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

[dobbslc]

I hope you don't drop it as many times as he fell off.

You must be thinking of Marquez!
Rossi very rarely crashed.

 

[JEZGUZ]

I've got one made by Stahlwille ( I think it was them, haven't seen it for a while)

 

[redlig]

You must be thinking of Marquez!
Rossi very rarely crashed.

I think he crashed a lot more than I would have wanted to.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

... something old again:

In the neighbouring village, a young man who had decided to extend his stay at school instead of taking the next best thing to earn money like his buddies - he had a little sale.
I can only support this and any increase in pocket money was most welcome.

But I didn't get a backstory how this thing got to this area.

This piece has seen much better days, but what paint is left is original.

Apparently the box used to have a flap or roll-up door over most of the front, when the lit is closed two pins go down which now only secure the top two drawers, but used to secure all of them I guess.

(tractor for scale)


Since I want to use the box stationary, I don't need them - it's already much too heavy to lug around empty.

Cleaning, derusting, oiling and rubber lining the compartments should do the trick.


Carsten

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[Rannsachair]

Met my wife's uncle for lunch today, he had kindly kepts some stainless steel scrap for me, and the aluminium pan, said they were hand for parts washing...

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I could do with that board in the middle pic!

James,

I wanted to respond to your comment directly with prices (along with a mortgage joke) and of course I thought it would be quick ....

After an extensive search it now looks like Hazet have discontinued this type of cranked ring spanner head after decades (it's in the 1952 catalogue, bought mine in 2016 from a licensed dealer) at least I can't find them on the current Hazet site.

Perhaps a commercial decision: If you only buy the head with stub, you can legitimately assume that this costs less than a complete spanner, even though the quality is in the head - it only gets expensive for the buyer with the comparatively cheap-to-manufacture tube - but a solid selection of tube pieces can be found behind any well-stocked workshop .....

So, I can't help. Sorry.


Hazet discontinues a tool type - my world is in shambles ....

Gedore apparently still makes this type, but I'd bet a body part that it doesn't fit the Hazet tubes.


Carsten

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[JEZGUZ]

I think mine is a Gedore rather than Stahlwille, I'll check tomorrow and measure up. They're not cheap, around £80+.

 

[Wedg1e]

But I didn't get a backstory how this thing got to this area.

Carsten

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Given its age and condition, I would suggest maybe a member of the US Army left it behind...

 

[Wedg1e]

I think mine is a Gedore rather than Stahlwille, I'll check tomorrow and measure up. They're not cheap, around £80+.

I have a Stahlwille torque wrench that I found in the back of a machine cabinet donkey's years ago.
The 3/8" drive ratchet head has always had a tendency to slip, although I've tried filing the teeth a couple of times.
By and large I've ignored it, instead using one of my Britool, Norbar or even Aldi wrenches depending on the job.
A few weeks back I was fiddling with the Stahlwille and realised that the ratchet head is detachable: it turns out you can fit different square drives, hexes, open-enders and whatever else to the basic wrench! Interestingly, because of the tension system it uses, you can leave it preset and it doesn't weaken the spring, unlike a 'conventional' torque wrench.
I found places selling the ratchet heads: 1/4" to 1/2" square drives are about £90 - and the current version of the wrench itself is about £300.
Suddenly, I take better care of it

 

[JEZGUZ]

I had a gander at a couple of Gedore sites and there are some selling below Gedores list price. They do a board with a range of the ring spanners and extension tubes, 19 pieces in total list price is £1786, one site had it for £1131. The ends of the spanners that fit into the tubes vary in size as follows, 18.3mm, 21.3mm, 24.1mm and 29.1mm, the spanners range from around £50 to almost£700.

 

[25.4_mechanic]

I had a gander at a couple of Gedore sites and there are some selling below Gedores list price. They do a board with a range of the ring spanners and extension tubes, 19 pieces in total list price is £1786, one site had it for £1131. The ends of the spanners that fit into the tubes vary in size as follows, 18.3mm, 21.3mm, 24.1mm and 29.1mm, the spanners range from around £50 to almost£700.

