Can ya hand a man a grander spanner (or not)?

Barrabob · Post by **Barrabob** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:30 pm

I buy the cheap stuff and good ones of the stuff you really use, sidchrome or the dear supercheap spanners are good and the really cheapy supercheap spanners are handy as well for the kids lol.

MadFab · Post by **MadFab** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:58 pm

there is only one brand " koken "

Johnnie5 · Post by **Johnnie5** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:15 pm

mick_dundee wrote:Thanks for the heads up guys, Kinchrome looks good and just sussed out Bunnings, nothing decent <$200 so Just Tools looks good

wtf ?

you want a high quality tool kit at sub $200

sorry mate just not gonna happen

grab the local rag and hit garage sales on saturdays and find some quality stuff at cheap prices

I Have bought my 2 decent socket sets sidchrome 1/2 and kinchrome 3/4 at cash convertors , not super cheap but still well below rrp

Kmart do a half decent kit which have seen them sell at 30-40% off on sales , as a start kit when you havent got anything then they are hard to go past ,

some of the best tools i have bought have been cheap as , buy carefully and there is some damn good screwdrivers at not much money

supercheap do a 3/8 drive socket set on a strip for sub $20 which is a set of allen keys and screwdriver bits , cheap and decent enough to remove allen bolts than have bent allen keys

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 7:06 pm

Got an allen key set, looking for a decent range metric socket set with a fairly heavy duty ratchet primarily.. last heavy duty ratchet came in a cheap toolkit from K Mart and shat itself first time I used it, not even a particularly heavy nut either.. hence looking to replace it with something reasonably decent.

Not saying i'm nt prepared to pay >$200 but if I can gett he same shit elsewhere cheaper then i'm not opposed to the idea..

ProblemChild · Post by **ProblemChild** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 8:58 pm

stick with the sidchrome or kingchrome never had any breakeges wih either of them

,the tools that is

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 12:16 am

best kmart tool i've bought yet, is a magnetic screwdriver. has a black handle, anodised blue shaft and has a telescopic extension with rare earth magnet in the tip, useful for picking up dropped items

the socket kit i got is average quality, but very durable.

also check out dick smiths if you want a dremel type tool, they have one going for about $40, get the extended toolkit for another 20 and its fricking useful

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:57 pm

Lainie wrote:
mick_dundee wrote:Is ANY tool Lainie proof??
I can promise yours is

u wouldn't even go there with a 10 foot pole

Lainie · Post by **Lainie** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:14 pm

mrmina wrote:
Lainie wrote:
mick_dundee wrote:Is ANY tool Lainie proof??
I can promise yours is
u wouldn't even go there with a 10 foot pole

ya got that right

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:36 pm

my uncle owned a tool shop, and when i needed a starter kit he set me up with KC TOOLS...seem pretty good..tho for what i got i paid $1000...and that was cost... got me a bunch of spanners, a 3/8 & 1/4 drive socket set, and a few bits and pieces...

ive just got other bits over the years... like a cheap screwdriver with interchangeable tips- every1 pays me out (its not strong) but by god is it usefull for little jobs...

Adel · Post by **Adel** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:25 pm

if its not to late, personaly I use sidcrome or kingcrom and if you dont use tool that much and you dont wanna spend to much, I rekon crome vandum is not that bad, I have some in that, you could say crome vandum is the best of the worst, ther solid enough

nahima · Post by **nahima** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 9:13 am

I'm banned from using tools - this was after the bird house I built in woodwork in year 10 was condemned by the fair housing commission - but hubby uses Kingcrome and sidchrome - well uses is a relative term, he owns them anyway.

mrmina · Post by **mrmina** » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:30 pm

i bought a set from the market and its tuff as nuts.

there was a small socket set which cost $30 upto 17mm metric and equivalent imperial.

and the big socket set cost $175 upto 30 something mm with a huge driver and breaker bar.

MiG · Post by **MiG** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:27 am

I got an 82 piece (I think) Kincrome socket set for $200 off Ebay! The reason it was so cheap was because it was a tray that comes from a large tool set, so no box but I don't care.

http://transquip.com.au/ has decent prices but do shop around because sometimes they aren't so cheap. And be aware that their prices do not include GST.

I've gotten some KC Tools pliers and a nice 50 pc or so 1/2" drive bit set (hex, torx, spline) made out of S2 steel (stronger than Cr-V). They seem to make very nice stuff (see their catalogue online) and are aussie too. Well, they're as aussie as Kinchrome is.

I got a good deal on Fuller spanners from Transquip but the quality is a little bit wonky. The finish on my spanners looks a bit stained and uneven but that's not the real issue. The 10 mm spanner sat in a puddle of coolant overnight and rusted a bit due to poor chroming in the ring and the 1/4" spanner is a bit oval and barely fits a 1/4" hex bit due to the shape. The other small spanners look a bit wonky too.

http://www.amanstoyshop.com.au/
has decent prices on some things and some interesting items that others don't have. Watch out for postage though because they're in Queensland. I got a 765 mm 1/2" breaker bar from there. Why exert yourself?

Minimax tools has a shop on Ebay and their newer stuff seems very nice. However I advise against getting the old non-surface drive tool kits. I bought one of the non surface drive tool kits and returned it because it was all a bit shitty e.g. a 2 km car ride resulted in a fair bit of the dodgy looking chrome flaking off and the tool box was shit.
But while I was returning it I had a look at the other stuff and it looks good . Their shop is in Geelong.

Damn I like tools.

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:38 am

buy repco they have lifetime warranty and not to dear

Chuck · Post by **Chuck** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:37 am

I've got a set of kmart tools supatool which are made by kingchrome , I've had them for years and I am always working on cars or bikes . The only things I have replaced are the ratchets with sidchrome .