Spanners

[jamesd]

You pay for it but do you pay too much? I have a BOC mig welder made by cebora, you can buy the exact machine with a snap in badge for three times the price. OK so it has a good warranty but three times the price???

 

Its entirely personal but Facom gets my vote for the best balance of quality and price

 

Thanks for the info i reckon i'll go for their spanners have you got one of their socket sets? Looking to buy a decent set for maintenance of equip in the future. There seem to be a few different types of ratchets to choose from do you know what the differences are?

[cornish wood burner]

Man I love the swivel heads, I have older fixed heads but they just wont reach 40% of the jobs. Swivels I got are much better

Personal taste but I think everyone in our workshop ditched the swivels for fixed cranked ones. I agree fixed have limits but we find them so much easier to use one handed for 99% of what we do. Sounds like you might have more awkward jobs.

[jamesd]

A set would work out much cheaper than buying individually. Your way could easily double the cost, possibly more.

Lever turning a shaft seems to work better than a slider like on the teng. Teng fan but not so impressed with their ratchet spanners. I have Palmera but only I need them for light work. They change direction nicely but not sure how long they would last for heavy use.

Great bits of kit though. Even with a good name I would never use them for hi-torque applications if you want them to last. Try before you buy and pick a style you like.

 

How does the slider work on the teng spanners? I've never seen one before!

[treequip]

Thanks for the info i reckon i'll go for their spanners have you got one of their socket sets? Looking to buy a decent set for maintenance of equip in the future. There seem to be a few different types of ratchets to choose from do you know what the differences are?

 

I have several facom ratchets in various sizes and length from 1/4 to 1"

 

outside the drive size and length they have common parts with the exception of the 3/8 drive one that you can operate by rotating the handle

 

They are dependable and if you do kill one they will fix or replace it for free

 

Another point about facom is that they sell tools where snap on out their name to anything at all

Edited August 28, 2015 by treequip

[jamesd]

I have several facom ratchets in various sizes and length from 1/4 to 1"

 

outside the drive size and length they have common parts with the exception of the 3/8 drive one that you can operate by rotating the handle

 

They are dependable and if you do kill one they will fix or replace it for free

 

Another point about facom is that they sell tools where snap on out their name to anything at all

 

Cheers for the info where do you get your facom tools from? none of my local suppliers seem to stock them.

[div_h]

Most of mine are snap on or bluepoint but I use these to make a living, gearwrench and signet stuff is good.. Don't buy too cheap

 

That's just some of my spanner but I'm no tool geek

[div_h]

Cheers for the info where do you get your facom tools from? none of my local suppliers seem to stock them.

 

Mac tools are facom dealers too, but best getting them off eBay

[cornish wood burner]

How does the slider work on the teng spanners? I've never seen one before!

 

Never had one apart but it just changes over the ratchet direction like the lever. Little raised ridge that slides 90 deg to the spanner stem. Just a bit harder to use than a lever, especially with oil on your hands or gloves.

[treequip]

Cheers for the info where do you get your facom tools from? none of my local suppliers seem to stock them.

 

Man in a van works mobile and sells to garages

[Billhook]

I think that men buying these expensive tools is the equivalent of women buying shoes!

Men become just as excited about seeing a set of cabinets full of beautiful smooth sliding drawers and shiny Snap-on tools

 

A cheap tool or cheaper pair of shoes will still work, but the feel good factor is not the same.

 

Because I am tight fisted and always losing tools, I buy the cheapest I can find usually from discount stores or markets, so I may well have about a dozen 10mm spanners kicking about the place in various cars/ tractors/ workshops but they are always around when I need them.

I did split a couple of cheap Chinese sockets under high torque way back in the 1970s but I have never broken a tool since then.

 

I have cut spanners in half to do a difficult job, which I would not consider

doing with a Snap-on spanner!

 

I run around in a Panda 4x4 which cost £100 in 1997. A Range Rover I am sure is more sturdy and comfortable but the Panda deals with the offroad bit well and has not let me down.