Spanners ............?

[Sam99]

Hello all ,

I m seeking g some advice please. I have a reasonable tool kit but I’m looking to buy a set of A/F Spanners.

Can anyone recommend me set, please?
Or even individual ones …
Good quality, not cheap, good feel, good fit ……
Many thanks,

Sam

[Willy Nilly]

I use Draper Expert spanners on my potato harvester, they were quite cheap, but they fit really well and even though they have had some abuse have not bent or broke, they did well in a test I saw in a car mag, ie the bend before they snap.

If you want a posher set, Teng stuff is good.

The Tool Police will be along shortly to tell you that if you have anything less than the best Snap-On can offer you are a homo.

[Sukh13]

Halfords Pro if you want VFM.

Lifetime warranty

Ignore snap-on fanboys, they are only worth the outlay if you are in the trade.

If you are a mere mortal, then Halfords work out better as you can get something replaced 7 days a week at a store and not wait for the truck to come once a week.

Also ignore people that say the ratchets from Halfords are not included in the warranty, they are. Your best bet is to get some nicer ratchets anyway from Snap-on or Wera etc, as they are what you are going to use most and its worth parting with money to buy 3

[MollyHouse]

I have some KING DICK, but i just bought them for the laugh the name gave me.

Seriously, I think the Halfords pro sets are great value.

[Sam99]

Thanks all,

I looked at Snap-On and they don,t do A/F spanners (?) , which I find hard to believe , but I could'nt find them... ??
I went to Halfords for their Professional Range , and again , no A/F's what so ever.. !!
Maybe its being so far North ???

I even had a look on Fleabay , with no success...

Thanks for the comments , though ..

Sam.

[magpie215]

Sam99 said:

Thanks all,

I looked at Snap-On and they don,t do A/F spanners (?) , which I find hard to believe , but I could'nt find them... ??
I went to Halfords for their Professional Range , and again , no A/F's what so ever.. !!
Maybe its being so far North ???

I even had a look on Fleabay , with no success...

Thanks for the comments , though ..

Sam.

think halfords have discontinued AF spanners certainly the ratchet ones.

snap on and also Mac tools do AF spanners

[Sukh13]

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

[magpie215]

magpie215 said:

think halfords have discontinued AF spanners certainly the ratchet ones.

snap on and also Mac tools do AF spanners

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TENG-TOOLS-8-PIECE-IMPERIAL-AF-SPANNER-SET-/360374995220?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item53e8060914#ht_2420wt_814

[thinfourth2]

Best quality = facom, Snap-on

Best quality for money = Teng

Utter cack = Draper, stanley

[Willy Nilly]

Snap-On will do AF spanners, socketry, allen keys etc. They are an American company and the US is still struggling to come to terms with metric

[NHK244V]

Another vote for halfords here, all my tools are Halfords, i use AF daily as well.

[retrorider]

Draper do AF spanners in the expert range which have a lifetime warranty.The Halfords pro range are exactly the same spanners as Draper expert.The reason for this is that Draper are the only U.K. tool company to have a Q.A department and they batch test everything.All 8000 lines in their range...

[Nick3point2]

Sorry but doesn't AF stand for 'across flats' and so a 19mm spanner is a 19mm across flats spanner?

Willing to accept that I'm wrong if that's the case but I don't see what an AF spanner is compared to a spanner?

[traffman]

I have used Halfrauds professional spanners and the ilk for years.

Well made and comes with a lengthy warranty.

If you have a spare kidney to sell then snap on or mac are excellent.

Facom and bluepoint (cheaper version of snap on) are just as quality.

[carl_w]

AF is an imperial size but does refer to "across flats", usually in fractions of an inch. The alternatives were measured across the sticky out bits, for example.

TBH it's rare that with imperial-sized nuts and bolts you can't find a metric that will fit anyway.

[Nick3point2]

carl_w said:

AF is an imperial size but does refer to "across flats", usually in fractions of an inch. The alternatives were measured across the sticky out bits, for example.

TBH it's rare that with imperial-sized nuts and bolts you can't find a metric that will fit anyway.

Ah ok! Good to know.

With ref to the OP, look on eBay, if it's not available now then someone is selling a used set or something they've left in the garage unused for 10 years.

[DanielJames]

I got a Clarke pro set from machine mart that has served me well. Good value for money

[tonywilliams]

Sam99 said:

Thanks all,

I looked at Snap-On and they don,t do A/F spanners (?) , which I find hard to believe , but I could'nt find them... ??

I'm an aircraft engineer by trade and we use AF not metric so I can assure you that Snap-on do sell AF. Although my spanner set is Draper Expert which are a good quality set, certainly no worse then Snap-On at a fraction of the price.

[RWD cossie wil]

King Dick do very nice kit, I am also an aircraft engineer & have recently bought a large amount of the said kit, better than draper/teng etc, for all my metric kit Halfrauds is impossible to beat for quality & value for money, especially with the lifetime warranty.

[Oldandslow]

You'll get a metric that will almost fit but I'd only use it if you're really stuck. A loose spanner will round off the bolt and you'll lose the skin on your knuckles. If it's a regular thing get an imperial set.