Re: Lidl specials may be of interest.

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On Monday, in article <[email protected]>
[email protected] "Bob Hobden" wrote:

> "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ...
> > Post on another NG prompted me to look and.....
> >
> > Saw these available in store now and wondered if they may be of interest
> to
> > some on here.
> > http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040902.p.Walkie_Talkies
> >
>
> Seen the set of spanners on the 13/9 offers?

The're metric.

This is the Land Rover newsgroup.

The problem is left as an exercise for the reader...


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In article <[email protected]>, "David G. Bell" wrote:
> On Monday, in article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Bob Hobden" wrote:
>>
>> Seen the set of spanners on the 13/9 offers?
>
> The're metric.
>
> This is the Land Rover newsgroup.
>
> The problem is left as an exercise for the reader...
>

My Defender is mostly metric, just the odd imperial jobby thrown in to make
things awkward for me as I'm all geared up for metric. It took me a while to
track down a half inch socket recently too, no one locally seems to stock any
imperial tools, no demand apparently.


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"David G. Bell" vaguely muttered something like ...
> On Monday, in article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Bob Hobden" wrote:
>
>> "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ...
>>> Post on another NG prompted me to look and.....
>>>
>>> Saw these available in store now and wondered if they may be of
>>> interest to some on here.
>>>
http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040902.p.Walkie_Talkies
>>>
>>
>> Seen the set of spanners on the 13/9 offers?
>
> The're metric.
>
> This is the Land Rover newsgroup.
>
> The problem is left as an exercise for the reader...

My Disco is mostly metric, a few Imperial and a few 'specials' ...

--
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(8(|) ... Homer Rocks

"A tosser is a tosser, no matter what mode of transport they're using."


 
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 07:34:18 +0100 (BST), [email protected]
("David G. Bell") wrote:

>On Monday, in article <[email protected]>
> [email protected] "Bob Hobden" wrote:
>
>> "Bob Hobden" wrote in message ...
>> > Post on another NG prompted me to look and.....
>> >
>> > Saw these available in store now and wondered if they may be of interest
>> to
>> > some on here.
>> > http://www.lidl.co.uk/gb/index.nsf/pages/c.o.oow.20040902.p.Walkie_Talkies
>> >
>>
>> Seen the set of spanners on the 13/9 offers?
>
>The're metric.
>
>This is the Land Rover newsgroup.
>
>The problem is left as an exercise for the reader...

Wouldn't catch me buying cheap **** spanners anyway, imperial or nbot.
I'm not taking my knuckles off when they split open on a tough nut. Go
out and spend a decent amount on spanners, that way they last and
don't break.

Alex
 

>Wouldn't catch me buying cheap **** spanners anyway, imperial or nbot.
>I'm not taking my knuckles off when they split open on a tough nut. Go
>out and spend a decent amount on spanners, that way they last and
>don't break.
>
>Alex

Quite so. I have an 'OK' full set of sockets and am gradually
building a fair collection of quality spanners and ratchets. I quite
like the Halfords Pro range (easy to get hold of on a Sunday
afternoon!). I do like Snap-On tools, but sadly haven't made my first
million yet.

Aside from the much better strength, good spanners tend to use better
materials and therefore can be made with slimmer shafts and heads -
meaning you can get them into some places that crap spanners won't
fit.


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On or around Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:32:01 +0100, Tim Hobbs
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>
>>Wouldn't catch me buying cheap **** spanners anyway, imperial or nbot.
>>I'm not taking my knuckles off when they split open on a tough nut. Go
>>out and spend a decent amount on spanners, that way they last and
>>don't break.
>>
>>Alex
>
>Quite so. I have an 'OK' full set of sockets and am gradually
>building a fair collection of quality spanners and ratchets. I quite
>like the Halfords Pro range (easy to get hold of on a Sunday
>afternoon!). I do like Snap-On tools, but sadly haven't made my first
>million yet.
>
>Aside from the much better strength, good spanners tend to use better
>materials and therefore can be made with slimmer shafts and heads -
>meaning you can get them into some places that crap spanners won't
>fit.

I have actually managed to break a Britool ring spanner. However, I broke
it by subjecting ti to such extreme degrees of abuse that I didn't have the
nerve to write and complain about it.


 
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:50:30 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On or around Tue, 07 Sep 2004 14:32:01 +0100, Tim Hobbs
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>>>Wouldn't catch me buying cheap **** spanners anyway, imperial or nbot.
>>>I'm not taking my knuckles off when they split open on a tough nut. Go
>>>out and spend a decent amount on spanners, that way they last and
>>>don't break.
>>>
>>>Alex
>>
>>Quite so. I have an 'OK' full set of sockets and am gradually
>>building a fair collection of quality spanners and ratchets. I quite
>>like the Halfords Pro range (easy to get hold of on a Sunday
>>afternoon!). I do like Snap-On tools, but sadly haven't made my first
>>million yet.
>>
>>Aside from the much better strength, good spanners tend to use better
>>materials and therefore can be made with slimmer shafts and heads -
>>meaning you can get them into some places that crap spanners won't
>>fit.
>
>I have actually managed to break a Britool ring spanner. However, I broke
>it by subjecting ti to such extreme degrees of abuse that I didn't have the
>nerve to write and complain about it.
>

Must say, that's unusual. Britool used to have a lifetime gauarantee
on thier tools. Certainly I'd trust my dad's old set to the ends of
the earth. You really must have been abusing it. Let me guess, you put
a 6ft length of scaf pole over it and jumped up and down?

