Thread: Sidchrome Made In Sweden

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Usually worn by people that have never been there.

Originally Posted by Chucaro

My LH $2.00 shifter was an asset. You do not have any idea how many free cups of coffee and few beers I got just because people bet that there was no such thing as a LH shifter.
Try and you will see that works, have it handy on the campfires and you will get a one or two glass of red free

I wonder if it would work with a screwdriver ??..

Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

One of the senior teachers at Yeronga TAFE machine shop would not allow his apprentice students to use shifters. The storeman was told not to issue shifters to the students in this guys classes. The 'prentices had to ask for the correct size wrench.

that made me laugh, My father would get very grumpy if he saw me using a shifter, he'd make me get the correct spanner. Funny now I do the same with my boys. A Shifter is the tool of a pikey.

My father worked at sidchrome for a while

Originally Posted by Aussie

........My father worked at sidchrome for a while

As a kid I used to wake up to the sound of the drop forge going.

Factory was about a mile away in West Heidelberg, had a showroom that would replace ****tered sockets no prob. (Rear axle nuts on VWs would do it)

They were always interested in how you broke their tools.

They also did home brand spanners for McKewens who went under. Still have some of those spanners that got thrown out for a dollar a pop at the end. Top quality.

DL

I like most of you have a shifter or two in my tool kits,I have a nice Toyota brand 10 inch unit from the 60's ex vehicle tool kit,which has a brilliantly tight worm drive,better than my Sidchrome from the 70's but I have a reasonable collection of tools gathered over the years,AF(SAE) BSF,Whitworth,Metric,both in ring/open ender, as well as a good socket set,complete with 2 long extension bars to remove Landrover starter motors from the front,most of the older ones bought from swap meets,and bought by brand including Snap-On,ETC industrial,and Stahlwylie, it is amazing what turns up at swaps & markets.

cheers

Originally Posted by Aussie

that made me laugh, My father would get very grumpy if he saw me using a shifter, he'd make me get the correct spanner. Funny now I do the same with my boys. A Shifter is the tool of a pikey.

My father worked at sidchrome for a while

This sounds like me with SWMBO. Occasionally she has the need to use a spanner(usually in the house) and always grabs the shifter. If I am around I go crook at her and get the right size.

Now when she has one size bolt she will grab a handful so she hopefully gets the correct size.

As I said earlier though, shifters have their place.

Hahaha, I have to laugh at the holier than thou attitudes displayed on here sometimes


I love my Bahco shifters, and the big, 18" Japanese made Toledo, they come in handy at times, particularly on flare nuts when I'm walking onto a job and am parked over 50m away from the truck.

When I was spannering race cars they never came out of the box, and if we want to get all fancy pants I mostly used 6 point sockets and flank drive rings and a tension wrench on everything including wheel nuts (and still do, I was taught by an ex-aircraft tech) but shifters have their place and can be a huge asset when used correctly.

Originally Posted by Mr Whippy

This sounds like me with SWMBO. Occasionally she has the need to use a spanner(usually in the house) and always grabs the shifter. If I am around I go crook at her and get the right size.

Now when she has one size bolt she will grab a handful so she hopefully gets the correct size.

As I said earlier though, shifters have their place.

For Xmas give her a pair of vise grips, she would love them