Hello everyone,
I've recently become a homeowner and recently gotten married. This means I now have things to fix and plenty of 'encouragement' to fix said things.
I've got a bunch of tools cobbled together over the years from necessity, but they're a complete mess; no boxes, no organisation and various sizes aren't present. I'd like to build a comprehensive collection so I can avoid the problem I had yesterday: needing to tighten a 13mm nut, and having everything but a 13mm spanner. Also this should mean everything has a home and I don't have to dig for hours in a box.
I'm really (and surprisingly) struggling to find comprehensive kits.
Here for example is a large set of spanners:
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which has everything from 6mm to 32mm... except 18, 29 and 31mm! I know these sizes exist, but I don't want to buy them separately because then I'd end up nearly back at square one: an almost-full kit, plus a couple of 'homeless' tools.
Does the following exist in the world of tools?:
-Sets that are complete within their advertised range (not bothered about extremes, like a 35mm spanner)
-Sets that don't have overlap (I don't want 2 or 3 hole cutters in a drill bit set, I'll buy a complete hole cutter set separately. I don't want 10 screw-bits in a socket wrench set)
Am I looking in the wrong places?
Am I expecting too much?
Am I just being stupid and missing something?
Is this the biggest scam in the world to force me to buy 3 sets of everything?
Any help appreciated!
I've recently become a homeowner and recently gotten married. This means I now have things to fix and plenty of 'encouragement' to fix said things.
I've got a bunch of tools cobbled together over the years from necessity, but they're a complete mess; no boxes, no organisation and various sizes aren't present. I'd like to build a comprehensive collection so I can avoid the problem I had yesterday: needing to tighten a 13mm nut, and having everything but a 13mm spanner. Also this should mean everything has a home and I don't have to dig for hours in a box.
I'm really (and surprisingly) struggling to find comprehensive kits.
Here for example is a large set of spanners:
cant_post_link
which has everything from 6mm to 32mm... except 18, 29 and 31mm! I know these sizes exist, but I don't want to buy them separately because then I'd end up nearly back at square one: an almost-full kit, plus a couple of 'homeless' tools.
Does the following exist in the world of tools?:
-Sets that are complete within their advertised range (not bothered about extremes, like a 35mm spanner)
-Sets that don't have overlap (I don't want 2 or 3 hole cutters in a drill bit set, I'll buy a complete hole cutter set separately. I don't want 10 screw-bits in a socket wrench set)
Am I looking in the wrong places?
Am I expecting too much?
Am I just being stupid and missing something?
Is this the biggest scam in the world to force me to buy 3 sets of everything?
Any help appreciated!