The innovative or useful tools thread - Recommendations etc.

[mwstewart]

I love useful and good quality tools. I recently dropped a nut between the vee on my engine and it's gone behind a couple of bolt on parts & bracketry that really I don't want to remove, so I ordered this:


It's a 5.5mm borescope illuminated by six very bright LEDs. It's waterproof, records video, and is compatible with most smart phones. It comes with a magnet attachment that's going to save me a load of time. The best bit: it was only £9.02 delivered!

A couple of pics of me testing it over breakfast:



What tools do you like?

[mwstewart]

lostkiwi said:

Also highly rate my Ryobi 90 drill:


This is very useful too...
Gas powered soldering iron:

Like both of those. Googing now.

Here's the link for the borescope I bought: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231818883406?_trksid=p20...

[mwstewart]

PositronicRay said:

I don't need it very often. But the other day a screwdriver with flexi drive+ 1/4 socket set was invaluable for reaching an inaccessible hose clip.

A knuckle saver for sure!

[mwstewart]

This thread has proved detrimental to my bank balance!

[mwstewart]

Amazing!

[mwstewart]

These are likely to be well known but I got my first set last week:


Fluid pipe clamps. The set contains a range of sizes suitable for brake pipes and the like up to the largest rad hose. I used a couple of them to swap a PAS cooler without loosing too much fluid (low side line so not a metal reinforced hose - they wouldn't work on those).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361312020505?_trksid=p20...

[mwstewart]

Thanks chaps. String kit and magnetiser ordered.

The spark caps would have come in handy many times over the years.