A lot of those look like tools from the New World...
What's the story on Unior? I did a few cursory searches, and they appear to make A LOT of bicycle tools - an odd niche for most industrial tool makers. I'm thinking I'm going to have to give some a try!
Cool old pliers. They could very well be Knipex, or one of many brands
Anyway...
Actually, there's a really excellent method that I just tried today and it works astonishingly well on things which are just lightly rusted, like your pliers:
You won't believe it, but just use some aluminum foil and sprinkle on some water and rub. You don't need to scrub hard. just keep it wet and the aluminum reacts with the rust. You'll start to see the water turn gray.
The best part is the aluminum won't scratch the chrome plating and will leave it exactly the appearance as original (as long as it's not pitted). That's especially important on tools that have a matte finish, like Hazet wrenches. Other harsher methods can easily change that finish texture and leave it looking scrubbed. Just make sure that it is clean before you start. If there's grit, then that will scratch it. You can wad the aluminum up to press into depressions. Try it, it works fast.
Then just oil it when you're done with something like WD40.
Incredible! Thank you
Did my Bahco adjustable as well:
Thanks again
) the older(?)style socket with the diamond lettering appeals to me the most aesthetically though, anyone on here have any idea of year of manufacture etc of Britool sockets? (or somewhere i can find out?)
) the older(?)style socket with the diamond lettering appeals to me the most aesthetically though
)They're a type of stand-off cutter, which are used to trim the leads off of through hole components once they've been stuffed into the boards. Some also bend the lead over to hold the component in place, which this one appears to do (leaves a bit of lead shaped like: \ as it sticks out the back side of the PCB).
Darn. I was hoping you might put it up for sale.
Darn. I was hoping you might put it up for sale.
I have an electronics bench at home, and it's one of the hand tools I still haven't managed to acquire yet.
(you would probably use it more than me...)Thanks.
If i do decide to sell it I'll keep you in mind
Incredible! Thank you
Did my Bahco adjustable as well:
Thanks again
Some more Ebay tools today,
Secondly some old made in England Britool sockets
as you can seem despite being the same range all 3 are different, from different years of production I'd think.
I guess they changed the knurling and stamping, then the design of the socket? id assume the one with the diamond shaped Britool lettering is the oldest
Bit of a pain as i want to sort out a matching set, ill wait untill i have more then can sell/swap the odd ones (or collect 3 sets
as you can seem despite being the same range all 3 are different, from different years of production I'd think.
I guess they changed the knurling and stamping, then the design of the socket? id assume the one with the diamond shaped Britool lettering is the oldest
Bit of a pain as i want to sort out a matching set, ill wait untill i have more then can sell/swap the odd ones (or collect 3 sets
And last ones for today, a Gedore 3/4 drive impact extension, and a 32mm 1/2 drive hazet 900lg series socket,
the extension is new, socket is "used" but doesn't appear to have actually been used for anything. need to get some more socket rails now though, (probably Hansen ones, not quite old world
You've got to find a way to put together a set of the diamond logo ones. No doubt there's some old fart who's never heard of the internet with a dusty old store somewhere who's got a full set in the original box collecting dust on his shelf and he'll sell the set to you for a song. You are in the UK, aren't you. What if you were stuck in a backwater like Taiwan, what would you do?
Secondly some old made in England Britool sockets
as you can seem despite being the same range all 3 are different, from different years of production I'd think.
I guess they changed the knurling and stamping, then the design of the socket? id assume the one with the diamond shaped Britool lettering is the oldest
Bit of a pain as i want to sort out a matching set, ill wait untill i have more then can sell/swap the odd ones (or collect 3 sets
as you can seem despite being the same range all 3 are different, from different years of production I'd think.
I guess they changed the knurling and stamping, then the design of the socket? id assume the one with the diamond shaped Britool lettering is the oldest
Bit of a pain as i want to sort out a matching set, ill wait untill i have more then can sell/swap the odd ones (or collect 3 sets
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Monte, please let us know how well they last compared to a conventional wire brush. Also are they for drill only?Monte said:
makes sense though, i guess fractional ones didn't have the E prefix and they used H for single hex? i don't recall ever seeing any ones mind, but then single hex doesn't seem to have been so common in the uk in the 70's or 80's though, apart from impact sockets.Those Britool sockets rock!
I would love to get my greedy paws on some vintage Britool
You are so lucky to be in the UK!
I much prefer Britool over King ****. And with King ****, you're always contending with all those sniggers over the name
why couldn't they just call it Abingdon tools or something...
BTW Love the Hazet deep socket. I've only got one so far in 26mm. Do you not agree that the Hazet deep sockets are the coolest sockets on Planet Earth?
I'm going to put together a set of those and put them in my empty blue Hazet metal case.
), but a not as cheap these days as the 'new is better' disease is common over here too and people often seem to throw out a lot of good quality tools "because they are old" and buy new stuff (never understand that mentality ) (which is a shame as almost all the others are used to sell mainly made in Taiwan or china tools under the impression that they are uk made....)Maximum is about 32.5mm, so good for 32mm
Lok i can't wait Magic 2013 promotions come to Greece! There's a few things i want to buy.
I didn't expect to buy the 3/4 ratchet from GEDORE...This little beast came in my hands while I was looking for a 3/4 tommy bar.
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The question is what socket to get. Hexagon or double hexagon?
.... no i lied i knew it wil be a Gedore i don´t know if there is a big difference.... handle shape is about the same.....steel might be different.... in the 2011 Catalog they write that the steel is a "Chrom Vanadium Plus" steel in the older 2003 catalog they specifiy it more precise and write that the slotted drivers with blade diameter 2 to 6.5 mm are made of 73MoV52 steel and the sized 7 to 10mm use 61CrSiV5 but no specs for cross head drivers... but which is better and why ..... ??? Only Gedore knows that
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The superslim sockets I bought recently and haven't put them through their paces yet but they look top notch in every way. I expect I'm really going to be pleased with them.
