Tools

What tools would you guys say are definately needed and other ones that would be handy to own. i am thinking for birthday presents as my next birthday is the one before i hope to buy my 1st landy (early 90).

are there any particular sizes that are most common?
spanners or sockets? or mix of both?
any good sources of quality tools? snap-on was the most common at my work experience but well out of my price range!!!

cheers Ross

don't be going buying fancy looking shiney spanners young feller me lad, get yerself a big 'ammer and cheap spanners, ask fer cash for yer b'day that way yer can shoot off to the bootsale on a sunday and pick up everyone's second hand spanners fer a song

Draper aint a bad place to start for home tools.

A 7 to 22 socket set and spanner set will cover most things. Any bigger than that then just buy the sizes as you need them.

Then there are torx bits, hex bits, allen keys, etc... etc...

Just buy tools as you need them otherwise you won't be able to buy parts for your landy.

Halfords proffesional are very good value for money, you could get a good socket set for £60, and a set of ratchet spanners for £40.
As for screwdrivers, Halfords, B&Q, or even Aldi, Netto, Asda.

pigpen said:

As for screwdrivers, Aldi, Netto, Asda.

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hoof em in with yer mams shopping, she'll nevber notice, their pliers are alright too, and they sell stilsons sometimes

pigpen said:

Aldi, Netto,Lidl

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its thursday tomorrow piggy, get in there early to beat the rush

Always miss the bargains, i will have to get a long white shirt.

I reckon machine mart are good value for money, it's the arrogant ****s that work there that I can't be doing with.

aye a suit fer under 30 quid tomorrow at aldi, ey up retsy get in there

there are some cheap tools in screwfix too

There is some cheap screws in Bolton as well

ho de feckin ho, the old uns are the best eh

In Bolton they are.

buy the best tools ye can afford, yer knuckles will thank you for it!

Gloves: 5 pairs for 37p in nettos.

Ebay can be a good source of tools but be aware the the inflated postage prices.

Try and find someone local you can collect from.

I have seen people selling whole boxes of half decent tools cheap.

PS If you are looking at buying an old Landy you may need to get hold of a welding set.

Mine gets quite a lot of use, especially when MOT due

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When you buy tools look out for those cheapy ones made of poor quality steel where the jaws actully bend open, I was undoing injector pipes with some of them once, and by the end of the job the 10mm were about 12mm. That was a set someone gave to me, the socket set in it has done me good though.

Before I carried on I bought a set of new stanleys for about £20 they are brilliant.

You all missed the obvious ones:

All you need is a working mobile and a good credit card
(As my wife tells me and she is never wrong)

Its not cheep but it will get you out of almost any problem.
Personally you can do a lot with a big hammer, it might not fix anything but it makes you feel better.

i thought i had mentioned the big ammer in my first thread clive, there are cheap tools and there are bargain tools, its the bargains you want. i have some old spanners that come in hgv wagons when you buy em new, iveco are good fer that and the tools are strong enough to grind and cut into those special tools that we all make fer the important little jobs

Get down to local car boot and get rootin!

You'll have to get there early to bag the good stuff.