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22nd September 2012, 09:42 AM #16
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22nd September 2012, 10:05 AM #17
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Oh hell yes. Honest to a fault. Originally Posted by .RC.
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22nd September 2012, 10:05 AM #18
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Plainly,it' s a conspiracy to send western tool users nuts. Originally Posted by eskimo
Why are they re-inventing the wheel..errr I mean the thumb screw/wheel?
After 100 years of using shifters the right way way
, have some little plicks unilaterally decided we need to unlearn a deeply ingrained way of using
the sacred precision instrument of Australian DIY ?? .
I would like to use one on their NUTS
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22nd September 2012, 10:31 PM #19
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Yep, San Andreas fault. Originally Posted by Greg Q
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22nd September 2012, 10:53 PM #20
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I had one the same. Works backwords in the right hand and the right way in the left.
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23rd September 2012, 10:36 AM #21
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Why are you guys using shifters anyway? Nothing beats a pair of pliers in a strong grip for quick, efficient rounding over fasteners. Shifters are good at that, but I find that it often takes a few goes to really root a hex nut.maybe I'm doing it wrong?
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23rd September 2012, 11:40 AM #22
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you must be....my son who works for me has no problem..... Originally Posted by Greg Q
and I use shifters as its too ruddy hard carrying both metric and AF spanners up onto a roof for pipework
however when I work on mechanical stuff I use the correct size open, ringy or socket
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23rd September 2012, 12:55 PM #23
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What? I didn't think plumbers (ok, so your a fridgie) even knew what ya ring or open ended spanner was! I never get it right, I just twiddle until the damn things are tight. Originally Posted by eskimo
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23rd September 2012, 05:18 PM #24
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23rd September 2012, 05:47 PM #25
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Hi,
The ones that had me mystified are the double headed ones with 8" size head one end and a 6" the other, what the hell for?
RegardsHugh
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23rd September 2012, 07:01 PM #26
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Aha! Now that's also part of the very cunning plan. You see, they're designed to be impossible to use in any kind of confined space without permanently maiming yourself by squishing your hand. Then 'they' will take your job that you can no longer do due to crippled hands... Originally Posted by A Duke
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