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    Tools from the old world

    700€ without taxes in France (19.6% vat), the steel made one is at 399€ excl.vat
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    Tools from the old world

    That sounds Orwellian.....warm-up the angsoc dictionnaries folks!!!!
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    Tools from the old world

    Hello folks; milka!! ethnic food??? now I have heard it all, I can go sleep naked in the woods without feeling weird for a year! Concerning the makita bike; I should really buy a tv to watch the news, I didn't notice that germany came back to DM!! I am currently piling some facom stuff, I hope...
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    Facom S.155 ratchet screw issue?

    Just like suresnoi said, several thousands of 151 (and cousins) ratchets are in use in France and no one complains about them. Just make sure to remove all the grease from the threads before applying loctite, otherwise it won't hold well.
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    Tools from the old world

    The germans have a lot of these (i.e. made by kukko ) except they are square driven, it seems to work fine.
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    Snap On USA/marketing, we the techs, can do math...

    Thanks MattT, I was experiencing troubles trying to find that photograph ! :beer:
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    Tools from the old world

    If i had to buy them I wouldn't pay more than 20-25€, but I am a bargain ******* :headscrat.
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    Tools from the old world

    Hello everyone, the JMP charger is said to be made in europe by some sellers on ebay.de, and I think that I have seen that the facom one is swedish but I don't remember where. Concerning 3/8" equipment; it's not common here too. the only times I see 3/8 drive is in motorcycle repair shops and...
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    Tools from the old world

    @Monte; the laser etched zone is a wire-cutting area.
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    Facom Tools

    @ r25gts here are some pics from my f96 catalog The bit is from the earlier "torsion" series, you should compare the size of the square end of the handle and the square end of the extension and maybe give us your measurements to compare with other stuff. That extension is certainly made in...
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    Jack Stands - Use Wood???

    It depends on the jacks stands you use and the contacting surfaces, If it's flat steel on flat steel a piece of wood is compulsory. Old flip flops are excellent if you want to protect the painted areas the car is weighing on .
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    Tools from the old world

    Nearly 200 pages on that thread, and still a pleasure :beer:
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    Tools from the old world

    Thank you epiphany and patz!! I wonder if this symbol has been abandonned since I have not seen it on newer tools. Monte; you can grab them right now they are on ebay.de which has also been featuring many NOS belzer items these weeks.
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    Tools from the old world

    Hello everyone and welcome to the recent members thta have shown up these days, I have a tricky question for you; What do these two squares mean? As the following pictures show it I have seen them on french, german and czech powertools.:headscrat
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    Tools from the old world

    Here is the best photo i have from my former dolex vise, the slide is a piece of thick sheet metal folded three times, it is welded to the forged jaw.
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    Tools from the old world

    The dolex vise is cast forged folded and welded, no one is jealous in our union governed society :lol_hitti. Both jaws on the Sambre et Meuse are cast.
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    suggest captions on chinese machinery photos

    On what kind of hood should I put my Cazeneuve hb500 to respect the scale?? maybe a Michigan loader?:bounce:
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    Tools from the old world

    Sometimes I like to add bubbles and words to cheesy photos but I'll prevent myself from doing so, I don't want to be banned:lol_hitti
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    Tools from the old world

    @American lockpicker; the last peugeot powertools made in France were made in the mid 80's. The drill I pictured is from the very late 70's. @Cantause; compac in action Sorry I can't translate :(
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    Tools from the old world

    Hello folks, I have been buying a few things to keep a good pace,:bounce: Since holiday season is coming soon I have to keep an eye on pawn shops because many people will sell their family tools to buy some stupid wii games they can't live without. Photo 1 and 2; I bought them since my fingers...
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