Tools from the old world
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Hi Mkstuls and welcome to GJ! Like your old tools.
Miskin
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Welcome to GJ! Perhaps starting a Greek community inside GJ or a Balkan one, gathered a lot of the Balkans here
Welcome to GJ! Perhaps starting a Greek community inside GJ or a Balkan one, gathered a lot of the Balkans here
hahah...lol xD
Thank you all of you for welcoming!
Profi and Draper brands Pin Punches
Chisel is from Profi brand. All German made
Profi and Draper brands Pin Punches
Chisel is from Profi brand. All German made
It will be a good ideaPerhaps starting a Greek community inside GJ or a Balkan one, gathered a lot of the Balkans here
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mr_jack
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Hello everybody and greetings from Bulgaria! Three days ago i received my Felo screwdriver.! It is awesome. Once time felo write to me that they can't send me the package but they finally do it!
You got your screwdriver at last. Great!
maybethanks for the pics ! it seems your new company has some nice tools too !
but many employee here did not appreciated their good quality tools..so nowadays the employer just gave them the China made junk tools
see below, Belzer is one of the victims
I know both are gooddifficult....the old one has this "bulge" around the hole on one side... the rubber of the old one is nice though....but the new one too
Yeah!
Yes!
Congratulation!!!!
Awesome wrench
nice soft face hammer collection !!
nice!!thanks for the pic
btw. Belzer is still offered today:
(from the 2013 catalog)
can we have the pics of your rotator ratchet and the tools inside Koken red box?
Awesome
thanks to shared a pics
you right buddy!!!!!the "Made in Germany" is missing so they´re not perfect
oh no only the real Belzer....
Germany + Japan
Welcome to the board, where you bought it, Ebay?Hello, I'm new here, but still want to show my latest tools
"Used" for 50€
nice tools great pics thanks buddy!!!
that a nice looking tools, how about the prices?
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I do not use hanger boards so for me holes are not a plus. I'm even a bit glad Wera doesn't have them. Post some pics of this holder?
What is the lowest tool for? The one with the bent tip.
Todays purchase:
A Wiha made Wisent bit driver, Made in Germany. They are expanding the Bauhaus in my town and had a sale on old stuff. These seemed to have remained since the OEM change for Wisent drivers (they're now Weras) and was on sale, approximately €9 instead of €30. But I must say I was not impressed with it. The shaft adjust/remove action is very rough and prone to sticking. Perhaps it will wear in a bit and become smother though.
The most stupid thing I've seen in my new workplace
someone cut the open-ended side to insert a pipe
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It's a Germany made Belzer, collectable item and very rare to find it, I need to find all the Belzer tools here and keep it in the safe place.
someone cut the open-ended side to insert a pipe
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It's a Germany made Belzer, collectable item and very rare to find it, I need to find all the Belzer tools here and keep it in the safe place.
marlinspike
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If that makes you mad, wait until you see this:
old style 600N Hazet that I ground the jaw on, so I could hook the ring end of another wrench to it and turn it into an extra long wrench for more leverage.
If it makes you feel better though, I had already bent the wrench trying to get the bolt undone, so it was already a wrench that needed replacing before I ground on it.
old style 600N Hazet that I ground the jaw on, so I could hook the ring end of another wrench to it and turn it into an extra long wrench for more leverage.
If it makes you feel better though, I had already bent the wrench trying to get the bolt undone, so it was already a wrench that needed replacing before I ground on it.
can we have the pics of your rotator ratchet and the tools inside Koken red box?
Here's an older pic of the rotator set, not in the box:
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I don't have a photo but here's what's in the red Koken tin (set 3223M):
marlinspike
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Things are about to look drastically different here in a few weeks when a 5 tray box arrives, but here's how things look right now and have looked for a bit. By no means all my tools (for one thing almost every tool in here is a select portion of a full set, with the rest of the set elsewhere), but this is a set that was built to do about 75% of everything on BMW and Mercedes prior to the current generation when torx and e-torx became much more plentiful.
Soon I'll have a 90% box, an 8% box, and then a 1% box in a big old Bucket Boss bag that I have.
Only 3 tools in there are not from the "old world" - the Benchmade knife, the Craftsman Professional wire strippers, and the spark plug gap tool.
EDIT: er, 5, forgot that Bondhus is made in USA.
Soon I'll have a 90% box, an 8% box, and then a 1% box in a big old Bucket Boss bag that I have.
Only 3 tools in there are not from the "old world" - the Benchmade knife, the Craftsman Professional wire strippers, and the spark plug gap tool.
EDIT: er, 5, forgot that Bondhus is made in USA.
shoturtle
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The topul cart looks pretty nice.
jalfaro
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Nice Ko-Ken set
Welcome, excellent contribution, I had never heard about the brand Meleu
Great tools, this pliers are amazing, I have the PZ-56 model
Awesome tools!!!
@mrtool: Great Toyo tool boxes
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Nocturnal-G
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Felo 550 Phillips
Felo 550 Slotted
My Craftsman screwdrivers just fell when I attempted the test. Lol.
Felo 550 Slotted
My Craftsman screwdrivers just fell when I attempted the test. Lol.
Thanks CanUK, the pics of the Toptul are of my client, he sent me
Good client - I hope you send him a Christmas card
BTW -when do we see your own personal collection then?
marlinspike
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Fellow old-worldies, I need your help!
