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I think they knew exactly what they were doing! Aussie humour!

I checked out our set and its quite a bit different actually. This set is made in the U.S by G.T & D Corporation, which surprised me, I assumed it would be from the U.K, being Whitworth. The tap and die holders are very good quality, the die holder having this adjustable guide on the back.

Can't tell you much about it, but we have a very similar set. However the die holder in our set doesn't have that top clamp arrangement and all of our dies are the bigger size O.D to match the die holder. Ours box is soaked in oil as the tools have seen a lot of use repairing/making parts for...

Working on farm machinery, we have a bit of use for 3/4 Drive sockets. Have owned a few of the Chinese sets which all look the same. Both the sockets and the ratchets have failed more readily than I would like, but for about Au$150- that's to be expected. Then I bought this set for Au$250-...

I think the Facom 440 series is available in a full polish chrome finish, here in Australia, branded Sidchrome 440 series. I have a 5 pce set of large combo wrenches (1" to 1 1/4"). They appear identical to the Facom 440 series apart from the polished finish and the straight sided handle beam...