From: The Older Gentleman on
Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote:

> I can't pass mine, it's between 12mm and 15mm diameter,

<Boggle>

Mine was about 1.5mm.



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From: Steve Parry on

"Wicked Uncle Nigel" <wun(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk> wrote in message
news:SzMqf5HaH4WLJAvn(a)wicked-uncle-nigel.me.uk...
> Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Lozzo
> <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> typed
>>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160396399614
>>
>>It's mine, all mine :-)
>
> <shocked>
>
> I never thought I'd see the day...

Comes to us all ;)

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From: ogden on
zymurgy wrote:
> The Snap-on cabinets are built out of thick metal, and have serious
> ball bearing drawer runners, and even though they're old, they look
> like they'll outlast me. Weight-wise, the Snap-on roll cab needs 2
> people to lift (empty), and the Halfords one only needs one. There's
> no comparison on the quality, you really do get what you pay for ..

The Clarke HD Plus one I had from MachineMart was similarly good,
especially compared to the tinny Draper one the insurers replaced it
with after the great garage raid of 2008.

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ogden
From: ogden on
sweller wrote:
> zymurgy wrote:
>
> > I also have a Sykes Pickavant topbox, which is getting on for 20 years
> > old, but it's not showing any (major) signs of rust or age. I have an
> > old style snap-on rollcab and an old type snap-on topbox too.
>
> I have two Teng boxes and an "American Pro" roll cab. All picked up in
> sales cheaply but seem well enough built.
>
> I also have a battered and a bit rusty tool chest (I think it's Britool
> from memory) - the great thing about that are the 70s era Speedworth
> stickers.

Spedeworth, surely.

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ogden
From: sweller on
ogden wrote:

> > I also have a battered and a bit rusty tool chest (I think it's
> > Britool from memory) - the great thing about that are the 70s era
> > Speedworth stickers.
>
> Spedeworth, surely.

You are quite correct. I think there's a couple of BRISCA ones as well.

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