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Not good i'm sorry to say mate, I was over west working rail a few years back and there was plenty of money changing hands then. We are now talking thousands out of work in the mining industry and other losses by way of the car industry shutting down in Aus. Sad state of affairs.

Sorry, molybdenum, chromium and your iron- carbon phase diagrams, just a general question bud.

Are you mixing that low grade ore with Austrlian high grade?

Ok your tools may be good but where does your iron ore come from? Serious question and I'm not taking the mickey.:thumbup:

Could easily become a gutless wonder using that thing:headscrat

Interestingly was going through their latest cataloge tonight, huge range of stock, and JBS (John Blackwood & Sons I think) have some decent gear, though I always assumed blackwoods was an expensive option.

Yea mate, I use Total Tools sometimes but for the big orders I go to conrad electronic and import from germany, even with shipping I still save hundreds of $.

Guess it's like any and everything, you take the good with the bad, the problem here in Aus is you've got fewer and fewer people with any clue at all cause it's all run by the big mobs and those that know have either died, retired or been driven out of work by the btards. Once a pon a time...

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Most of the small, privately run hardware stores went out of business here in Australia when the likes of bunnings and masters took a hold. The last of the tool stores that I frequented closed 6 months ago and it was a place that you could buy everything, all quality:thumbup: and plenty of old/...

A psychologist conducted an experiment on three fitters. They were all placed in a room wearing nothing but their jocks and each of them was given a bowling ball. The room was locked for 12hrs. On opening the room at the end of 12hrs, the psychologist observed what each of the fitters had done...

People who use rags to blow their nose then leave the rags on work benches through out the shop:mad:

When blokes uses drill bits from the machine shop sets and replace them, chipped, broken or blunt.:mad: p.s. I'll never knock someone for attempting to sharpen a bit and failing.

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I've got different sets, generally all quality though as I see low grade drill bits as a pain in the ****. They obviously take a beating when used in the field but generally hand sharpen them till they are too short. Good bits last years.

I was thinking of tools that are more or less obsolete and the first that came to mind was a saw set. I probably haven't seen one in 25years. Then again I ain't no carpenter. Any others you can think of?

Recently got this canvas bag and I was happy with the online purchase. Filled it with Knipex, Carl Walter, Sidchrome, Mitituyo, Peddinghaus amoung others as my run around kit. I would be interested in seeing what you guys throw in the back of you truck.

Made to order ;)

Grab a pipe wrench mate, you can't put a piece of pipe on the end of the cobras as a last resort.