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    Quote Originally Posted by INter674 View Post
    Sidchrome did replace broken tooks but it usually took ages. They replaced my large shifter...interesting that it was made by Bahco in Sweden. I still have it.

    My tools in Telecom were all Bahco made in Sweden. Great stuff too.

    Siddons must have imported and rebranded tools at some time?
    I snapped a 24mm ring in half around 1990.

    There was a hardware store near where I was working (Collins St, Melbourne) and they replaced it over the counter.

    I purchased Gedore ring spanners later as I busted other brands , couldn't break the Gedores , especially after my experiences with them in 1995/96. I've still got the Gedores , gave away the rest recently.

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    My very first "real" tools was a metal box of imperial sockets, a ratchet bar, a universal-joint bar,
    and a couple of extensions made by Sidchrome here in Australia. That was in 1967, and I'm still
    using every one of them today. In the early 1970s I purchased a metric set of Sidchrome sockets,
    which I'm still using as well. And I've never bought any new sockets since then.

    My second purchase at that time was a set of Australian made "Stanley" screwdrivers, which—
    believe it or not—I'm still using. And boy, have they taken a beating over the years LOL.

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    spanners

    When I first stated working on my cars about 50 years ago, I bought a sidchrome set comprising 1/2" AF sockets and ring spanners. Added metric gear when I bought a mazda. Kept most of them till my son arrived, then they started disappearing. Bit the bullet and bought the big sidchrome set, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2, in AF and metric. Kept it complete until house burned down. Was in bunnings, and saw the same set, in the same box, made by stanley, for half the price, so I bought that. It seems OK, as I will not be doing any major work now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gromit View Post
    This link mentions moving machinery to 77A Spencer Street from the leased factory Otter St, Collingwood.
    A fire in 1941 nearly destroyed the factory. The Commonwealth Wartime regulations stipulated he could rebuild the factory only if he installed a drop forge for making tools for the Department of Defence......the rest is history.

    Collingwood Notables Database - Collingwood Historical Society Inc
    Sidchrome ring spanner c.1992 - MAAS Collection


    Interesting picture Anderson & Brook'''s boot factory | Marshall Place and 77a Spe… | Flickr
    Marshall Place and 77a Spensley St Clifton Hill

    Built c1920

    By 1923 a large two-storey brick boot factory was built on a block behind residential streets. In 1934 Sidchrome tools moved in and manufactured metal boxes and hand tools. They were still the owners in 1991.

    https://apps.epa.vic.gov.au/EnvAudit.../22117-2_a.pdf


    Enough research for today......

    Colin
    Colin

    The site is now housing. The factory was demolished and units built. It is accessed off a short lane off Spensley Street. A friend of ours currently rents one of the units, about half a km from our house.

    Cheers
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    PS My Sidchrome socket set I was given in around 1980 and it is still fantastic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Numb Thumbs View Post
    Colin

    The site is now housing. The factory was demolished and units built. It is accessed off a short lane off Spensley Street. A friend of ours currently rents one of the units, about half a km from our house.
    One of the links is to an EPA check when the development was planned.

    Somewhere I have a Siddons open ended spanner I got at a Trash & Treasure market. When did they stop using the name Siddons on spanners ??


    Colin
    '56 Series 1 with homemade welder
    '65 Series IIa Dormobile
    '70 SIIa GS
    '76 SIII 88" (Isuzu C240)
    '81 SIII FFR
    '95 Defender Tanami
    '58 Series II (sold)
    Motorcycles :-
    Vincent Rapide, Panther M100, Norton BIG4, Electra & Navigator, Matchless G80C

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    Not Sidchrome,but for those Stahlwillie tool owners,i dug out my 40yr old genuine tool box.
    I don't use it anymore,i will probably eventually give it away.

    And for Rick and 4Bee,it was sitting on a box which contains a brand new AJ5510E kirby compresser.It will be a give away as well.
    It would make a good small air compressor,would need to sort out relay and caps,as its a low starting torque compressor.






    Paul

    D2,D2,D2a,D4,'09 Defender 110(sons), all moved on.

    '56 S1,been in the family since...'56
    Comes out of hibernation every few months for a run

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    That saying is why I bought my sidchrome socket set. The only thing I had to do was replace the circlip on the ratchet driver and replace a socket that some clown lost when I lent it to him. Never lend your tools hey!

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    When I started as a apprentice motor mechanic back in the mid 60's I bought a Sidchrome AF/W socket & I am still using it today , I have only had to replace the 1/2" AF socket n that time as it got the most use working BMC / Leyland vehicles. These days I would not by them , my brand to buy is Force from Trade Tools , they are good solid tools with a good price.

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