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 )

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


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

A man and his tools are soon parted!

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

Hi,
So the vedict is give it a polish off and take it with me
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

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.

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.

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.

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

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!).

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..