spanners - OE'S and ringies and sockets etc
Submitted: Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:22
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had a job a few weeks back and thought to my self that if I'd sent one of my mechanics to this job he would have stuffed every bolt as he wold have been using metric and or AF spanners....only BSW or BS would fit correctly and with most bolts/nuts being so damn tight the "rounding off" of the heads would have been inevitable...(i know mechanics..not just
mine but all...no care and no responsibility)......
so went looking at second hand
places ie cash robbers and the like etc etc for BSW/BS ring spanners etc and they dont keep them...when you ask some one in the store where do they all go...they dont know and the boss aint here to be able to tell you either.
oes anyone know why cant you get BSW or BS spanners/sockets etc ..even second hand?
Glad i kept
mine
Reply By: Member Brian (Gold Coast) - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:33
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 08:33
Probably 'cos most things are now metric.....
;-))
but there is a brand of sockets called Metrinch that are meant to fit everything! A mate who's also a fridgie has a set and swears by them, but I don't know how they'd go with the BS & BSW stuff....
musta been an old unit you were working on!!!!
Cheers
Brian
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:28
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:28
ever tried them? can do more damage then letting an apprentice at it
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:31
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:31
and it wasnt as old as me which makes it
young
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Follow Up By: Neil & Pauline - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 14:02
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 14:02
I have had a set of Metrinch for some years. Once you use it on a tight nut it tends to dent in on the flat sides making it tight for a conventional socket to fit. Anything with rounded corners or odd size it worked magic.
wouldn't be without a set with older machinery.
Neil
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Follow Up By: Member Brian (Gold Coast) - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 18:30
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 18:30
"Member No 1 posted:
ever tried them? "
Nope... never to be honest, I have watched my mate use them, maybe he was lucky but they seemed to work for him...
"can do more damage then letting an apprentice at it""
that would be memories flooding back from your own apprenticeship, no??? ;-)).... LOL
"and it wasnt as old as me which makes it
young "
Nah..... not going there mate!!!! LOL.....
Cheers
Brian
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Reply By: Member - Doug T NT - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:44
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 09:44
Member No 1
You need one of these. Fits all sizes.
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Follow Up By: MrBitchi (QLD) - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:00
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:00
Boy! Get one of those on yer nuts and you'd know ALL about it... LOL
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:27
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:27
ouch.....
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Reply By: SPRINT-GTO - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:39
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 10:39
For BS/BSW sockets/ ring& open ended spanners Google Eurotech
Tools or contact WPD Australia on 1300 767 811--they have branches in all states.
I have no connection whatsoever with this company but I was in a similiar situation to yourself recently when working on an old Land Rover and was short a couple of BSW sockets but couldnt afford to buy a full set .
I contacted these people (Ray & Leonie) and they posted me out two odd sockets for FREE!!
Nothing was to much trouble for them, they even paid the postage---old time service and I would certainly purchase from them in future.!!!
Goodluck
Gary
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Reply By: Member - Glenn D (NSW) - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:20
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:20
Hows it going #1
You didnt specify a budget , try here.
Snap on catalogue
Looks like only a few sizes available , talk to your local dealer , or you can order them online and get them posted if you are at an out of the way place ?
Glenn.
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:41
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:41
its not my budget i have to worry about...i have all my BSW sockets from when i got them when an apprentice...
i was going to make the mechanics buy them...they get a tool allowance and i think they should buy some....:)))
its just that you cant see them at Cash Converters etc etc...where do they all go.....
i was also hoping to get some cheapies? hahaha to keep my stocks up...you lose more that what you ever wear....looks like i'll get a new set then...i'm a tool junkie...cant have too many tool....i'm going to need it/them one day...
same as the lathe sitting in its box in the corner...i'll need it one day...
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Reply By: Louie the fly (SA) - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:55
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:55
Numero uno, Whitworth spanners are getting hard to get now to the point where there are not many available in sets any more. I just rang General
Tools in Cavan & they are going to fax me a list. Snap On have them (limited range as I understand) but have you seen the price? $70 for a 3/8 BS combi spanner. What a gip!
When I get some prices from GT I'll let you know.
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Reply By: Member No 1- Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:17
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:17
BUT we dont see them at Cash Converters?...why
there must be a lot of old farts, from days the gone by when it was BSW etc, who have or are kicking the bucket so what has happend to their old tools?
Wonder if Willem will include me in his will ?...hahahaha
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Follow Up By: Louie the fly (SA) - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:53
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 12:53
I've got, at home, an assortment of sockets and spanners collected over the years. But I ain't no old fart (yet) so maybe I don't need them! I've seen them for sale at swap meets and the like and they want a fortune for them.
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 13:23
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 13:23
"I ain't no old fart (yet)"...is that your opinion..:)))
yeah I was just looking on ebay and going by the prices i saw for the few sidchrome sockets and ring spanners i saw there, i am going to make sure
mine are looked away..... in the Safe...
well maybe not the safe but i am going to keep a good eye on them
mmm son has just got himself a car and he has been borrowing (should I count them and say "lost") them...maybe i had better go get him a cheap set of tools?
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Follow Up By: Willem - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 13:33
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 13:33
Hey No 1
Yer not so far off being an old fart!~!!
Sorry no point in leaving my
tools to you as I have an assortment of rubbish
tools amongst some good tuff. Sorreeeeee
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 13:55
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 13:55
"I have an assortment of rubbish
tools amongst some good tuff"
leave it all to me..i assure you that i am quite capable of being able to sort out the crap from Good Stuff
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Follow Up By: Louie the fly (SA) - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 15:04
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 15:04
I have some prices on a range of whitworth ring/OE spanners. They range from $27.25 for a 1/8 WHIT to $118.25 for a 3/4 WHIT (+ GST). I have no affiliation with General
Tools by the way, we just use them for work because they are the best to deal with. At the prices they are now you need to insure them, along with those Picaso's and other priceless treasures. Just imagine on Antiques Roadshow "
well they been in my family for nowt on 70 years - thy was me grandad's". "
Well I think you out to have them insured for at least 30,000 quid". "Oh my lordy, are you serious? But thy're just spanners n'all"
And as for this.... "I ain't no old fart (yet)"...is that your opinion..:)))
YEP!
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Reply By: Shaker - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 17:15
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 17:15
I just typed "whitworth" in to ebay ... there are heaps!
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 19:20
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 19:20
i was after quality sets...at a reasonable price
just wish i could get my hands on a set of sidchrome ringies OE's and sockets
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Reply By: roblin - Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 21:04
Friday, Aug 22, 2008 at 21:04
Why don't you see them at Cash Converters?
Because the low lifes in our society don't deem them valuable enough to steal!
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:17
Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:17
i dont think that is quite true...not by the prices of the few on Ebay anyway
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Reply By: Member - Rodney B- Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:09
Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 at 10:09
I have a full set from my appretice days 40 years ago, and they sit in an old toolbox under a bench, but every now and then I find a nut on one of my vehicles/trailer that should be Metric or AF but isnt. and lo and behold justifies the reason I have kept them for 40 years. Still got the wife from 47 years ago also. Must be a connection there somewhere.
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Follow Up By: Member No 1- Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:18
Saturday, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:18
cos you love em both?
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