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Trigger:
I know what you mean oddjob, I have one draw that has those red plastic spanner holders. That is where i keep my Rolls Royce of Britool. But found myself looking at them the other day thinking, out of all those spanners (6 to 32mm) why do i have a 25mm that doesn't even have a finger print on it.  :-\ Can't think why i bought it or what i would use it for. Can't think of coming across a 25mm nut.

Bryanj:
Nope but it would fit a 1 inch.

I used to buy cheap sets and replace the worn out ones with snap on or britool, have some facom who i believe bought out either britool or gedore, not sure which

Bryanj:
Got the common tool paperworrk but the carb adjuster is not on it DOH! when i have time i will still scan it and post qhat i can.

Oddjob I suspect the one you had was the 750 K0 onwards one I.E the one with the linked carbs not the 4 into 1 cable but i haven't got time to look up on the CD at moment

Trigger:
Have a nice set of Gedore pliers. They do or did very good extra fine saw blades. Your spot on there Bryan with the 1 inch but, i would use Metrinch spanner or socket for that size. Maybe i bought it just because there was a gap in the rail.

matthewmosse:
Buying cheap tools is fine for us ameture tinkerers, I also have a decent sized Sealey pro spanner set as most tools need to be duplicated for some job or another. I tried to only have metric stuff, but living on a smallholding every bit of agricultural equipment has inpirial fastners so there are boxes and boxes of wierd odd sized socketts, AF, whitworth metric etc. I think If I dug out all the auction buy boxes of spanners and put them with the sets and other tooling then I'd fill 2 rollchest combo's. My favorite tools for cost vs quality are definately Powerfix from Lidl, even hammerd the ring spanners (metric) onto inperial bolts on the landrover as they were too rusted to use the proper spanners and they took all.
Funny that thing about tools not comming back after being lent out, My carb balancing gaugees are U/S fo a 4 cylinder bike because a 'mate' borrowed them and they came back with only 3 of the 4 brass manifold joiners - the carb gauges were rubbish in any case bu none the less it is annoying. I no longer let tools out of sight.

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