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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    It’s great to see this thread still alive. I don’t however have a warren and brown torque wrench. They are fantastic quality but extremely expensive. I managed to pick up a Carolis torque wrench back in the day when they were made in Germany by Gedore. I’ve honestly used it once in my life...
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    Thanks Wild Cowboy :thumbup::thumbup:!!! Im glad you enjoyed my collection, It has been a work in progress, and i have saved up over many years to rather buy once and buy properly. I like to work with good tools mainly from a safety perspective and i like my tools not to break at unexpected...
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    your right wombat. i did a quick search for these and couldnt find them. they would be very handy for working n the car.
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    sweet mate! heard nothing but good things about them!
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    Hey coolabah when do you get your proxxon?
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    Coolabah you are 100% right. I dont want to see chinese made stuff become the future. However , having a German father, he instilled in me that they make pretty good hand tools :P I try to buy Ausie made wherever possible like finkal, dawn, etc and Penrite oils. Hopefully one day we will...
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    +1 on the proxxon, and i think its still made in germany vs mexico or the dremel This forum hasnt really influenced me to buy American tools, My first to go to is stahlwille,hazet, gedore, if they are unavailable or ridiculously priced then i will go for Japanese tools, and if still not...
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    seriously nice table. I have quite a few new tools, i need to get around to photographing them and uploading them. does anyone know if you can upload directly through tapatalk or do you need an imagehost?
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    Matt those are freaking awesome! they look to be of seriously good quality!
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    nice tools matt! any chane of some more on those spanners?
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    excellent pictures and tools guys
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    Pics or it didnt happen :lol_hitti:lol_hitti:lol_hitti:lol_hitti
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    I Love Beta

    Hi mate, yes mine are exactly the same as that picture shown above. The double hex part of the wrench looks more properly machined in yours. In mine it looks poorly machined.
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    Thanks Sub, yeh i agree those pressed tin bunnings specials dont last very long. yeh i enquired to white international a few years ago it was pretty close to 500 bucks if you get it through them. do you need to be a tradesman to purchase that set from plumbers choice?
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    Hi Hako86, thanks! I love the koken sets, i was planning to buy all my sockets in Stahlwille, and then i bought some koken stuff and was so impressed with it i decided to buy the remaining things i needed in koken instead. absolutely beautiful to work with. The NWS pliers are really nice , very...
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    What an Australian Tool Collector might have in his toolbox

    where the hell did you get those??????? Ive been searching for a German made set, except the stahlwille set is like 500 bucks.
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