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How long is a piece of string? Which model an early 1.4 base model or a later twin cam? clean driver or sitter? Most importantly, are you trying to get rid of one? I am actively looking for a good restorable early 124 sedan

Italian and British auto restoration shop foreman checking in. Even here Whitworth is extremely limited use. Most of my techs use the Toolzone brand Whitworth stuff from Amazon. They are fine. Nothing special, not terrible. I have a collection of vintage Craftsman Whitworth wrenches, I...

That is where I am now. I moved my workspace to a different location and the tool trucks don't stop here. I wound up going the HF 6 blocks away any time I needed anything, and after 6 months I went back onto the snappy truck to buy some screwdriver bits I had misplaced. $46 for 3 Phillips bits...

My first snap-on ratchet purchases were locking flex heads. I was concerned the flex would be a problem if I didn't need it and I figured the locking flex was the "best of both worlds". Over the years they were all replaced with non-locking flex heads. I have yet to be in a situation where I I...

about 8 years ago I bought a Gearwrench 16" flex head 1/2" ratchet to fill that shaped void in my ratchet drawer, I just couldn't bring myself to spend THAT MUCH on another Snap on. It just felt awful in comparison to all of my other Snapon ratchets so within 6 months I had shelled out over...

I do a similar thing but my work surface is laminate flooring instead of hardboard. It looks nice, holds up a bit longer, is just as easily replaced and there are always sealed boxes of it at any ReStore location

oddly enough, just looking through an Alfa Romeo manual and there is the T handle

When I was in Italy I noticed that for the most part, mechanics primarily used T handles with a universal on the end instead of a ratchet The way they spun them around, they were definitely fast. two hands on the tommy bar to break it free then they would spin it with the shaft by putting both...

the first time I saw one of these tools was back in 1992 or so. I was working at a fast food restaurant and some contractors came in to resurface all the stainless steel surfaces. They used one of these to "re-grain" the table tops. fast forward five years or so and I watched a Delorean...

Not sure who makes their pneumatic tools, but their air die grinders and belt sanders are powerful, and relatively quiet for what they are. Every time I switch from my Cornwell 3/8 belt sander to the Astro I am shocked at how nice the Cornwell is to use.

I am not familiar with that particular tailpiece. I have made Bigsby style, Kay Vanguard and Jazzmaster types in the past. As an aficionado of cheesy guitar trems, I am embarrassed that I can't quite place that model. It isn't Supro, Teisco, Eko, Harmony or Kay. Is it a european guitar?

Call me crazy, but I still swear these things are much faster than one of those thread checker sets A quick look at the head for markings to indicate metric or SAE (or what you are working on if no markings) then caliper to determine OD, then pitch gauge to ID.

I stopped using air ratchets years ago because of the noise. I suffer from hearing loss after a lifetime of working in shops. Most of the lower cost air ratchets operate at 90+ decibels. Screw that! After a few years I caved and bought a battery unit. I use it all the time

Clicked the thread expecting to see another Whitworth wrench, pleasantly surprised to see an actual wrench stamped in error!

I bought the Icon crowsfoot set Saturday. It has the 15/16".

Here is a typical follower with a point for taps with the divot on the end and if you take the socket set out the end you will see that it has it's own centered divot on the other side so it can be flipped around and used with smaller taps with points. And taps without either? Usually made...

The Cheap amazon one looks, as much as one can tell from photos, exactly like the Eastwood unit I have been using for 15 years. Right down to the fonts and icons on the turret labels and the size and shape of the blow molded case.

Ughhh.... Why won't manufacturers make a simple, black welding hood anymore? Who actually wants this nonsense? Sorry, but that is some of the dumbest **** I can think of. Second only to these awful things I LOVE my ESAB E60 and would try their E40 before going with one of those horrible...

I love a non locking flex head but just cannot understand the appeal of the roto heads. I bought a Snap-on off the truck and tried it for about a week. Never got along with it. They can convert some strange movements into rotation though. In 15 years of millwrighting and 15 more in auto...

If the grinder will be used in a work environment OSHA requires the rests to be set to a minimum of 1/8" gap to the wheel. Other than that, the rest aids in guiding things against the wheel. Some rests have grooves to help sharpen drill bits. Obviously it helps things not get sucked in and...