Kroozin Menace Legacy Donating Member 1,990 Member For: 15y 5m 3d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 15/09/12 12:46 PM Posted 15/09/12 12:46 PM I think king chrome has lifetime warranty..
possum Legacy Donating Member 553 Member For: 17y 4m 1d Gender: Male Posted 15/09/12 12:57 PM Posted 15/09/12 12:57 PM Snap on spanners, rest of it kincrome will be fine.goodluck with the apprenticeship 1
Gussa Legacy Donating Member 220 Member For: 15y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: Gippsland Posted 15/09/12 01:17 PM Posted 15/09/12 01:17 PM I would vouch for kinchrome, bahco and some sidchrome items
freeze_dk I am dissatisfied with my current employment situation Legacy Donating Member 8,610 Member For: 19y 11m 27d Gender: Male Posted 15/09/12 01:33 PM Posted 15/09/12 01:33 PM Repco are alright.. Look into your employer supplying then with a grant
Barracuda Dude Member 8 Member For: 14y 9d Posted 15/09/12 01:36 PM Posted 15/09/12 01:36 PM Yeah, I already get a few thousand for tool allowance. Hopefully I should learn allot with Simon at XFT. Looking forward to starting. 1
adie Not pregnant Legacy Donating Member 2,238 Member For: 14y 9m 16d Gender: Female Location: Melbourne Posted 15/09/12 05:17 PM Posted 15/09/12 05:17 PM TTI stuff is pretty good - comparable to sidchrome. Sidchrome is decent too.
sexual harrassment panda I see a red door and I want to paint it black Legacy Donating Member 5,919 Member For: 16y 10m 29d Gender: Male Location: Far north queensland Posted 15/09/12 05:28 PM Posted 15/09/12 05:28 PM Most of my socket sets and spanners are JBS and I can't fault them, they had more in each kit than sidchrome and that was what swayed me, lifetime warranty too. Only thing to watch out for with kinchrome is the rebadged stuff in the kit that is just a generic Chinese/Taiwanese tool with kinchrome branding. SP tools do decent kits and have a lifetime warranty too.Most important thing is lifetime warranty. Don't touch anything that doesn't have it.
hawlass Legacy Donating Member 1,161 Member For: 18y 10m 15d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 15/09/12 08:03 PM Posted 15/09/12 08:03 PM Congrats on the apprenticeship mate, your going to use these tools for a long time so look at the good stuff.My mechanic mate has a lot of snap-on,he reckons its favourite , quality feel and build to them. What does your employer use/recommend?You can always buy snap-on later as the funds allow, ebay US is a great place to buy them.For the home garage I use bahco-(sandvik) , top tul and king tony. Koken is another great brand if the funds stretch that far.
bionicxr6t05 Legacy Donating Member 2,216 Member For: 15y 1m 28d Gender: Male Posted 15/09/12 08:42 PM Posted 15/09/12 08:42 PM (edited) If your just starting out I wouldnt bother with snap on or bluepoint, kingchrome are good for the price. The first kit I got was FORCE and some of it has out lasted my snap on stuff.<br /><br />The one thing I will say is buy a set of snap on or bluepoint ratchet spanners, best investment youl make. Also stay away from teng tools, may as well work with a brick. <br /><br />Also SP make some great stuff, my rollcab and top box and side cupboard are all SP, great quality Edited 15/09/12 08:44 PM by bionicxr6t05
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Legacy Donating Member 13,798 Member For: 18y 9m 30d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 16/09/12 01:02 AM Posted 16/09/12 01:02 AM Nice one getting an apprenticeship at XFT. Will keep an eye out for the new bloke down there!
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