Today I acquired...........

[MetalMonkey]

I've never heard of koken tools where are they from?

Japanese equivalent of snap-on, but many (me included) would rate actually them better.
All they have done for 75 years is make socketry, so the range and quality is quite something.

Very high quality tools from Japan on par with snap on their nepros line up is something else total cut above anything else.

Nepros is made by KTC, another high quality Japanese tool company.
The difference is that KTC make a wide range of tools and rebadge as well - whereas Koken only focus on socketry.

The Nepros stuff is KTC's top end line-up, their ratchets are so finely finished they are more like jewellery than tools.
The Koken equivalent would be their Zeal lineup (e.g. the set Dieselman_63 has), they aren't as pretty, but they are extremely well thought out and have a lot of clever features.

 

[Dieselman 63]

I've never heard of koken tools where are they from?

Japan. Really high quality for the money, and this Z series gear is a cut above the regular line. Their nut-grip sockets are really handy.

 

[Dieselman 63]

Unlike your friends I’m suitably envious.

I’ve had the 3/8 set same range for three years, it’s great because it’s low-profile so you can do things like get between the block and the radiator on the forester without having to pull the radiator. I recommend the set.

 

[Blobber]

Got this today with a selection of nails and cartridges, just tried it, scared the crap out of me but a least I know what to expect now View attachment 336981

Evil things! careful where you use it as you can fire the nail straight through stuff and out the other side, use to be a selection of caps depending on the material you were going into

 

[awemawson]

When I first got mine I fired a nail through a 4x2 into a celcon brick wall straight through that into the room next door and the metal case of a power supply in the back of my Moog Hydropoint 1000 NC machine. Power supply went pop but was mendable.

After that I took much more notice of the colour coding on the cartridges !

I found it very useful nailing fixings into the RSJs that form the portal frame of my workshop, but by heck it makes a noise and jars your wrist.

 

[vw-al]

Evil things! careful where you use it as you can fire the nail straight through stuff and out the other side, use to be a selection of caps depending on the material you were going into

When I first got mine I fired a nail through a 4x2 into a celcon brick wall straight through that into the room next door and the metal case of a power supply in the back of my Moog Hydropoint 1000 NC machine. Power supply went pop but was mendable.

After that I took much more notice of the colour coding on the cartridges !

I found it very useful nailing fixings into the RSJs that form the portal frame of my workshop, but by heck it makes a noise and jars your wrist.

Yes they have quite a kick,just been sorting it out and having a play, I’ve found different colour (power) cartridges in the same loader tubes, so I’ve sorted them correctly. This is with a yellow (low/medium) cartridge and a sheet/ bracket fixing into 6mm

 

[nickk]

Extension sleeves,good job they included a picture to reassure me what I’m looking at .

 

[MetalMonkey]

Extension sleeves,good job they included a picture to reassure me what I’m looking at .

But they look nothing like the diagram, it shows them short and wide, not tall and narrow - send em back. ...

 

[bricol]

Extension sleeves,good job they included a picture to reassure me what I’m looking at .View attachment 337087

Probably an aide to the stores picker - which I wish ours would use as it would help prevent an awful lot of mis-picking.

Couple of years ago I lost a 15 grand, one-off bespoke indexing gearbox - finally turned up in Ukraine (as I was reminded about by my boss the other day, it being in the news . . ) as it was on the same pallet in the stores as the object they really wanted . . a pictured captured from the CAD system might have meant they could see what they actually needed.

 

[bricol]

Thanks for that. Hard to believe anyone would sanction writing off a piece of equipment for the want of a couple of new wheels. I suppose every cloud and all that, ive ended up with a useful addition to my tools.

Lifting/moving equipment . . . unapproved repairs etc. All sorts of rules and regs. Easier and probably cheaper in the end to just replace.

 

[magnet]

Lifting/moving equipment . . . unapproved repairs etc. All sorts of rules and regs. Easier and probably cheaper in the end to just replace.

Fair comment

 

[jonclancy]

…some grass.

 

[MikeBB1970]

…some grass.

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Would you like some more ? I've been grass cutting in order to clear up small debris after the fallen tree.

 

[Arc Tourist]

I could show a photo of some plastic grass, but I won't.

 

[roblane65]

I'm surprised nobody's posted a different type of grass !

 

[Olderisbetter]

My niece knows my mentality so well.

 

[Fraserb]

…some grass.

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I was getting rid of some grass today

 

[selectedgrub]

I'm surprised nobody's posted a different type of grass !

I'd get banned.

 

[Gragson]

Ordered a specifically sized plastic storage box with lid to fit in the fridge.
Label seems right but the box is a bit big



Easy mistake I guess

 

[The_Yellow_Ardvark]

I'd get banned.