Ah tools...my favourite being that large ring spanner (obscure brand,flaky chrome) which clanged so wonderfully when flung at the floor in a practised fit of exasperation! 😊
When I was serving on aircraft carriers as a Marine Engineering Artificer it was a guaranteed wind up to offer my adjustable spanner to an aircraft technician to work on their Wessex's/ Harriers.
Hi Paul, You have done it again hit the nail on the head. What you missed out is to explain to the knowalls which end of the adjustable to hold. Perhaps that's why they have problems. Geoff.
hi Paul yes i have one of those and can i just say they are a very handy little tool to have about and have one in your loot box so ere, ere and its them silly little trolls that say they've never put there finger through the bog paper, so keep up the good work Paul.
Paul , you nailed it when you pointed out they had no content. Until I’ve built, serviced, fixed, rebuilt as many bikes as successfully I wouldn’t criticise. It’s not the tool but the tool using it. A mechanic or technician will know what you can get away with. An idiot or pedant who’d round off a hex with a snap on tool will never have the sense to know what to do.
Good on you Paul, if I was living in England & needed help with my Triumph; you are the type of guy I would come to. I to have loads of toolsets, but when I ride around on my 1976 Triumph Tiger; I usually just take a plug spanner screwdriver & Small adjustable with me. Keep up the good work 👍
Was traveling to NY to SC on a sportster. Chain kept coming loose along the way. Picked up a adjustable wrench that worked on the rear axle nut and chain adjuster. Got me home. Added a second nut on each adjuster as a lock nut that took care of problem. That wrench is about 5in in length fits in pocket easily. It would fit every nut an bolt on the bike with the exception of the engine sprocket. Still have it today.
The trouble with old tools is that they are very hard to dispose of, I get more attached to them the older they get! The really important ones are those I inherited from my Dads' collection from his days as a fitter engineer at Clark Chapmans on Tyneside
I have the socket set I bought 43 yeats ago with my first salary. I have a ten inch Gedore adjustable spanner I bought in 1978 or 79. I always try to buy the best quality I can afford and look after my tools.
I first came across Bahco adjustable spanners when i was an apprentice some 40+years ago and not again until recently when i needed a new one and bought another Bahco. I'm glad to say they're as good now as they were then and like you say are one of the best! Can't beat a bit of swedish engineering!... As for the other "tools", they can use snap off for as long as they have more money than sense! As for your Skill, (for there is no better word to describe it...) let your returning customers testify to that and ignore anyone who doubts it. There's no substitute for experience and you don't do what you do for that long without learning a thing or two!...
ignore the the lot of em mate i get so much pleasure watching your vids brings back so many memories of when i was a lad also i was a heating eng for 43yrs used my adjustable grips to dismantle everything used to get some stick off an engineer friend of mine but guess who he called when he coulldnt undo stuff without destroying it mick and his grips to the rescue merry christmas to you and yours
Keep going Paul, you are a brilliant mechanic and many people including myself learn from you... PS I and many many others really enjoy your videos so ignore the idiots.....
Hi Paul, greetings from across the pond. Don't let those want a bees get to you. Although I have thousands of dollars of wonderful tools, I still cherish and use the little six inch crescent wrench that I bought over fifty years ago, when I was still in highschool. Keep up the good work!
Paul I enjoyed reading the article about your Tiger Cub in the Real Classic magazine. Your videos are interesting too. Use whatever tool gets the job done! Jonathan
Well said. You can have all the tools in the world but if you haven't got skill in your hands they are useless no matter how posh they are. All the best enjoy your content. Keep up the good work.👍👍👍
An "acquaintance" was going off to Scotland touring a few years back on a second hand GSxr1000 he'd just bought, we were giving the bike a look over and someone spotted the drive chain was really slack, the acquaintance said "yeah I don't have the right sized socket for the rear wheel nut", it was something random like a 35mm, none of us had one so I nipped home and got my large adjustable spanner, I thought they were going to have a fit "No no, you'll wreck the nut, you'll round it off!" Anyhow I went ahead and loosened it off, adjusted the chain and re-tightened it no problem, as long as you're not ham fisted there's absolutely nothing wrong with an adjustable spanner
I couldn't agree more with you Paul, there are so many "tools" who think they know better! Similar to vegans commenting on our farming industry when it's obvious they don't have a clue what they are talking about, completely ignorant about everything our professionals do!! The more they spout the more it becomes obvious, they don't have a clue!! Happy Christmas Paul.
As a biker from the 60's I can tell you that I had a complete set of adjustable spanners, the smallest being smaller than the one you held in yor hand. They were boxed. Damned useful tool.
