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Oil Change Assistance I previously used a strap wrench on my 2.0TFSI Audi motor, and a huge long 36mm double ring (an old VBW German one from I don't recall where) for the BMW M54. Both are much more easily accessed from above by a socket and extension bar. Why buy a crappy pressed bit of...

Some Vessel goodness! So I got some interesting stuff from Amazon.jp before they turn on the geoblocking and the govt. tax us 10% on imports of any value. This was the Vessel pile; an ultra-long flatblade, clip remover, chisel driver (no idea what I'll use that for but seemed like something I...

After some deliberation, I just pulled the trigger on another amazon.jp order. The ****** federal government is reducing the GST exemption threshold on imports down from $1000 to $0, to cash in on the online market and supposedly help local businesses. Amazon's reaction to this is going to be...

That is highly likely, and is supported by the fact there is no COO making at all on the wrench or the box. It was bought new at Schachermayer which is a really nice toy shop!

Had an epiphany with my torque wrench collection. Years ago when I only had 1/2" drive sockets I bought a nice 1/2" drive 20-100Nm Norbar wrench primarily for motorcycle work. A couple of years back I also got a 2-20Nm Norbar 1/4" drive for the small stuff, this came in very handy when...

In case you don't know what's meant by i-tools: https://global.rakuten.com/en/store/i-tools/ Rakuten is a site with various vendors, I-tools is one of them. Rakuten site seems a bit dodgy but I signed up earlier this year and bought some Koken / IPS stuff successfully. Even asking questions of...

I can't believe I didn't order a Hazet bottle opener when I got my set of spanners recently! Does SnapOn and other companies make bottle openers or is it just a German thing? Just about every big German (hand tools at least) brand I can think of has one.

Got my set of Hazet 600N's from Jens Putzier... seven days from ordering to receiving. I screwed up with the shipping and only had fractionally over 2kg and could have had up to 4kg for the same $. Poor planning... A selection of sizes comparing the new Hazets with my outgoing JBS wrenches...

Just taking this stand as an example, isn't it amazing how a brand can now just appear from nowhere? Once upon a time it would have taken decades for a tool company to get to the point of having a range like that.

Photos... will do. I forgot to mention the Gedore #7's which made the short list. Like the 440's they seemed to be a little shorter than what I'm used to. They also take the "basic satin finish" to the extreme and in a way actually look somewhat crude.... albeit in a lovely sort of way. :D...

My tool upgrade process took another step yesterday, finally decided on my combo wrench update... Hazet 600N. I didn't want a full polish finish. It seemed cool in the 90's when I first became aware of snap-on which seemed impossibly exotic, but it seems every cheapskate wrench is knocking off...

Being a hopeless romantic, I got the missus a chainsaw for her birthday... Stihl MSA160T cordless, I think they are 36V. It is the smallest/lightest cordless saw available at the time and comparable to simlar 2-stroke arborists saws. I figured it was going to be a bit of a toy but I am...

Interesting. I would consider it standard for the switch to the left to be for tightening. Almost every ratchet I've ever come across is thus, the only one I've used which is opposite is a 'Kraftbox' cheapie set that I bought for a garage I used a couple of weeks a year in Austria. It does my...

The thing I don't like about the traditional grips is the printed part number etc rubs off quite quickly. Not such an issue with this sort of pliers but annoying with things like circlip pliers when you're trying to work out which one is missing. In terms of normal use I am quite happy with...

I've got a fabricated vice I bought in Austria at the very interesting tool store chain called Zgonc (I always called it 'zonk' which drove my missus mad, pronounced something like 'skonts'). For the Aussies it was a bit like Total Tools, a mix of china shite and good stuff too. They stocked a...

My Dad's got one of those Britool torque wrenches, it has a nice, definite click action! I don't fancy the spanners much though, particularly the small ones. The heads are huge and likely to get in the way? Interesting to see though.

A good example of things not being so clear is this: https://www.kctoolco.com/wera-056491-tool-check-plus-bit-ratchet-set-with-sockets-imperial/ The individual pages on each part show the ratchet and sockets as Taiwan, while the bits and bit holder are CZ. It is then presumably packaged in...

Okay, I should have googled before posting. Some reviews on the 7000A torque wrench showed a 'Made in Taiwan' on the packaging. This seems to have been the first in the present new series of wrenches which look quite unlike the previous ones which were clearly identical to Norbar other than...

IS there any way of finding this sort of thing out? I have a bit of Wera stuff and generally like it, but where their goods are made seems a little vague at best. They claim CZ for most of their gear, while folks on here seem to strongly believe that a lot of it is Taiwan. I wrote them a mail...

Thanks for this. I noticed there is some really good promotion on the Wera torque wrenches (among other things) at this place right now: https://www.thetoolacademy.com/wera-05075623001-click-torque-c-4-torque-wrench-with-reversible-ratchet-64148-p.asp 110ukp plus 15ukp shipping to AU seems...