specialist tools
 

Hi All,
As we have sold the house and in the hope all is going well at london ( until we hear otherwise ), I have started to thin out the tool boxes, got about seven I have filled over the 30 odd years of work.
Does anyone know if specialist tools like masonry drills / hole cutters are needed much, or is it all wood drills etc.
Also things like dies / stocks / taps / easi-outs / etc ...... , ball joint splitters / valve spring compressors / etc ....... , are they cheapish & good quality in Canada, or is it worth me taking them, bearing in mind I am aiming to take only 3 tool boxes, if possible.
If anyone has any thoughts, comments or links to tool shops, I welcome them.
Thanks again to all on this board who have helped us in the past.
Cheers
Jerry ( getting slowly surrounded by cardboard boxes ) :D

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Dispose of tools!?? ... :eek: :scared: :eek: ..wash your mouth out!! :D


Take the lot .. and buy more when you get there :)

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A man and his tools are soon parted! ;)

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Oi!! Old tools never die .. they just get wrinkly .. ;)

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Hi,
So the vedict is give it a polish off and take it with me :D
The replies gave me a grin ,
But seriously there are seven full tool boxes, Funnily some tools are going home, They are 'Snap - On' , made in Canada in the late 70's, and still going strong, the 1/2" ratchet is like new ....... :)
cheers
Jerry

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I would think that the tools are like other things. If you haven't used it or them for a long, long time there, then you probably won't need it here.
Some tools do become redundant with time, don't they.

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We brought about 5 of those big red cabinets full to the brim with all of our tools......everything came!! Thank goodness they did too.

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Bring everything and more. DIY is compulsory here. You probably won't have much use for a masonry drill, though. About the only place you might need to drill into masonry is the basement. Holes for concrete screws can be made with a regular drill. Bear in mind that tools and materials here are almost always in imperial measures, not metric.

A couple of tips. Buy wood at Rona, not Home Depot. Never buy anything made by Wolfcraft.

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Hi
Thanks for the reply, I wasn't sure about the masonry drills, but I'll bring the special large sizes i think now. It will be strange being back in imperial system.
Thanks again
Cheers
Jerry

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Another thing to consider is whether your tools are imperial or metric - hubbie found that he was having to borrow tools from his workmates as his were mostly metric, especially sockets, spanners (or wrenches as they call tehm here!).

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No probs.

Seeing as you're a tool fiend, have you any knowledge of the Dowelmax dowel jig? I've been looking for a decent jig and this thing looks like the dogs whatsits. It's pricy, though, and I wouldn't want to fork out all that dosh on an entire dog (just the whatsits).

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bring all your tools u will definatly use them senn as you will be bringing some anyway.. why not just take the lot rust and all ..
i brought most of the essentials and the rest are in boxes waiting to be labeled and for the final heave ho next year..