Best/worst tools

[Rickster123]

Best would be my Record pipe benders that my dad bought me when I started my apprenticeship. Still going strong.

Worst would be cheap hacksaw blades.

 

[T & H Plumbing]

Best tool is my girlfriends rabbit
Worst is the cheap asda battery's she puts in it

 

[newcastle phill]

You can outlast a set of batteries.....

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Show-off

 

[R.Oak]

Best Tool - Bahco Wide Jaw Spanner
Favourite Tool - Lenox Hacksaw - its a beast
Worst Tool - Stanley Pliers - came free with something else, cant even grip hard enough to hurt your hand, i tried!

 

[Rybo_1]

Best tool: Milwaukee m18 sds. So handy to just pull out and whack out a hole. Saving time setting up leads and will drill pretty much anything considering its weight.

Favourite: love the newer rothenberger waste slices. Fly through in one turn leaving a perfectly cut end.

Worst tool: anything from hold on! AVOID

 

[helpsy]

They the black and yellow ones? Normally buy from supermarket

You can get 20 good pencils from Wilkinson for £1

 

[Millsy 82]

Worst tool: anything from hold on! AVOID

I've got 15 and 22 slices by hold on and they have lasted longer than my rothenberger.

 

[billybongo]

Just been reading thread , and would like to add bahco wooden handle junior hacksaw as best junior you can buy , little difficult to get hold of these days , howy.

 

[Badboy plumber]

I've got to disagree, I've never found a better pipe slice that the Nerrad versions, they give an almost square cut with little burring, and I don't know what area your from gas safe but in my 20 years experience rothenberger haven't given me what I would call customer service at all, and you've only ever had 2 problems with their tools and both times they've been a pleasure to deal with handing out goodie bags of other peoples products?..... What's your secret buddy? How come you get great service? Who you sleeping with!? do they have a sister?

 

[PhoenixServices]

With the pencils, ikea do me cheap. (Free) just fill your pockets. Although the missus buys £100 worth of tat every time I walk in there

 

[alan h m]

With the pencils, ikea do me cheap. (Free) just fill your pockets. Although the missus buys £100 worth of tat every time I walk in there

me too.
I don't use them too much myself . I li a good pencil. they are great for when someone borrows 'steels ' one

 

[FoRiS HeAtInG]

Best tool: AM TEC (12") spanner, had it ever since I was an apprentice, comfortable rubber grip and got me out a lot of trouble.
Worst tool: cheap tape measures. Will get you through half a week but not long after. I would put that being as bad as cheap pencils

 

[Badboy plumber]

Gotta disagree, I hate disagreeing with guys with trusted and pub member next to their name but I find olive cutters kick bum. I only use them on over tightened olives, a skilled hand and a set of grips can remove any olive but if it's strangled.... Out come the olive cutters and bang, off in seconds.
Yay!!

 

[Plumbstar Tom]

Gotta disagree, I hate disagreeing with guys with trusted and pub member next to their name but I find olive cutters kick bum. I only use them on over tightened olives, a skilled hand and a set of grips can remove any olive but if it's strangled.... Out come the olive cutters and bang, off in seconds.
Yay!!

Disagreeing is fine as long as it is backed up with something, it what makes us human.

Everyone disagrees, my and my stomach often disagree with each other after one too many sherbets

 

[Irish]

Screwfix pencils!

I always nick about 50 of those , great things they are

 

[kay-jay]

Gotta disagree, I hate disagreeing with guys with trusted and pub member next to their name but I find olive cutters kick bum. I only use them on over tightened olives, a skilled hand and a set of grips can remove any olive but if it's strangled.... Out come the olive cutters and bang, off in seconds.
Yay!!

What olive cutters do you have. The ones I have used in the past don't work on strangled olives which is why I dont have any.

Anyway if its been strangled I always cut back the pipe and redo it.
Asking for trouble remaking a joint on a strangled pipe end imho

 

[kay-jay]

I always nick about 50 of those , great things they are

I wouldn't say they're great. But the price is right...[emoji6]

 

[kris]

i buy staedler hb pencils in boxes of 50 from ebay about 12 quid leads dont fall out

I buy the staedlers from ebay as well and its a box of 150 (from a stationary company )and I still end up loosing them all,
worst, agree with AP! Bad junior hacksaw blades are a pain in the hoop,

Staedtler Noris HB Blacklead Pencils - Pack of 150 - NEXT DAY DELIVERY | eBay

 

[Nostrum]

No wonder you need that big van of yours, Kris. You've filled half of it with pencils!

 

[Badboy plumber]

I've got the guillotine type cutters, not the 1 size fits all screw type, you need 1 for each size of pipe, I have 1 for 15mm and 1 for 22mm, only really ever use the 15 to be fair, and it's usually on rad valves. Your right though if the pipes too distorted I just cut it back but if it's only a little indent a fresh olive usually seals up fine. They look like my old monument cutters but I think they're Nerrad? If your thinking of giving me a try Kay-jay start with the 15mm, you'd get a lot more use out of it.

And plumbstar Tom your right, I had a few drinks last night that are still disagreeing with me now!

 

[Mickyplumb]

Badboy, are they the red handled ones ?

I've got the guillotine type cutters, not the 1 size fits all screw type, you need 1 for each size of pipe, I have 1 for 15mm and 1 for 22mm, only really ever use the 15 to be fair, and it's usually on rad valves. Your right though if the pipes too distorted I just cut it back but if it's only a little indent a fresh olive usually seals up fine. They look like my old monument cutters but I think they're Nerrad? If your thinking of giving me a try Kay-jay start with the 15mm, you'd get a lot more use out of it.

And plumbstar Tom your right, I had a few drinks last night that are still disagreeing with me now!

 

[Badboy plumber]

Badboy, are they the red handled ones ?

Alright Mickey, yep red handles. I just saw em in my bag, they are Nerrad.