im sure most of the WA guys could guess who this would be.

The tool of champions. Have to agree Dave this thing is a weapon (and has does the job every time).

Not sure about my best tool but lets face it with only 2” of lift (and the lowered RX) it would have to be the might trolley jack I could not do without.

fredsub · Post by **fredsub** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:51 am

I would have to say 18mm Long hex socket and long socket bar thingy is the most used and made the most difference in ease of changing wheels. Its heell better than those crossbar things which are a PITA and back.

Another very useful tool i got for electrical troubleshooting, it has 2 leds, and can indicate direct to +12V or 0V OR via a impedance/resistance to +12V or 0V - very handy for finding a bum connection that will seemingly indicate ok, but is no good once current passes through the connection, ie POOR ground or 12V connections.

Aside from all that my most useful/used tool has to be the 1kg persuader.

Suby Wan Kenobi · Post by **Suby Wan Kenobi** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:21 pm

Rattle Gun

Lathe

Mill

my own hands

cooloothin · Post by **cooloothin** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:59 pm

so far.. the $28 sidchrome 21mm pass-on-to-grandkids

the makita drill that helped me drill out the core of a stuck bolt so i could bolt my freshly-panel beaten front guard back on. same one my dad's had for the last 20 years, but brand new. another one for the grandkids.

pocket stubby 4 tip screwdriver i've had for the last 10 years.

Matatak · Post by **Matatak** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:27 pm

all my tools rock..
got them all free
best oens would be the ratchet spanners both metric and imperial (never seen anyone else with imperials)
theres heaps of spanners in general but it only goes up to 21 mm metric.
and the screwdrivers coz i use em so much

90brumby · Post by **90brumby** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:35 pm

i have a imperial set but hardly ever use the things
(my old man was a mechanic so i have claimed his tools)
but those spanners are mine

subanator · Post by **subanator** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 12:52 am

I admire the ones I made myself for "special applications", maybe use once only, but duplicate the factory special tool either as a copy or just in function. They get the job done with a bit of ingenuity.
Like my McPherson strut nut tool I made for my wifes old car, A flywheel torque holder for undoing the flywheel nut on my bike, A slotted bolt extension T-Bar that holds the lower leg of a front fork on a bike from turning to separate the leg.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:23 am

my recoil thread repair kits M6, M8 1.25 , M10 1.25

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 5:56 pm

My Lathe, my mig welder, my MAPP torch, Drill press.....

Um, yeah ratchet spanners are worth the cost

I am also rather partial to a big hammer, and files!

BRUMBI · Post by **BRUMBI** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 6:37 pm

it has the be the knock-o-meter (hammer) or the angie (angle grinder)

brumbyrunner · Post by **brumbyrunner** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:38 pm

soft faced hammer.
it's amazing how many people don't have one.
perfect for belting something you dont want to damage.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:30 am

soft faced ? as in copper, plastic or leather? I use a rubber mallet, actually three different grades of violence. Given the price of copper, $9000 a ton, only rich boys and thieves will get to own one in the future !!