Your best tool discoveries. How did I live without....

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jul 19, 08 1:50 am

strip-clean discs for die grinder / angle grinder. they're like a big plastic afro with grit embedded. gets paint and rust off panels a treat without totally knackering them.

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Sat Jul 19, 08 6:42 am

Too many for me to list some of them I had to make myself !!

db · Post by db » Sat Jul 19, 08 9:18 am

WillDatsun wrote:strip-clean discs for die grinder / angle grinder. they're like a big plastic afro with grit embedded. gets paint and rust off panels a treat without totally knackering them.

Yup- brilliant! Not cheap but i used 'em to bare-metal a Lancia. Nothing else came close.

Blue · Post by **Blue** » Sat Jul 19, 08 10:12 am

Very thin cutting discs for my small angle grinder, cuts through anything super fast, especially flesh...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Sat Jul 19, 08 10:51 am

Wire strippers, the type that looks like a pliers, spring loaded splits the wire in the middle too, great for splicing in tight spaces.

blue point ratchet spanners, very free ratchet and perfect angle!

Doug · Post by **Doug** » Sat Jul 19, 08 11:15 am

Spark tester for me , fits inbtween the plug and lead, you can see the spark travelling thru it.

Always had it in my overall pocket,1st thing i went for , handy for when i was doing 24hr breakdown

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Tue Jul 22, 08 1:46 pm

gunson colour tune....nice retro tool

and a long stick (retractable like a radio antenna) with a magnet on for all the stuff you drop that is made of ferrous metal excellent for getting nuts and bolts that fall under the car into the engine mounts and onto the K frame without having to lay on the floor to retrieve.

saves ya knees and banging your head

good for pulling out lifters as well

Dave

Stu · Post by **Stu** » Thu Jul 31, 08 2:02 pm

Stu wrote:
Stu wrote:Bolt Grip.

http://www.irwin.co.uk/cdetail.php?cTyp ... %3C%2Fa%3E

Takes out Rounded off (yes it will grip COMPLETELY ROUND bolt heads) broken, rusted over, painted over bolts and get the buggers out. Even works if you shear the head off the bolt as long as you have enough of the threaded bar sticking out to grip. Saves drilling out / re-tapping after the event too.

Comes in loads of sizes, but because they're not "hexed" they work on metric or imperial. Not made from tool steel either, they are high carbon steel which is stronger. I've used these with an impact wrench, they are very tough.

Just resurecting an old thread, I have a few of these sets spare, which I will take to the Nats. First few people to spot me and ask get a free set, provided you promise to tell all your friends how great they are!

Hope that the people who ended up with these find them useful, if you didn't get any, it's because you didn't ask! Shout up if you think they're great, PM me if any suggestions on how to make 'em better. Ivor, that doesn't include changing the name to "Nut Busters"!