Well it has finally happened... FILTH!

[Andrew_Culture]

After months of eyeing up the big tool drawer / trolleys the engineers here at work have, and asking questions about price and performance I found my eyes lingering too long on a certain page of a catalogue of special offers from a supplier at lunchtime...

Now I'm looking on ebay for used Snap On tool drawer systems. Utter filth I tells ya... This one looks cleaner though...

Tool lust!

*rubs thighs*

I don't even have a garage or a workshop!

What tools have got you lusty at the moment?

 

[Phil485]

I'm after air tools. Air driver, nibbler, sander etc.

 

[postman]

£250 - £250 who made it Chippendale.?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I'm after air tools. Air driver, nibbler, sander etc.

Have you seen this? http://www.prestaflator.com/

We have airlines all over this factory and I've been tempted to treat myself to a prestaflator for a while.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

£250 - £250 who made it Chippendale.?

That's incredibly cheap for Snap On

 

[Andrew_Culture]

[QUOTE 2334624, member: 259"]I sleep with a Park Tools pedal spanner under the pillow.[/quote]

I've carried a swiss army knife for god knows how many years, and I recently 'upgraded' to a leatherman, it's incredibly useful and I use it all the time. So watch out, penknives are gateway drugs.

 

[postman]

AC, snap on, oh sorry i read that as strap on.
A totally different tool kit.

 

[Phil485]

Prestaflator niiiiiiiice!!!!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Prestaflator niiiiiiiice!!!!

It is a bit isn't it; there's just something so incredibly appealing about well machined metal!

 

[accountantpete]

I want a King Dick

 

[Minotier]

The only problem I found with Snap-On tools is that they were more nickable than the humble Kennedy Professional tools that I have had to replace my Snap-Ons with!!!
Thievin pikey tool purloiners.

 

[Minotier]

It is a bit isn't it; there's just something so incredibly appealing about well machined metal!

An appreciation of well made tools is the sign of an Artisan old bean!

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I want a King Dick

Like this one I spotted out in the wild?

 

[Andrew_Culture]

An appreciation of well made tools is the sign of an Artisan old bean!

We have a small machine section at work and the fellow who uses the machines is a precision artist:

I love walking through the part of the factory to see what has been machined.

I don't entirely what know these are but they're beautiful:

 

[Minotier]

We have a small machine section at work and the fellow who uses the machines is a precision artist:

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I love walking through the part of the factory to see what has been machined.

I don't entirely what know these are but they're beautiful:

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Nice workshop, would suit me down to the ground. Colchester centre lathe and a Beavermill Milling machine?
The machined nuts are probably for a machine leadscrew, looks like a trapezoidal thread, so yes the work of a craftsman,an ever diminishing group.
They used to train all mechanical apprentices in these skills, nowadays they do not even teach them how to sharpen a twist drill!!!