Tools

[lmoengnr]

And now wondering if I do just fork out a few extra dollars and go the biggest bottle of argon or still keep to the 1 size down.... short term pain for longer term cost savings....

I'm thinking both...
For the workshop, a large Argon bottle with a dual flowmeter/regulator for back purging.
Currently have 2 small D bottles for general use, Argon for TIG and AR/CO2 mix for MIG.
They're compact enough to fit in a sedan boot, and both of my machines would probably fit in as well.
I've had the TIG machine and Argon bottle in the passenger footwell of the ute a few times now, as I CBF'd trying to secure them in the tray.

 

[Fu Manchu]

Wanted one of these for a while and finally treated myself to one with the boxing day sales today.

Also grabbed these 1/2" hext sockets as I needed to remove an 11mm hex bung in an oil block and of course I had no 11mm's in the 40 odd bloody allen keys I have here.

I would love one of those! To be fair, who wouldn’t?

I have the same long hex sockets, really handy.

 

[Drawnnite]

I'm thinking both...
For the workshop, a large Argon bottle with a dual flowmeter/regulator for back purging.
Currently have 2 small D bottles for general use, Argon for TIG and AR/CO2 mix for MIG.
They're compact enough to fit in a sedan boot, and both of my machines would probably fit in as well.
I've had the TIG machine and Argon bottle in the passenger footwell of the ute a few times now, as I CBF'd trying to secure them in the tray.

Yeah, it was suggested that I go for an E Size. So 2nd biggest. But wondering if we just go for the G size.
Going to burn through a bottle or 2 learning anyway.
$474 E Size. 4m^3 and $185 to swap.
$660 G size. 9.5m^3 and $230 to swap.

Basically a new G is more than 2 E's anyway. So by the 2nd G bottle you're ahead of equivalent in the E's anyway.....

Going to do something, may aswell overdo it.

 

[MuckUte]

Grabbed these yesterday.

Need to adjust the oil injection pump on a PW50 but I'm sure I will find many more uses

 

[Drawnnite]

Bought a set of Imperial Offset Ring Spanners.
Nothing special, just a ToolPro Set from SCA while in there for some other things.

And was thinking "hey I dont have a set of ratchet Imperial Spanners" until realising yeah they are just tucked away

 

[losh1971]

 

[losh1971]

Bought these ^^^^^^^ today. Now I have a set of deep 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 drive metric sockets. I'm finding lately the necessity for thinner walled sockets and ratchets which fit in tighter spaces, and which need less movement between the ratchething teeth. A few mech's have mentioned over the years how 1/2" drives don't cut it like they used too, with cars and other engines fitting in tighter spaces than they used to.

 

[Lex]

Bought these ^^^^^^^ today. Now I have a set of deep 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 drive metric sockets. I'm finding lately the necessity for thinner walled sockets and ratchets which fit in tighter spaces, and which need less movement between the ratchething teeth. A few mech's have mentioned over the years how 1/2" drives don't cut it like they used too, with cars and other engines fitting in tighter spaces than they used to.

I bought my 1/4" sockets a few years ago.
Most of my sockets l have are 1/2" & 1/4" drive. I do have some 3/8" , but not many.

 

[vc commodore]

Thought I'd update this with my latest purchase

It's an upper balljoint socket.....

 

[vc commodore]

Don't know what people see in crap on tools...

Here's a comparison of a $350 3/8 drive crap on ratchet on the left to a 3/8 drive ratchet I have in a $250 200 piece tool kit I leave in the car.

Pathetic lever to alter the drive direction, broke off, it's that flimsey