Useless tools

Post by **V8Patrol** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:34 pm

I finally did it :armsup:

many years ago I bought a pair of locktight pliers that came with different attatchments.... they cost me a heap back then and I might have used em a dozen times in the last 15 odd years.

They were a bloody usless tool as the attatchments kept slipping off when the pressure was applied or when the opening went past parralel in the jaws, so I finally turfed em !

Just wondering what tools you have in your shed that was a waste of $$$$ but at the time seamed like a bargin ???

Kingy

Post by **berazafi** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:41 pm

i personly never turf a tool because it can always come in handy even if its just for the steel its made out of, however we have a few whitworth spaners at work that ii wouldnt mind turfing because you always try them and they never fit

btw: enthusiasm got you to old age

Old age and cunning will triumph
over youth and enthusiasm every time

Post by **Daisy** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 9:46 pm

the old supertool spanners and socket sets half there .. other half broken and thrown around - bought em i believe was 7 years ago.... i use them if i want to use something for leverage or using a hammer on a spanner which i prefer not to do with my good tools.

Prolly the worst thing i bought.. never used them and pretty much useless. my kid reckons they're his tools now

TOM

Post by **M1S3RY** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:15 pm

I thought this topic was going to be about bagging people, not actually about tools.

Post by **berazafi** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:21 pm

I wasnt bagging anyone, i have great respect for everyone on this board especcialy kingy and others sorry i was just having some fun

Post by **4sum4** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:26 pm

my oxy set and rental havn`t used it as much as I thought :cry:

Post by **N*A*M** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:36 pm

my diy bender! :roll:

it's languishing in half assembled bits :(

Post by **RUFF** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 10:54 pm

N*A*M wrote:my diy bender!

it's languishing in half assembled bits :(

We never expect any more than this from you NAM so its all good :finger:

Website · Post by **murcod** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:04 pm

My Bushranger folding shovel- first time I used it I discovered the locking collar was plastic. Put a bit of pressure on it to dig and the whole thing folds up from the collar letting go and jams..... :roll:

Luckily it was a gift and I didn't pay anything for it.

Post by **high n mighty** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:54 pm

Metrinch spanners have cost me enough skin to make a coat

Post by **paul1a** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:38 am

the most useless thing i've got is a high lift jack. bought the thing ages ago because everyone else seem to have one. never even looked like using it & when I did get stuck on a big rock with a drop off into a gully on one side i reckon i would have ended up in the gully if i'd used the high lift, used a trolley jack instead. can't even use it on the rear if I wanted to because the trays too big & not much chance of getting bogged anyway because its just about desert up here in the far north west. i am hoping that one day it'll be useful for something, perhaps as a clamp :?:

Paul

Post by **high n mighty** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:45 am

I'll buy it off ya for a carton :armsup:

Post by **paul1a** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 12:54 am

thanks for the offer, but I still haven't given up thinking about what it might be useful for, i saw one on the front of a army landrover in Normanton on Tuesday that looked well used so maybe it'll come in handy one day, that's if I ever take it back out of the shed :!:

Post by **MY45** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 4:07 am

super cheap hilift.......Thats farked

Also mate said the supercheap plastic oil filter remover. . . . . doesn't fit most fit most 4x4 oil filters

Thats farked

Post by **bj on roids** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:11 am

N*A*M wrote:my diy bender!

it's languishing in half assembled bits :(

story of your life!!

that is why you are the PCOD!!!

languishing in half assembled bits :lol:

don't worry, two and a half of my cars are there right now, i sometimes wonder if they will ALL be together and in one piece some day. :armsup:

Post by **+dj_hansen+** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 10:54 am

*puts on flame suit*

An IFS 4x4 :bad-words:

Post by **bru21** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:36 pm

my tools quite uselss, it hasnt been used in years

Post by **Aza** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 5:45 pm

well my whole tool set consistes of a super tools spanner and socket set and a cheapo 10$ screwdriver set, both of which have seemed very helpful and havnt had a prob with them yet... however i have only had them for a couple of months and havnt put any hammers on em and used em for leaverage yet... thatrs what dads and bubs tools are for :finger:

Post by **grumpy221** » Sat Jun 26, 2004 9:57 pm

dono about useless tools but 1 of the best is the good ol vice grips ...in a pinch they will do anything....

