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Those look the same as a set that I bought back in about 1974. Mine were ASH (aka Asahi) brand. I know I still have all the sockets and the bars, but the box? Not sure.

When I had my shop I paid tool allowances to any staff that were required to use tools. Typically the allowance was around $20/week. For trade qualified staff (panel beaters & spray painters) they were expected to supply their own tools (although there were some specialist "shop" tools). For...

Agreed, shouldn't have broken. My GW ratchets are the 120T and I was a little surprised to find they have more "backdrag" than I expected. Not enough to be a problem but I bought a Tekton 3/8 ratchet on Amazon just to compare and it was significantly smoother. Wasn't suggesting you were. Just...

I have quite a lot of Gearwrench, particularly spanners, sockets and ratchets. Initially started buying GW more than 15 years ago when I finally realised that having to continually return to Supercheap to replace broken sockets wasn't the smartest thing to do. Decided on a policy of buying only...

A set of JIS Phillips screwdrivers. Saves damage to the normal Phillips screwdrivers (which rarely get used now) and damage to the screws.

Looks ferocious, but wouldn't last 5 minutes against the redbacks that love the back of my garage door. Mean and aggressive is understatement, especially if they're guarding eggs.

Yes, flash off time is very, very important. even more so when using high solvent content paints like those in spray cans where the solvent also flashes very quickly. I mentioned before that acrylic paints (you call them lacquer) actually melt together, coat to coat, so it's not really necessary...

No. I hadn't realised that you'd used spray cans for this job, but they melt into each other so there is no defined "line". Spray cans give very poor atomisation due to the low pressure available and the product is way over-thinned so that it's even possible to spray it. That means that the...

Agree. Buffed too much and thinned the clear to the point where the base now looks different. Nothing to do but sand the whole thing smooth to take out all that peel and then respray base and clear. If you're careful and don't go through the clear then you can use that as a sealing layer and...

I have one compartment of one drawer in a tool box that is reserved for these tools. I was able to put off buying a set for many years until finally presented with a fastener that I didn't have the appropriate size for. Exception is the spanners that come with spray guns. They live with the...

Pictures didn't work? I'll try again.

Japanese tools include more than just spanners and screwdrivers. These arrived this week and almost complete the process of rebuilding my gun collection after selling a lot of them when I sold the shop a few years ago. I have Devilbiss and Iwata mainly, with a few others for more specialised...

Almost exactly 50 years ago I bought a set of Asahi (aka ASH) 3/8" sockets. In the early years they had a serious workout, doing stuff that should have been the task of 1/2" drive, but never complained nor failed. These days the only thing wrong is that a roll pin in a handle is a bit loose and...

Interesting. I've just added these. They're the unbranded version of the same thing. Look identical. Don't follow my usual practice of only brand name tools, but they're light duty and although I do have the japanese ones, these might let me access connectors that are in tight spots.

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All those years I've wasted doing it wrong.... I thought nuts, bolts and screws were reusable. :rolleyes:

Discounting the obvious cheap junk like Supatool and the Ebay rubbish there's still a good range of toolboxes and rollcabs. That said, I have a couple of these rollcabs which have actually served ok for very light duty use. Wouldn't recommend for serious use though. Quality varies a bit with...

True, but I'm running those old OSs and programs in virtual machines, isolated from the internet and therefore safe. Most of the people here will be running on primary systems so not getting updates, especially security updates, means they could be exposed to malware. Their choice, of course...

You might get a "lifetime" licence but it's not going to be much use when Microsoft pull the plug on support in 2026 as they move to a subscription based service. And MS 365 seems to be on the out and out, certainly in Europe...

I'm a little surprised that Stanley barely gets a mention in this thread. So, thought I'd fix that! Everyday drawer. Most of the Stanleys are up to 20 years old and still holding up well although some have been replaced as I've bought new sets with sizes I didn't have and replaced the high use...