alfazer
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My vintage socket set and ratchet. Accles & Pollock, Oldbury, England.
Awesome set! I've only had good experiences with the zeal seiriesJust received a set of Koken Z-EAL Low Profile socket set.

Why is there a hole in that socket side?
it´s just a tool holder with a little screw on top so you can attach cutting discs or grinding wheels.^ How do those work? Do you have the Micromot system?
wow cool ! Do you know the age ?My vintage socket set and ratchet. Accles & Pollock, Oldbury, England.
pic with coo please if possibleChristmas present from my father, a Makita G5030:
Made in Romania.
Looks cool.
Has a PB Swiss kind of look to it.
They sell Holex as well, correct? I have gentlemen that I work with regularly and they have some tools by Holex. They cost a but less I think?? But the guys seem happy with them. I don't know about Holex COO.It is a PB Swiss one. Garant is the house label of Hoffmann Group, they sell under this label: Stahlwille, PB Swiss, Betacut, Wera, VBW, Ko-Ken, Leinen vices, Lista cabinets and some other quality brands. I haven´t purchased any pice of **** from them. (I own screwdrivers, bit sets, sockets wrences...)
My vintage socket set and ratchet. Accles & Pollock, Oldbury, England.
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Where did you get those screwdrivers?
Edit: Or you father

You're saying "quality brands" and four words later piece of ****? Make up your mind alreadyIt is a PB Swiss one. Garant is the house label of Hoffmann Group, they sell under this label: Stahlwille, PB Swiss, Betacut, Wera, VBW, Ko-Ken, Leinen vices, Lista cabinets and some other quality brands. I haven´t purchased any pice of **** from them. (I own screwdrivers, bit sets, sockets wrences...)

You're saying "quality brands" and four words later piece of ****? Make up your mind already![]()
You're saying "quality brands" and four words later piece of ****? Make up your mind already![]()
corded bench drill test:
http://www.kress-elektrik.com/fileadmin/DAM/News/Testsieger_600BS.pdf
Read that wrong, m'excusi!I meant that nothing of the stuff was ****, all good. Regarding the Holx brand I cant say that all the time. Holex is mostly taiwan stuff, some is good some not.
concirning quality brands and pice of ****.. I killed too many Hazet items...
Where?Some PB Swiss purchases from the ubiquitous U.S. Back Friday sales.

You missed the boat by a long shotWhere?![]()
And are they still offering it, or did I miss the boat again?![]()
Figures...You missed the boat by a long shot
My vintage socket set and ratchet. Accles & Pollock, Oldbury, England.
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The Metabo couldn´t make a hole with the 35mm forstner bit and couldn´t drive "longer screws". The Fein couldn´t drive the 5x100mm test screw into oak, and had problems with the forstner bit. Both drills run 4000rpm while the others are slower and/or have a more powerful motor so they have more torque. If they would test a different drill e.g. the Metabo BE4010 with 2850rpm or the new BE 500/10 then the result would be probably different. For drilling applications with twist drill bits they should work fineVery disappointing to see Metabo score so low. And for the price Fein thinks they can ask it's also a shame they only came in second.
Is Kress very common in Europe now? What's the COO? EDIT: Oh made in Germany.
They also have some sweet looking cordless tools. Are they any good?
nice PB haulSome PB Swiss purchases from the ubiquitous U.S. Back Friday sales. Or for all you foreign devils: Schwarze Freitag. Or Viernes *****. Or Vendredi Noir.

awesome pliers drawers !Some ****.... pardon the 'murican vise grips.
when I need multiple tools in one--no kidding!


Where?![]()
And are they still offering it, or did I miss the boat again?![]()
The Metabo couldn´t make a hole with the 35mm forstner bit and couldn´t drive "longer screws". The Fein couldn´t drive the 5x100mm test screw into oak, and had problems with the forstner bit. Both drills run 4000rpm while the others are slower and/or have a more powerful motor so they have more torque. If they would test a different drill e.g. the Metabo BE4010 with 2850rpm or the new BE 500/10 then the result would be probably different. For drilling applications with twist drill bits they should work fine
Don´t know of Europe but here in Germany they´re not that common anymore since the 2 big box stores who offered Kress dropped them a while ago and because of the "big box image" the professional retailers dropped them too (at least in my city, there is only 1 retailer left) . So you can buy them only in the internet.....they´re more common as a OEM for other companies like Wurth, Flex, Eibenstock, Protool,Mafell, Spit etc....
The cordless drills usually receive good reviews in forums and at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0044YOSN8/
their other tools too:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B0028S19X4/
So it seems good quality at a good price.

Cool!!!
Any idea how old those are?
Thanks.Not the whole boat. They don't have 30% off anymore but I think you can still get 20% or so till the end of the year. Check their U.S web site
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=269546
Thanks.
Not seeing the discounts on the sets, but I'll dig around the singles tomorrow.
price, or maybe thats what the manufacturers send when they were asked for a bench drill for wood working....Well, without knowing all the details, there must be a reason they chose those particular Fein and Metabo models for the comparo, may be price range?
who knows....they´re already in Mexico...As to Kress, another European tool brand we'll probably never see here in North America.![]()
Emmentaler PB Swiss Edition ?My order of Swiss has arrived.