I would really, really like a set of Wiha SoftFinish hex screwdrivers (preferably Magic Ring, but I'm flexible). They only seem to be available in the UK from Wiha and a couple of other places that sell them individually (expensive!).
Does anyone know of a source in the UK, or Europe that sell a set for a reasonable price and don't have extorionate shipping?
The American Wiha site sells an 9pc Magic Ring set for just $52 USD. If I order from RS, the same sizes without Magic Ring would cost £61, so nearly double the price
EDIT: Amazon US sells the set for $39USD!
KCToolCo.com has good prices and a wide selection of Wiha too. I'm on my way out the door, so I can't look up the particular set you're looking for, but check there.
Very conviencing photo's of Felo's screwdriver's based on fact, impressive!
Felo 550 Phillips
Felo 550 Slotted
My Craftsman screwdrivers just fell when I attempted the test. Lol.
Cheers - I need availability to the UK though. I did find I can buy them on Amazon's US site and shipped for cheap (£39 delivered).
jalfaro
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Old and rusty GEDORE wrench from my father, remnant of his old mechanic workshop
After cleaning process
After cleaning process
mr_jack
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Here are the got these days. They're not many, but were ... sort of missing in my toolbox. But I actually don't carry that big "Pelican" snips in the box. Here they are:
FatMax 0-10-778 utility knife - Made in Taiwan of course
Brennenstuhl 1297150 electronic tester - Made in China
KNIPEX 40 04 180 grip pliers
Rennsteig 175 mm x 7 mm "schaber"
2 x Rennsteig center punches
Rennsteig 300 mm flat chisel
Bessey 102-250 "Berliner" tin snips
Bessey 118-300 "Pelican" tin snips
The chisel and the bottom center punch are, or I should say were lacquered (stupid idea), and some idiot in the store taped the price tags around them. It took me some time and some ethyl alcohol to remove the glue and so the lacquer came off too.
The "Pelican" is ideal for long cuts in sheet metal. One downside - no opening spring, but I'll find a suitable one.
FatMax 0-10-778 utility knife - Made in Taiwan of course
Brennenstuhl 1297150 electronic tester - Made in China
KNIPEX 40 04 180 grip pliers
Rennsteig 175 mm x 7 mm "schaber"
2 x Rennsteig center punches
Rennsteig 300 mm flat chisel
Bessey 102-250 "Berliner" tin snips
Bessey 118-300 "Pelican" tin snips
The chisel and the bottom center punch are, or I should say were lacquered (stupid idea), and some idiot in the store taped the price tags around them. It took me some time and some ethyl alcohol to remove the glue and so the lacquer came off too.
The "Pelican" is ideal for long cuts in sheet metal. One downside - no opening spring, but I'll find a suitable one.
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mr_jack
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KNIPEX 40 04 180 grip pliers
I needed a smaller grip pliers for my toolbox so i got these. They're nickel plated and man, they look awesome!
Here compared to a cheap chinese pair.
I needed a new utility knife. This one seemed a good idea. It's not bad. There's space for extra blades in the handle. Only the lid and the spare blades holder are plastic. Everything else - metal. Except for the rubber of course
With this you can lock the blade so it doesn't wobble.
I needed a smaller grip pliers for my toolbox so i got these. They're nickel plated and man, they look awesome!
Here compared to a cheap chinese pair.
I needed a new utility knife. This one seemed a good idea. It's not bad. There's space for extra blades in the handle. Only the lid and the spare blades holder are plastic. Everything else - metal. Except for the rubber of course
With this you can lock the blade so it doesn't wobble.
Very nice. Apart from being lovely and shiny do they feel/work exceptionally well? I placed an order with Conrad Electric today and nearly put these in my basket.
Nocturnal-G
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Anyone know or hear of this plier brand? Interesting name...
http://www.riogrande.com/Product/Rio-German-Five-Piece-Pliers-Set/111038
http://www.riogrande.com/Product/Rio-German-Five-Piece-Pliers-Set/111038
Looks like it's just been branded for the company that runs that website?
Nocturnal-G
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I don't know... kind of threw me off when it said Swedish tool steel, then claimed to be German, with a brand named after a Mexican river... lol.
tweedlestan
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Rio Grande is a well known jeweler's supply, so those pliers (and all sorts of other items) are rebranded for them.
Their German pliers seem to be good quality, I know some jewelers that use them.
Their German pliers seem to be good quality, I know some jewelers that use them.
Nocturnal-G
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I'm in the market for some... Considering NWS micro-line, Knipex, or anything else I can find... Lindstrom is pricey compared to these brands.
mr_jack
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Well ... to be honest I don't use grip pliers very often and I can only compare these to the cheap ones above. The teeth of the Knipex are dull. The teeth of those chinese pliers are way sharper. The Knipex are really comfortable and have enough power at the tip and also holds hex-profiles very good. You can see teeth marks on the Rennsteig center punch above. I've tested them holding 2 4 mm thick metal plates and I'm pleased with the result.
The upper jaw of the Knipex is 35 mm long. It grips up to ... 25 mm square profile, 32 hex and 35 round (I read that here - http://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=1216&L=1&page=art_detail&parentID=1364&groupID=1452&artID=1547).
I say again I bought them because I needed smaller grip pliers for my tool box. It all depends on what are you gonna use them for. There are other brands too so you can look them first and then to decide what is best suitable for you.
Nice!
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