Tools for newbies starting out

[John]

Always wise to keep onside with the guy who's got the big hammer

Or the bigger tool LMAO.

[Krusti]

Juniors RS250 has a 25mm axle nut...try finding one of them in a socket set

[Dodgyiti]

Juniors RS250 has a 25mm axle nut...try finding one of them in a socket set

Hence the occasional need for a 10 inch crescent

[DEATH_INC.]

Youse guys got it all wrong,the essentials of any good workshop,A farkin big ballpein hammer

http://www.rollins.co.uk/acatalog/E3%2032BP.jpg

a gas torch

http://www.gossonline.com/images/pg04a.jpg

and a tube of silicon.

http://www.accessconnect.com/images/82180.jpg

You can fix all with these.
Optional extras are a roll of duct tape and supa-glue.

[DEATH_INC.]

Juniors RS250 has a 25mm axle nut...try finding one of them in a socket set

My socket set goes up to 32mm......

[Ixion]

Youse guys got it all wrong,the essentials of any good workshop,A farkin big ballpein hammer,a gas torch and a tube of silicon.You can fix all with these.
Optional extras are a roll of duct tape and supa-glue.

You left out the roll of No 8 wire.An a BIG crowbar

[Motu]

Juniors RS250 has a 25mm axle nut...try finding one of them in a socket set

Hence the need for quality - my 30 yr old Hazet 1/2in set has every size up to 32 like Death's,my 3/8 set is more used and started of as SK,but not much of it is now,same with the 1/4,all sorts in there.The 1/2 stuff is not really used by a proffesional mechanic,unless there is a lot of truck work.90% of my stuff is quality,I buy crap for selected use.

[DEATH_INC.]

You left out the roll of No 8 wire.An a BIG crowbar

thought about those,but you can cut stuff off instead of levering it,and duct-tape works pretty well instead of no8.
put 'em in the optional list....

[Ixion]

Hence the need for quality - my 30 yr old Hazet 1/2in set has every size up to 32 like Death's,.

I think I go up to some idiotic huge Whitworth size like 2" whitworth or something. Looks like a steel soup bowl. Was a humungeous gearbox or differential nut , something like that.

But the big ones are patchy because I only bought the ones I needed. Remember you don't need to buy a socket *set* you can buy loose sockets. So if you need a 25mm just buy that one size.

Diesel/truck mechanics often use 3/4 inch drive - they go to huge sizes