Recent content by Ron the Scot

Point taken guys. I'm goin to buy one of these fancy fangled new digital camera things and once I've figured how to use it I will get some pics up to the forum. :bounce: Ron

Thanks for the info. How come the thread is worthless without pics?

I'm currently restoring an old Snap On tool chest. It's Canadian made and I bought it secondhand about 10 years ago. I reckon it dates from the seventies. The model number is KC 515A and the serial number is 1B01944. Can anyone advise about date of manufacture? Also, was the Canadian range of...

Re. Bergen tools. I have to say I agree with Keithski. I've got a lot of Snap On and other expensive stuff, but I also have been buying Bergen for over 10 years. There's been nothing wrong with any of it. All the items I have bought have been well made and of good design. It stands up to...

Hmmm....... certainly looks like the same set under a different brand name - and about half the price that Mac is charging. If it is the exact same quality I think this proves the point that I was making in the first post - ie. why pay the price of a premium brand when the product is from a much...

Yes - that's the set - and very nice it is too. Industrial Mech is correct - the original point I was making was that I was paying a premium price for tools from the USA - as I thought - but the disposable cardboard wrapper had Made in Taiwan in really small print. A lot of Taiwan stuff...

Hi Toolnut - thanks for the welcome - much appreciated. Yes, Stanley is probably the biggest British maker of hammers. However they are now a huge multi-national and will source their products from all over the place. Spear and Jackson is another English manaufacturer which still...

That's right. Sykes Pickavant are a long-established British company based in Staffordshire, England. They now make specialist tools for the automotive industry - although they used to do the full range of everyday stuff - screwdrivers, wrenches (or spanners as we call them in Scotland), sockets...

Thanks Fedwrench. I agree with everything you have said. I've noticed that a few Snap On items I have bought recently were made in China. A lot of Chinese stuff is very good - and improving as time goes on. Fantastic value too under other brand names. It's great to be on the Forum. We've got...

Yeah .... I agree with all of this. When I was young and starting out in the motor trade I always bought British. There were some high quality brands - Britool, Gordon and Bedford to name a few. Snap on only started selling tools in Scotland around that time and there were very few agents / vans...

Just joined the forum. I live and work near Glasgow, Scotland. Great to read the views of the guys on the other side of the Atlantic. Pleased to be part of the tool-nuts community ! I've got a big collection of tools built up over 40 years - have used them professionally and for my hobbies. I...