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20th July 2010, 07:21 PM #1Intermediate Member
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sidchrome ring spanners!
was on ebay before looking at some sidchrome tools and was watching these ring spanners look at how much they went for OMG!
13 New Sidchrome metric ring spanners - eBay Spanners, Hand Tools, Tools, Home. (end time 20-Jul-10 18:17:23 AEST)
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20th July 2010, 08:04 PM #2
Gees .. I'd better polish up dad's old set
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Nick
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20th July 2010, 08:31 PM #3
WOW
I cleaned out a garage yesterday, there were not any "new" spanners there, but there were lots of Sidchrome stuff including Whitworth stuff, some going back to the early days.
Have to dust the cobwebs off the Ebay listing page. Just went to look, Why have they have made it ridiculously hard
Now I remember why I take all that stuff to our HTPAA sales.
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Peter
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20th July 2010, 10:09 PM #4Intermediate Member
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either people on ebay are going nuts or sidchrome tools are like gold.
4 New Sidchrome Metric Spanners - eBay Spanners, Hand Tools, Tools, Home. (end time 20-Jul-10 21:03:04 AEST)
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21st July 2010, 12:39 AM #5Intermediate Member
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they are some big sizes there, i have 2 32mm open end ring spanners and they are nearly 400mm long.... would hate too see the price for them in a shop...
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21st July 2010, 12:43 AM #6Intermediate Member
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those prices are ridicoulous for that price, even if there australian made big deal, id rather pay top dollar and get snap on or stahwile, 530 bucks for ring spanners is a joke in my opinion whoever bought those they would prob hang em up for an ornament piece haha, tools are to use not for looks!!!
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21st July 2010, 05:15 AM #7Deceased
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remember this ad on tv.
Anybody remember this while the ad was being broadcast'''you canna handaa a man a grandaa spannaa than a Sidchrome'' .
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21st July 2010, 09:27 AM #8
I think that these are nice to own. Only problem with me is that I do not have any to begin with. Could be a while before I get to owning a set of spanners at that price.
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21st July 2010, 08:12 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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22nd July 2010, 11:23 AM #10Deceased
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Thanks Graham ,the old memory didn't remember that part.Lloyd.
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22nd July 2010, 02:46 PM #11
Well you lot can't have my Dad's set.
(one open end/ring got lost though and it wasn't me)
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31st July 2010, 01:11 AM #12
After reading your post, I decided to have a look in my tool box at all of the old tools (all AF sizes) Dad generously gave me when I bought my first car in 1998.
There was quite a diverse (in terms of quality) collection of manufacturers represented from KMart (one spanner) to Stahwille (a cold chisel and a solitary socket).
A couple of Dufor tools and a pair of Dowdat multigrips.
Is/Was Minimax a decent brand? I have a small set of open ended spanners.
I've attached a picture of the Sidchrome tools which make up the majority of the set.Last edited by Dion N; 31st July 2010 at 01:17 AM. Reason: spelling/punctuation
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31st July 2010, 01:15 AM #13Intermediate Member
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good collection u have there, maybe u might want to give them a clean which will stop the rust from continuing, these spanners and sockets are just rising in price!
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31st July 2010, 02:09 PM #14Senior Member
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AFAIK there is nothing inferior about new Minimax tools, those sold in the 70's were considered top quality. I still have a Minimax field service kit I bought new in about 1974 ($300), the box is long gone (backed over by MIL) but the set is still complete. but expanded as needed. Also have a 3/4 drive set of Kokens I have never been able to break, even with a length of pipe.
regards, Bill
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blue-gum,
ditty ends "their the finest in the land" (I have a toolbox full of them)
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witch1
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