Tools worthy of a mention.

[Rough Cutter]

On 25/11/2024 at 10:39, roys said:

They look like Bahco shifters, which in my mind are the best ones out there, wonder if Blue Point have got Bahco to make them for them.

Got them from the snap on supplier. 

Very good.

Also the have metric and imperial engraved on each side .

They are very handy 

[Rough Cutter]

On 25/11/2024 at 19:39, doobin said:

Rothnburger adjustables for me. 
 

and knipex for swan necks, nothing else comes remotely close there. 

I brought thee to replace the rothenberger ones I had and they are much better 

[Stubby]

11 hours ago, Rough Cutter said:

 

Also the have metric and imperial engraved on each side .

 

I don't see how they can be both ....oh hang on they are adjustable 🙂

[peds]

We recently bought a new stretcher, 8000 euros of a fancy lightweight titanium thing, from a manufacturer in the States. Took delivery of it, got it out of the box, started bolting it together... the allen bolt heads are all American imperial, and the metric allen keys we had to hand don't fit. Had to wait until the next day and bring in a different set especially.

 

Most inconvenient. 

[AHPP]

58 minutes ago, peds said:

We recently bought a new stretcher, 8000 euros of a fancy lightweight titanium thing, from a manufacturer in the States. Took delivery of it, got it out of the box, started bolting it together... the allen bolt heads are all American imperial, and the metric allen keys we had to hand don't fit. Had to wait until the next day and bring in a different set especially.

 

Most inconvenient. 

 

America is dreadful for that. Gun stuff is often American and often imperial. I can tolerate the tradition on lever guns etc but for modern stuff, bloody modernise. And more to the point, bloody standardise. Especially with things that are likely to be used in a pinch, where not being able to fix it because you don't have some minority allen keys could be a serious problem. Oh I don't know. Like you've got a gun out of action while you're being shot at or you're up a mountain in the middle of the night, trying to not drop a patient on a sharp rock.

[Peasgood]

16 hours ago, AHPP said:

 

America is dreadful for that. Gun stuff is often American and often imperial. I can tolerate the tradition on lever guns etc but for modern stuff, bloody modernise. And more to the point, bloody standardise. Especially with things that are likely to be used in a pinch, where not being able to fix it because you don't have some minority allen keys could be a serious problem. Oh I don't know. Like you've got a gun out of action while you're being shot at or you're up a mountain in the middle of the night, trying to not drop a patient on a sharp rock.

Give me a shout if you get yourself in such a pickle as my Allen key set includes Imperial, don't know why anyone would have half a set missing.

Maybe they will invent an adjustable (shifter) Allen key one day to solve the issue.

[AHPP]

Yeah. I have both but you don’t expect to actually need them. 

[Dan Maynard]

I think America is a weird mixture , I've worked in only two factories in the US, both pharma, both were basically metric. All product drawings, machinery, tools.

[peds]

[5thelement]

Thinking about getting an Arb Trolley. 
Any recommendations, is the Stein one worth the best part of a grand?