As cool as those magic electric things are, I get off on old, high quality hand tools.
I agree Tony....I've still got the Sidchrome socket set my Mum and Dad bought me for my 18th birthday plus all of my dad and uncle's old school tools. I've been buying quality spanners and screwdrivers since an old tradesman I worked with when I was an apprentice showed me the "destruction test" on both an Indian made and and a quality spanner (
I think it was a Gedore). He placed both spanners on a V block under a press and proceeded to pump some tonnage into them. The Indian shitter
snapped while the good one bent and partially sprung back time after time until he straightened it and put it back in his tool box with no apparent damage.
Although I've got Snap-On, Craftsman,
(original Aussie made)Sidchrome and other quality spanners up the yin yang....these Snap-On copy cheapies from Aldi are actually pretty bloody good. I tried the old destructo test on one and it passed pretty damn well for a low budget ratchet ringys. They're forged not cast like cheap'n'nasty stuff from the $2 shops, perfect for your race day toolbox as it's better to lose a $5 cheapy than a $50 Snap-On.