Alex
 
On or around Tue, 07 Sep 2004 22:50:43 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:50:30 +0100, Austin Shackles
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>I have actually managed to break a Britool ring spanner. However, I broke
>>it by subjecting ti to such extreme degrees of abuse that I didn't have the
>>nerve to write and complain about it.
>>
>
>Must say, that's unusual. Britool used to have a lifetime gauarantee
>on thier tools. Certainly I'd trust my dad's old set to the ends of
>the earth. You really must have been abusing it. Let me guess, you put
>a 6ft length of scaf pole over it and jumped up and down?

nah, pounding on the other end with a 10-lb sledge.

it was that or drive 15 miles to get a 13mm 12-point socket - course, once
I'd broken the spanner, I had to drive etc. anyway, buggrit.

whichever damfool decided that putting undersized 12-point heads on a bolt
which would more-normally have a 19mm head needs shooting.

 
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 22:50:43 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Must say, that's unusual. Britool used to have a lifetime gauarantee
>on thier tools. Certainly I'd trust my dad's old set to the ends of
>the earth.

Yup - them an Snap-On. I've broken a Snap-on screwdriver, which has
"Do not use as a pry bar" written on it. I was chatting to the rep
(who replaced it, BTW) about how good a pry bar it was at the time...

The only other socket set I rate is the King Dick that's been kicking
around the cab in Grumble for a good number of years.


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On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:20:04 +0100, Mother <"@ {mother} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 22:50:43 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Must say, that's unusual. Britool used to have a lifetime gauarantee
>>on thier tools. Certainly I'd trust my dad's old set to the ends of
>>the earth.
>
>Yup - them an Snap-On. I've broken a Snap-on screwdriver, which has
>"Do not use as a pry bar" written on it. I was chatting to the rep
>(who replaced it, BTW) about how good a pry bar it was at the time...
>

I'm not convinced by snapon. I've seen thier products wear out or
break too many times. I suppose it's alright for trade, where your
local friendly snap-on rep calls regularly to replace anything you
might have broken, but it'd rather have tools that don't break in the
first place.

Alex
 
On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:40:48 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>I'm not convinced by snapon. I've seen thier products wear out or
>break too many times. I suppose it's alright for trade, where your
>local friendly snap-on rep calls regularly to replace anything you
>might have broken, but it'd rather have tools that don't break in the
>first place.
>
>Alex

Really? Had always coveted their stuff as reputation suggests it is
pretty much the ultimate.

Tend to buy Facom at work, very nice quality but better priced than
Snap-on.

David
 
Alex wrote:


> I'm not convinced by snapon. I've seen thier products wear out or
> break too many times. I suppose it's alright for trade, where your
> local friendly snap-on rep calls regularly to replace anything you
> might have broken, but it'd rather have tools that don't break in the
> first place.

It's good gear, and they replace any that breaks without any difficult
questions (like "How long was the scaffold pipe on the spanner?") but
unless you use it every day you can't justify the price. My work tools
(a mixture of Britool, Snap-On, Facom and S-K) are worth about the same
as a new Disco and the gear at home about the same again.

If I was starting out tomorrow I'd buy Snap-On spanners and ratchets,
Chicago Pneumatic air tools and S-K everything else.


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On or around Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:09:53 +0100, rads
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:40:48 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>
>>I'm not convinced by snapon. I've seen thier products wear out or
>>break too many times. I suppose it's alright for trade, where your
>>local friendly snap-on rep calls regularly to replace anything you
>>might have broken, but it'd rather have tools that don't break in the
>>first place.
>>
>>Alex
>
>Really? Had always coveted their stuff as reputation suggests it is
>pretty much the ultimate.
>
>Tend to buy Facom at work, very nice quality but better priced than
>Snap-on.


Facom of course now own Britool...

most of the snap-on stuff I've seen looks pretty good, I have to say, and
the bunch at the local garage rate 'em, though of course they don't pay for
'em. Actually, I'm not sure that's true - the mechanics each have their own
toolbox, which generally no-one else uses except by invitation; it's
possible that they buy their own tools and are paid sufficient to be able to
do this.
 
"Austin Shackles" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On or around Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:09:53 +0100, rads
> <[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
> >On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:40:48 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
> >wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>I'm not convinced by snapon. I've seen thier products wear out or
> >>break too many times. I suppose it's alright for trade, where your
> >>local friendly snap-on rep calls regularly to replace anything you
> >>might have broken, but it'd rather have tools that don't break in the
> >>first place.
> >>
> >>Alex
> >
> >Really? Had always coveted their stuff as reputation suggests it is
> >pretty much the ultimate.
> >
> >Tend to buy Facom at work, very nice quality but better priced than
> >Snap-on.
>
>
> Facom of course now own Britool...
>
> most of the snap-on stuff I've seen looks pretty good, I have to say, and
> the bunch at the local garage rate 'em, though of course they don't pay for
> 'em. Actually, I'm not sure that's true - the mechanics each have their own
> toolbox, which generally no-one else uses except by invitation; it's
> possible that they buy their own tools and are paid sufficient to be able to
> do this.


Not many companies pay for the tools that's why they don't take too
kindly to lending them out
some companies do give a tool allowance but it's not much
Also a lot of companies won't insure the tools either
the reason most mechanics use 'expensive' snap on is the guarantee
I've had quite a bit replaced free and the quality, a 24mm spanner is
24mm not somewhere between 23 and 25mm
and the fact that the snap on man calls every week and you can pay weekly


Andy

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