Thread: Metric tool set

I purchased some "Koken" Whitworth sockets whilst in New Zealand last year. They are made in Japan and look to be reasonable quality.
No doubt time will tell!


Cheers, Mick.

Mick koken are excellent all they make is sockets and ratchets and great impact drivers

Koken tools are very good quality items - not widely available in Oz but with a lifetime warranty

Originally Posted by 87County

Koken tools are very good quality items - not widely available in Oz but with a lifetime warranty

I had never heard of them until I discovered them in "Haynes" shop in Invercargill! they look like very good quality and were pricey, but fortunately the "oxford scholar" exchange rate at the time softened the blow!
As for a life time warranty....well I am not twenty one so it doesn't really matter too much!
Pretty sure I will wear out before they do!


Cheers, Mick.

I'm a fan of starwhille German brand light but tough. Expensive but you only buy them once. If you've broken a few cheap ratchets and spanners you'll understand. I've got some koken stuff as well and love it best screw drivers ever much better than crap on

I have never had a problem with my Snap-on screwdrivers and a few Mechanic mates would only buy them, none of Snap-on's other stuff as they felt it to pricey and stuff would walk at their work.

I really like the Stahlwille spanner finish and have a few of them along with Snap on. The stahlwille are shorter (series 13) than the Snap on (std) for same size and the Stahlwille have thinner heads, but a little wider.

A few mates have Ko-ken and have only good things to say about them

Ko-ken Tools the web

I have just put up some Gedore combinaton spanners for sale in the market place

My main socket/ring-OE set is an old 1982 ETC Industrial set AF,it has rebuilt our EJ Holden,and stripped and rebuilt my 2A,general service use on the RRC,and D1,as well as fixing maintaince on the daughter's Kia Rio,and now her 98 D1,and general use around the house mowers etc.

Most of my other tools have been singular purchases,a lot from Swap Meets and Markets, I buy by brand,Stahlwilie, old Sidchrome, Dowidat, Cresent, my most prized spanner is a Sidchrome 1/2--9/16th cresent shaped tappet spanner,double ended ring,useful for adjusting tappets with engine idleing and universal joint nuts, I had two, but one grew legs but it has been pin punch stamped and it will turn up in somebodies tool kit when I am helping someone I have 14 inch long thin Snap-On 1/2-9/16 double end ring for RRC wiper spiggots.

cheers

Originally Posted by UncleHo

My main socket/ring-OE set is an old 1982 ETC Industrial set AF,it has rebuilt our EJ Holden,and stripped and rebuilt my 2A,general service use on the RRC,and D1,as well as fixing maintaince on the daughter's Kia Rio,and now her 98 D1,and general use around the house mowers etc.

Most of my other tools have been singular purchases,a lot from Swap Meets and Markets, I buy by brand,Stahlwilie, old Sidchrome, Dowidat, Cresent, my most prized spanner is a Sidchrome 1/2--9/16th cresent shaped tappet spanner,double ended ring,useful for adjusting tappets with engine idleing and universal joint nuts, I had two, but one grew legs but it has been pin punch stamped and it will turn up in somebodies tool kit when I am helping someone I have 14 inch long thin Snap-On 1/2-9/16 double end ring for RRC wiper spiggots.

cheers

I was recently given some of my grandfather's tools in two boxes. One is an ammo box with an assortment of spanners, including the curved spanner you mention which he used for tappets on tractors, trucks, etc. There are quite a lot of 1/2 - 9/16" ring spanners of varying lengths and offsets.

The other box is original Snap On and contains a complete 1/2" drive ratchet and socket set. I have been told it was one of the first in Australia and I know it would have seen a massive amount of work. Everything is like new and is actually a bit of a PITA to use because the detent balls on the drives grip the sockets too hard!

Makes my 25yo Oz made Sidchrome 1/2 " set look sloppy.

cheers, DL