That's exactly the point of my mortgage joke:
Do you need that tool all the time like a full time farmer, a highway maintenance shop, a marine mechanic, .... the price of that tool is almost meaningless - me with my one Unimog taking the front end loader off and on maybe every two years has a pretty expensive tool lying around ....



Carsten

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[James1979]

James,

I wanted to respond to your comment directly with prices (along with a mortgage joke) and of course I thought it would be quick ....

After an extensive search it now looks like Hazet have discontinued this type of cranked ring spanner head after decades (it's in the 1952 catalogue, bought mine in 2016 from a licensed dealer) at least I can't find them on the current Hazet site.

Perhaps a commercial decision: If you only buy the head with stub, you can legitimately assume that this costs less than a complete spanner, even though the quality is in the head - it only gets expensive for the buyer with the comparatively cheap-to-manufacture tube - but a solid selection of tube pieces can be found behind any well-stocked workshop .....

So, I can't help. Sorry.


Hazet discontinues a tool type - my world is in shambles ....

Gedore apparently still makes this type, but I'd bet a body part that it doesn't fit the Hazet tubes.


Carsten

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Thanks for looking Carsten. It’s a shame they don’t make them anymore. I’ve got a few like that I’ve made with cutting the spanner in half and flattening a piece of pipe but an ‘official’ one would be better

I have a Stahlwille torque wrench that I found in the back of a machine cabinet donkey's years ago.
The 3/8" drive ratchet head has always had a tendency to slip, although I've tried filing the teeth a couple of times.
By and large I've ignored it, instead using one of my Britool, Norbar or even Aldi wrenches depending on the job.
A few weeks back I was fiddling with the Stahlwille and realised that the ratchet head is detachable: it turns out you can fit different square drives, hexes, open-enders and whatever else to the basic wrench! Interestingly, because of the tension system it uses, you can leave it preset and it doesn't weaken the spring, unlike a 'conventional' torque wrench.
I found places selling the ratchet heads: 1/4" to 1/2" square drives are about £90 - and the current version of the wrench itself is about £300.
Suddenly, I take better care of it

They are good. Not necessarily a stahlwille one but those detachable heads. Teng do one. Bloke I worked for last week had one and never realised. I need a new torque wrench so may look at them if you’re happy with it….

That's exactly the point of my mortgage joke:
Do you need that tool all the time like a full time farmer, a highway maintenance shop, a marine mechanic, .... the price of that tool is almost meaningless - me with my one Unimog taking the front end loader off and on maybe every two years has a pretty expensive tool lying around ....



Carsten

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I use big **** daily. Wish I didn’t. Getting too old for all that. Flogging spanner’s in 46 mm etc

 

[Rannsachair]

Met my wife's uncle for lunch today, he had kindly kepts some stainless steel scrap for me, and the aluminium pan, said they were hand for parts washing...
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Better pic of stainless bar, from parts replaced on food processing machinery:

Not sure if he was getting rid of junk, said he uses one all the time for parts washing and oil changes......

 

[Hood]

Jeely pan always good to have.

 

[Rannsachair]

Jeely pan always good to have.

I resisted our terminology for the sassenach's

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I resisted our terminology for the sassenach's

Technically (I think) that term actually applies to Lowland Scots.... [pendant mode off...]

 

[Rannsachair]

Technically (I think) that term actually applies to Lowland Scots.... [pendant mode off...]

I thought it referred to the Saxon's differentiating them from the gaelic speakers. Post 1707 usage more anyone south of the border, though my granny was the last native gaelic speaker in my family so it may have been a tale.

 

[MattF]

Technically (I think) that term actually applies to Lowland Scots.... [pendant mode off...]

Really?

 

[slim_boy_fat]

Really?

I was just hanging around - fat fingers and a small screen.

 

[roblane65]

Small haul from the car boot this morning ........

Milwauee charger was £4 and unused ! the rest was just under £7 the 1/2" drive kunckle is CK looks really good quality and still tight , all be it a bit pitted 50p