I was lucky in that my first socket set and ratchet is a Fuller. Made in Japan in the very early 1970s. I still use them regularly, and even still have the 10mm socket from that set. The chrome is worn off the ratchet from a million times of getting laid on the concrete floor. I did break the 14 mm socket of that set when I put it on my air impact gun. The rest of the set and the ratchet work great. That set of Fuller tools I bought to work on my 1960 VW bug back when I was 16. Crappy Chinese tools did not exist in the USA back then.

Yesss!

i saw a Fuller ratchet at an estate sale. didnt know much about it. now? damn, i should have grabbed it. i sheared the guts of two Craftsman ratchets last year.

my brother just bought a used BMW GS1200 or something like that. typical tiny weepy oil leak from some nut "way up there" the way he described it, i think hinged 15mm box wrench would get it done. i was thinking of the one in my toolbox. i bet i used that thing once.

In all the years of use for the Fuller ratchet it has never failed me. It has never been rebuilt or had a problem. And a 600 pound foot impact will break about any non impact socket. I was just too tired and lazy to get off the ground and grab the proper impact socket.

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I love my cam holder socket.
I used it only once, and I'll never use it again, but I have it safely stored in my toolbox. :rolleyes:

i have a giant tool like that. it was one use. i think it was some hub socket. it is heavy. it is my pen pencil holder in my garage.

I've got a ton of tools from working on my own car, home and work projects over the years. Not to mention that I am the tool buyer for my company.

This hammer was given to me when I was about 18 years old, that was 47 years ago.

The hammer weighs about 10 ish ozs or so. The handle is very short 7 1/2" long.

I love this hammer because on the short throw and the pointed and flat ends of the head. I have used this hammer on every car build and it is absolutely kick ass.

I literally panic if I can't find it or think I lost it! I think I'm taking it with me when I go.

It is marked "Bell System" on the underside, the old phone company. They show up on Ebay occasionally.

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that is nice!! if i go to your funeral, i am gonna lean down and pretend to whisper something to you, and i am gonna pocket that thing!!

Ha, I'm going to have it epoxied to my hand. You're.....gonna have to bring a knife with you.

Wait, I know you'll have one!

Vash, here you go.

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the colored ones?

spendy but "I want"

I’m in carpentry mode these days rebuilding the shop building here at my place.

This sliding compound miter saw has totally won me over. 12 inch blade and the ability to slide allow it to cut larger material. The lazer guide makes for accuracy and precision that would make a surgeon envious .
It really ups the standard of my work!

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Some people crap on Craftsman (because it's junk today) but if you find some of the older stuff, particularly pre WWII, they're fine tools. My grandfather had some precision instruments made by Craftsman - I was blown away by the quality, they came in beautiful storage cases.

Also, Craftsman used to have a professional line of hand tools (I have a couple of them). A couple of the A&Ps I used to work with had them for working on the helicopters. They are also very nice tools.

Inline cut-off disc tool by Aircat. The cat's ass.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1588282313.JPG

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This is my favorite tool, though I don't use it much any more. VW and 356 mechanics will recognize it.
I was working on VW and Porsches to help pay college expenses in a college town in '69 and '70. The private college was a work/study school, so students came and went every 6 months. I did some work on a kid's VW - clutch, or valve job - I don't remember for sure but it involved removing the engine. I forgot to take the wrench off before I gave the car back to him. He went to California for 6 months, came back to town for 6 months of classes, and before he went for his next work assignment he came back in for something involving removing the engine again. I reached up to fit my new wrench on the starter bolt and it wouldn't go on. MY OLD WRENCH WAS STILL THERE! I thought it was a miracle that after a year and over 6000 miles it was there waiting for me. It's been special to me ever since.

I have one just like it. It's a GREAT saw.

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I found a lot of those hanging on starter bolts back in my VW days. Must have left several on myself, because I don't have any now.

Here is my swinging ridiculousness. I bought this hammer when I was building a lot of fences. Helped a friend frame a shed. No hammer pulls nails better. And when you hammer with my skills, there are a few to pull.

I don’t use it much. It’s a discontinued model, so my carpenter friends are always trying to buy it off me. I won’t leave it unguarded. It would walk away.
I will not take it to one of my job sights.

It’s a Douglas hammer. I helped modify a boat dock in that lake in the middle of San Fransicso for a dragon boat race. It is the wrong tool for hitting black widow spiders. Guts get into the waffles.


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where are the pics of the Ti tools in the McLaren F-1 tool set ??

Its funny how we grow so attached to our hand tools, power tools, not so much? I have a couple of Ti hammers now, but they just don't have the heft and feel of a steel hammer but much lighter and easier on my skinny wussy arms. I never did swing a hammer too often when I started in the building trades, bought a nail gun after my second pay check. Farmed out the heavy lifting to the donkeys who can do it better and faster then I. We have a bunch of hammers now, but I always seem to get after the same one. My workmen have theirs, when I need the hammer for something, I rather walk to my truck and get my own. weird? You have a special hammer there. Don't lose sight of it.