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Grant, sometimes a degree of caution needs to be applied when measuring components "in circuit", the surrounding circuit may be a more significant (higher or lower value depending on configuration series/parallel) than the component you think you are measuring. Take the 0.2R - in IMG_7420 the...

In a former life, heavily involved in PCB/electronic manufacturing I'll second what WildBill said, it was Metcal for soldering and optical stereo microscopes for assembling small items. We did have a couple of the Vision Engineering Mantis 3D viewers for inspection. Its a few years back, so...

Welcome to the forum. Sample of one, mine isn't:

Not sure if its a regional, model or just random thing, but I got some new Fiskars L78 powergear loppers last autumn and they were made in Poland - ok not Finland - the quality was good and with the gear function they just love to chomp through think branches.

I was needing one last year and came across this from Bahco 7823: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bahco-7823-Impact-Screwdriver-Set/dp/B00TSXL1A8/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_60_tr_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9C2MTWVSA1VQYZ0CNZFN Hadn't really associated Bahco with impact drivers, there weren't many reviews...

Not a direct comparison, but my older (2+years) 10.8V versions of that light are silent in operation.

Looks very similar to an Incra T rule: http://www.incra.com/measuring_marking-trules.html very useful for drawing lines parallel to an edge.

Maybe considered overkill, but absolutely bomb proof are the "system power supplies" from HP/Agilent/Keysight eg 6572A will do 20V @ 100A: http://www.keysight.com/en/pd-839229-pn-6572A/2000-watt-power-supply-20v-100a?nid=-32611.384515.00&cc=CA&lc=eng Although listed as obsolete like most...

We use them at work for product assembly (1/4 drive) and never had a problem with them. Based on that I bought 1/2 drive for use in the garage at home and am pleased with them. As mentioned above they do OEM for quite a few manufacturers.

I got a smaller model (part of deal with track saw) a couple of years ago and it has made a huge difference to power tool work using it as part of a dust collection system, the workshop needs much less clean up. As a general shop vac (not used for dust extraction) it is overkill and I would...

Yes both labelled "Made in Germany". Although they still feature in the Bahco catalogue they seem to be quite rare out there in the wild, only one supplier (rapidonline) in the UK with any stock.

Having broken another plastic handled junior hacksaw and inspired by the recent best hacksaw frame thread I went looking for something a little different: