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    Should I buy this vise ? I think not !

    Don't normally think twice about online sales sites, there's good and bad everywhere but sometimes I just can't help myself...These blokes must be working on the theory that there must be "one born every minute". -way way way overpriced ( new one is only a couple of hundred more ) . Admittedly...
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    Hoist install- big or small problem ? What do you guys say...

    I had a hydraulic hoist installed last year (in my new garage install ) and it was I think a bit of a disaster - the install guys manged to get hydraulic fluid all over the floor and up some walls, and also managed to connect up the hydraulics so wrong that it damaged a fitting on the hoist...
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    Free tool score from honey-do list!!

    Well - sometimes it takes a lot to excite me.... other times ... less... Flat packed Patio furniture arrived today... Imagine my joy , when I opened the box to find , no , not your typical free aluminium quality can tool , no not your Ikea hex wrench made out of recycled snot, but... this ...
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    Snap On Box Cutter ?

    I recently bought this box cutter ( comes as a pair one red one black) on ebay with a "buy it now" seemed really cheap by Aussie standards but American tools typically retail here for 2 to 4 times US prices...either way my expectations weren't high. I had in the back of my mind that maybe it was...
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    Need help identifying my "new" old toolbox

    Picked this up the other day, it has no identifying marks so was wondering if one of you experts could help me with a model number and maybe some sort of idea of when this was made ? I don't know exactly WHY I need to know this sort of thing but I won't be happy until I do !!! :headscrat TIA...
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    Just bought my very last tool ever...

    Yep. Just arrived, my Snap On set of 3 diagonal wire cutters PL 803A. I now have 9 different size & brand wire cutters distributed over a few work tool boxes/home, and I probably only really need 1 or 2 if I had to. The rest of my tools is just the same story. OK, no more...... Done & dusted...
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    Transporting a Snap-On Box (trolley)

    Would appreciate some help on this - going to pick up this box (second hand, 40") in a few days and will have to load it myself - it weighs a freaking 300 pounds empty according to Snap-On site!!! Also, quite a financial stretch so I would be kinda peeved if a whole 2 years "tool budget"...
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    Is Northern Tool as hopeless as I think ?

    Is Northern Tool good to deal with ? Not trying to smear them here, but I had to jump through so many hoops to get my first order finally shipped (internationally) but it did finally arrive. Have dealt with so many US companies over the last 15 years or so ( brilliant , speedy service is the...
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    New Aussie to GJ

    Hi guys, Well I must confess I've been lurking for a LONG LONG time before signing up. Some forums like.... STAMP on anyone new .....but this place ROCKS ! Great advice, great guys ( please excuse me here : if there are any non-guys that are interested in tools and cars, firstly excuse my lack...
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