Post by **ORSM45** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:02 am

high n mighty wrote:Metrinch spanners have cost me enough skin to make a coat

the open enders are good if you wanna round off the nuts.

the rachets are ratshit.

the sockets have alot of play in them because of their rounded grabby bits.

im glad it was my brother that bought them and not me.

Post by **paul1a** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 1:26 am

I haven't found those Metrincks too bad, only got one big socket that i use when undoing the diff flange & transmission hand brake nuts, i crack them by putting a trolley jack under the bar, haven't had any nuts strip yet.

Post by **rOd** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:04 am

I bought on of those "multitool" for removing sump/filler plugs about 12 years ago from, the bargain bin at robbos. NEVER used it cause none of the "keys" fit any type of plug on the planet!

Even if it did fit, theyre bulky on the head and short. (no leverage) Cant insert a tube at one end cause its cluttered with more keys on the other end which are even more useless!

Im glad to say Ive managed to loose this so called "tool".

Rod

Post by **Bitsamissin** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 9:15 am

Bought a JBS hex bolt socket set (Allen key sockets).
Farken useless if you have to really tighten an Allen key bolt or grub screw, doesn't take much leverage to snap em. Gone back to using the standard Allen key wrenches haven't busted one of those yet.
One of the best tools I got was a Kingchrome balljoint remover (the srew up type not the fork type) works a treat every time.

Post by **ORSM45** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:21 pm

paul1a wrote:I haven't found those Metrincks too bad, only got one big socket that i use when undoing the diff flange & transmission hand brake nuts, i crack them by putting a trolley jack under the bar, haven't had any nuts strip yet.

open end of the spanners are crap. they flex and open up too much.

i recon the sockets arent too bad, until you get into a tight space as there is too much play before they actually bite.

the rachets have too much play before the next 'click' too.

Post by **Daisy** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:49 pm

grumpy221 wrote:dono about useless tools but 1 of the best is the good ol vice grips ...in a pinch they will do anything....

As well as rounding off nuts or bolt heads if anyones stupid or game enough to try to undo a bolt/nut with them :roll:

Post by **mr Z** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:54 pm

so what spanners/sockets do you all use?

Post by **MUSS** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:11 pm

I know some useless tools..... :cool:

.... heheheheh Fieldsy...H00NZ...Camo...
ARMS-UP YA BIATCHS' :rofl:

Post by **Daisy** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:29 pm

mr Z wrote:so what spanners/sockets do you all use?

Have a mixed set of snap on, repco and kincrome. The tools that lay at the corner unused and hope to never use unless used if i do not want to break my good ones are the supertoolshit ones.

TOM

Post by **Ralf the RR** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:31 pm

mr Z wrote:so what spanners/sockets do you all use?

I'm a big fan of sidchrome.
We use snap on at work, but I'm not rich enough to own any. Their screwdrivers are fantastic!
The best tool I ever bought was a pivoting sidchrome ratchet (pivots directly over the drive).
Great for spark plug removal.

I have sidchrome combinations (ring/open ended). Never failed me in 20 years. The only problem, is that the smaller ones (1/2") are a bit too long.

Post by **MUSS** » Sun Jun 27, 2004 6:41 pm

i dont mind the REPCO brand as they have a life time garantee on all sockets/rachets... shifters... and spanners... ive busted a couple of sockets and rachets due to overloading them..... take em in an they ask no questions.....they say "awwe shit :shock:

how did ya do that?" then they laugh"yeah mate go and grab another one off the shelf".........GOTTA BE HAPPY WITH THAT :armsup:

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