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spose my aldi compressor , low end and affordable ive done no end of jobs with it i could dream of doing without , spraying , air nailer , small bits of sand blasting etc
cheap tools have thier place , id never expect a trademan to buy them but for use once in a while they're alot better than nothing at all
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91 golf g60, 89 golf 16v , 88 polo breadvan
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Jan 16, 2016 10:13:59 GMT
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I bought an Aldi torque wrench about 4 years ago and it's been amazing. Very strong and very accurate. I've taken it to be calibrated a few times and it's still spot on
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Jan 16, 2016 20:47:50 GMT
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Aldi did these not long ago - I bought two, one was stolen and the other one was stolen. They don't do them anymore. You can keep them in your car, perfect! £10
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sal
Part of things
Mk2 Cavalier CD
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I bought a cheap general set of sealey tools about 20 years ago. It came in a hard case and had screwdrivers, claw hammer, pliers, tape measure, knife etc. A proper beginners tool kit for your first house.
All but one of the bits of that set are long lost or destroyed but there's one big flat screw driver that has survived. It's not been used to undo a screw in years but has been used as a pry bar / lever in countless jobs and never let me down. No matter how hard I batter the thing it doesn't give up or break. But now that I've wrote this it's days are probably numbered.
Have a few aldi tools which have been ok. Air ratchet not great but for £10 or so the impact sockets alone make up for it.
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Last Edit: Jan 17, 2016 0:29:20 GMT by sal
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Ryannn
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Jan 17, 2016 20:10:11 GMT
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Aldi did these not long ago - I bought two, one was stolen and the other one was stolen. They don't do them anymore. You can keep them in your car, perfect! £10 Someone is doing those again, my grandad got one very recently. I might have even seen them on eBay.
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Jan 17, 2016 22:04:56 GMT
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Ask grandpa mate!
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Jan 17, 2016 22:20:36 GMT
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Not that it's cheap, but there's a Teng tools set that has pliers, spanners, sockets and screwdrivers in it. A friend who is also a mechanic keeps one in his car (all his Snap-On stuff stays at work). I've often thought about grabbing one to put in the spare wheel well also, as the amount of times he's used it to help people when we've been out and about it (pulling apart air compressors for 4WD lockers, repairing electrical faults, etc) it has definitely earned it's keep. For most home tinkerers, it would be quite handy for home jobs as well.
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Ryannn
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Jan 17, 2016 22:52:48 GMT
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It'll be Aldi or Lidl, they're the only places he goes! Haha, other than Tesco, but they're def not there!
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Jan 17, 2016 23:37:17 GMT
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Aldi does remarkably good tools for the price they charge. 18v impact driver, with a drill and batteries, £100. Seems decent to me! I have bought 'cheap' second hand tools on ebay, its very hit and miss! Draper adjustable angle ratchet screwdriver, superb and £5. A jigsaw, looked so stolen it was unreal and expired after one cut... tbf was only £3!
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I'm still surprised my cheap ($15) angle grinder from work is still going. I bought it because I needed one as an interim while I couldn't throw money at a better one, and that was over a year ago! I figured I'd just abuse it and burn it out in a month, I'd return it for a refund and then buy a better one, haha. All I use it with is a knot wheel brush, so it takes a beating. Even wearing gloves it gets that hot that I can't hold on to it anymore, but the brushes haven't melted yet!
Years ago just after I started at my work they changed their main line of hand tools which meant that all their lifetime warranty gear had to change too. I put together a complete set of spanners and sockets and ratchets and all sorts of bits and pieces and just threw it on layby until I could afford it, haha. I think it cost me maybe $150 all up, if that. Everything is still in perfect condition, except for a big 30mm shifter which is the only non-chrome bit of the kit, and it's all rusty. To be fair, I left it outside for a few months, though. -_-
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MrSpeedy
East Midlands
www.vintagediesels.co.uk
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Jan 18, 2016 13:18:05 GMT
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I've still got some of my Kamasa combination spanners I bought around 20 years ago when I worked on plant. Everything from JCBs, Caterpillars and Komatsu. Large and small. Old and new, and they're still going strong now. I've broken a few (usually splitting the ring end) but considering what I paid for them, and the work they've done, they are pretty good.
I also bought a 3/4" drive socket set (Generic Chinese) and I've yet to break any of them. Even with a scaff pole on the sliding T bar!
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