what are some tools that were worth the price tag?

[Dustydazzler]

Anyone mention a decent labourer yet ?

Don't go cheap , get someone with half a brain who can chop out a straight box...

 

[martin mcguinness]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001CKAR4Q?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Got it on a prime deal for £20, males getting floorboards up a breeze

Amazon.co.uk

£25, cuts through everything like a hot knife through butter, not meant for SWA but does it nicely. Meter tails are a breeze too

just ordered one it would have made my job a bit easier yesterday

 

[martin mcguinness]

My CK cable cutters 160mm and 210mm I usually have spare sets in the glovebox of the van as others seem to like them as much as I do or someone borrows them and uses them to cut nails ( only for copper cable )
Ideal for anything from terminating cat6 to 35mm tails I would recommend to any spark also a multitool I usually get the 20 pack of blades from amazon as it doesn't matter if you have expensive blades as when you hit a nail they get knackered just the same

 

[Let me think]

Don't know if you would classify this as a tool, but a decent set of knee pads.

Was using 'foam' trouser knee pad inserts yesterday, and discovered me knees and location of inserts in the trousers don't line up well enough. - in a loft conversion crawl space.

So back to knee pads (and the problems they bring me) until I can find trousers that are compatible with my non-standard knees or knee pads without the before mentioned issues.

 

[ipf]

Cost next to nowt and not used for a good while, but yesterday, a quick search of the toolbox found me a little 3.5mm re threading tap driver to sort out a crossed back box screw fixing. Extremely useful.

 

[Soi disant]

discovered me knees and location of inserts in the trousers don't line up well enough.

They never do - I think they're designed by flamingos.

 

[Dustydazzler]

on me they are more like shin pads , absolutely useless

i do have a set of gel knee pads but rarely use them

more often than not I just keep a bit of foam padding i Chuck on the floor to kneel on

 

[ipf]

I just fasten these round with velcro fastening. Not exactly modelling material but they do the job.

 

[Soi disant]

I just fasten these round with velcro fastening. Not exactly modelling material but they do the job.

Until they start to cut your circulation off....

 

[Soi disant]

more often than not I just keep a bit of foam padding i Chuck on the floor to kneel on

+1 for that.

Also more versatile - you can sit on it, or put it under your shoulder if you need to be lying down.