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xpertbert
If they stopped making pipe slices , I would pack in installing.
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What tool would you miss the most, and I don't mean your apprentice.
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dont need owt but a brain, can do owt that u wnt wi one o them who needs slices an knipex ???
You bought a nail gun???? You swine. I'm sure I mentioned that on my wish list (another thread).
I could give up grips in a second. I'd use stilsons instead. Probably better grip if truth be known. Or foot prints. Multimeter and U gauge. Yeah, that would be a trifle challenging. Changed a gas valve this afternoon. Faulty solenoid. Would have been able to diagnose it without a meter, but it's nice to know what’s wrong before you order the part.
I could give up grips in a second. I'd use stilsons instead. Probably better grip if truth be known. Or foot prints. Multimeter and U gauge. Yeah, that would be a trifle challenging. Changed a gas valve this afternoon. Faulty solenoid. Would have been able to diagnose it without a meter, but it's nice to know what’s wrong before you order the part.
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Billy Bob Bob
bought a cheapie from toolstation will report back if it blows up,seen your thread BTW those pascalodes are the mutz but cost big wonga
Depends on your definition of a brain.
Ask me to do basic arithmetic without a calculator and I'd be stumped. As for working out what's wrong with a boiler, or a plumbing issue, and generally I can fathom it pretty quickly.
All our brains work in different ways. My mate who's a carpenter, just works with shapes. He can do things with wood in minutes that would take me hours. Maybe days. His brain just works in a different way to mine.
Ask me to do basic arithmetic without a calculator and I'd be stumped. As for working out what's wrong with a boiler, or a plumbing issue, and generally I can fathom it pretty quickly.
All our brains work in different ways. My mate who's a carpenter, just works with shapes. He can do things with wood in minutes that would take me hours. Maybe days. His brain just works in a different way to mine.
If there was one tool I wouldn't do without, it is a pipeslice (actually 3 tools really - 15,22 & 28mm ones!).
Next favorite would be adjustable spanners, next, footprints.
So many handy tools that speed things up nowadays, that I wouldn't part with.
Should have added my rechargeable Brennenstuhl led hand lamp, very handy in winter, - I carry it everywhere! :wink:
Next favorite would be adjustable spanners, next, footprints.
So many handy tools that speed things up nowadays, that I wouldn't part with.
Should have added my rechargeable Brennenstuhl led hand lamp, very handy in winter, - I carry it everywhere! :wink:
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scotty plumber
i have had my 6" wide bahco for about 6 years now and still use it every day! Great tool and pretty cheap aswell!
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tamz
A guage and 2 pair of knipex. A set of wera screwdrivers, My estwing, and pipeslices (tho they are giving me rsi!)
If i had to do without them i could use a box of matches a couple pair of anything that grip, a butter knife a brick and a hacksaw but it wouldn't be professional :lol:
I think the biggest thing i'd miss is my core drill. I remember when cutting through 30" walls with a hammer and chisel ment a half shift and an hour or 2 rebuilding it. Can do them (mostly) in under 15 minutes now.
If i had to do without them i could use a box of matches a couple pair of anything that grip, a butter knife a brick and a hacksaw but it wouldn't be professional :lol:
I think the biggest thing i'd miss is my core drill. I remember when cutting through 30" walls with a hammer and chisel ment a half shift and an hour or 2 rebuilding it. Can do them (mostly) in under 15 minutes now.
Worth every penny though! - I would pay more than they cost now if I had to. I must have well over £130 in pipe cutters & can't do without them. Got to be the best tool for us!
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tamz
I've always used Kopex and rothenberg but in the past couple of years they seem to be badly made. The springs are weak and they start threading within a week or so and the plastic 28mm's last 2 jobs if you are lucky.
Last ones i bought were monument. Similar to the kopex but more of a grip on them . Had them since about September and the only complaint is the spring is a bit too strong. Sometimes they jump back off the pipe especially the 22mm ones.
Last ones i bought were monument. Similar to the kopex but more of a grip on them . Had them since about September and the only complaint is the spring is a bit too strong. Sometimes they jump back off the pipe especially the 22mm ones.
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tamz
This is the monument ones i have
Monument 1722Y Autocut Pipe Slice 22MM
Better (easier to) grip than kopex and much stronger spring. Had them about 4 months now. Never tried those red monument things.
£14 for 15 and 22mm in a pack from PTS
Monument 1722Y Autocut Pipe Slice 22MM
Better (easier to) grip than kopex and much stronger spring. Had them about 4 months now. Never tried those red monument things.
£14 for 15 and 22mm in a pack from PTS
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PlumbBobBob
yes they seem to be i'll find a link tomorrow
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tamz
You can keep it :lol: We've got enough granite and craigleith stone up here to last a lifetime. Wet drill those ones and you need a good gun good quality bits.
If they are same as the Bahco slices I bought recently when I had the chance to buy them cheap (pack of two, -15 & 22mm), they are orange painted, with a tapered & rounded edge - unlike other slices that have a sharp edge.
Two plus points, are they are easy to find, as they are orange! & they are nice on the hands - no sharp edge.
They can easily slip a little on the pipe & not cut in line though, if you are not careful.
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