Thread: Tools - Socket Sets

Second hand shops often have loose (not as sets) Whitworth spanners and sockets very cheaply. No one want them any more (apart from vehicle restorers like us).

Ron

Originally Posted by p38arover

Second hand shops often have loose (not as sets) Whitworth spanners and sockets very cheaply. No one want them any more (apart from vehicle restorers like us).

Ron

Yes - as I said way up above, some of my best buys have been from Opp shops on the rural fringe of large cities, for example Healsville in Melbourne.
John

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

your snap-on breaker bar is under warranty.......

when mine started to open up i tried to get warranty on it.....their reply....?
break it and we will replace it........


its still going strong till this day.......havent managed to break it yet......
(even with a six foot extension handle.....)

and that's what I had on mine.......

I bought a Sidchrome socket set in 1978, still using it today never had any problems. there is lots of good quality tools around today at very good prices. it really comes down to what you are prepared to pay for them.

I "inherited" a good selection from dad,, and then bought a sidchrome set for my apprenticeship,, though I never broke any, quite a few went missing in action due to my colleages "needs"