I really can't understand why anyone would criticise your prefered tool choice Paul! These people just like to have a go at anyone who differs from them, and are I think sociopaths and narcissists. It's none of their business what you use, just tell them to sod off! YOU are the expert!
A good quality adjustable spanner and someone who knows how to use it. Keep up the good work Paul. And a word to the idiots and trolls out there, " At the top right corner of the screen is a small 'X', if you click on this you can switch off and go and do something else".
The oft maligned adjustable spanner, eh? Like sausages, a good one is an 'all in one' delight, but after so many poor imitations, the original idea, however brilliant, has suffered reputational damage. My boss handed me a Bahco as an example of quality nearly 50 years ago, but I only just now learned this... The 'crescent wrench' or 'adjustable spanner' originated in Sweden in about 1886, invented by J P Johansson. In 1890, B A Hjorth & Co (ie BAHCO) agreed to distribute his tools worldwide.
Hi Paul I have a few old Bahco adjustable spanners they work well and also are a joy to use, some "tools" forgot to mention they are not imperial/metric fussy...
Good morning Paul. We must have a RU-vid account whether we intend to post videos or only "subscribe" to channels like yours. I enjoy your channel and have no intention of making videos. Keep up the good work, happy Christmas, and don't let the tools get your blood pressure up.
Happy Christmas Paul I can't wait to see all those video links flood in of all those wheels built to perfection 😂😂😂😂 I think you hit the nail on the head when said "maybe its people with nothing better to do" These people are an absolute waste of space that wouldn't know one end of tool from another Not in the real world anyway 😂😂😂😂
Hi Paul I know its easy to say ' don't let the keyboard warriors get to you ', but.theres a few channels I religiously watch that get the same shitty comments--- just ignore them. I guarantee that probably 95% or more viewers watch your channel for enjoyment & to learn. I have learnt a hell of a lot in the last 10yrs or so, & that's thanks to channels like yours & others, just ban the naysayers. Keep the videos coming you're doing a cracking job 👌👌👍👍👍👍
I have just recieved a 4 inch and a 6 inch bahco adjustable from an auction site. Quite a few decades old and still unworn and tight. The 6 inch having an mod arrow on it. Very good tools and better than the new ones imo.
Paul, don't take too much notice of the trolls/wankers/'experts'. They've tiny, bored little minds, with no courage. I think it's fine to disagree with respect. but that's it, especially on public forums. For the rest of us, we follow your channel because it's informative, we can go for a 'ride' in a different land and we might learn something. Keep going, mate. Merry Christmas and a Happy 2024 to you!
If you are using an adjustable spanner or cresent wrench here in US and it requires some torque always turn the wrench around so that you are pulling against the fixed jaw.
Reread the comments, including my own, on your last video and only one seemed derogatory. I have many adjustable spanner’s, mainly Bahco and crescent and king dick and Garrington I’m happy to use them and mole grips to help me get the job done. No offence meant, I was recollecting struggling with rusty spokes many years back. The smaller the nut the better the fit has to be and the same applies to softer materials. I’ve done three wheels, but that was Many years ago Watching your wheel vids has been a welcome refresher.
Well said Paul 👍, Talking of old spanners, I have a set of Terry magneto spanners that belonged to my dad, I even remember him using them on his Redhunter when I was no but a nipper, Im 69 now. I now use them on SU carbs on the throttle screw and interlink bar, my "go for" spanners everytime , plus they remind me of the great days when my Dad was patient enough to show me how it was done, he was my legend 🥰 .
I have one of those Bahco Swedish adjustable wrenches in a larger size ( about 8 size ) passed on to me free about 40 years ago ,it was probably a few decades old then . I also have a set of mole grips ( made in Taiwan ) cost if I remember £ 2 • 99 p again about 4O years ago . They have been & still being used on motorcycles ,various other machinery & often on building sites . I wouldn’t be without either in my tool box . 👍
Wouldn't dream of criticising. My dad taught me almost all that I know about working on cars, bikes etc. (he had forgotten more than I'll ever know) and he used to call a set of mole grips his third hand but was very careful about how he used them. I agree with him and I agree with everything you said.
@@martytoal6547me too but worked in england for 40 years as a mechanic. We all called them vice grips but I think using them properly like Paul said is more important than a name.
Please ignore these criticisms they are hollow and without any substance. You are a very smart man who has a skill that is very rare these days. Just keep doing what you are doing and how you are doing it is your business end of story.
It's not the tool, but what you feel comfortable with! on old nuts a adjustable is great as with mole grips do more damage if over tightened ! As my very old workshop manager said it's not the tool but the operator or wrong tool for the job!
When I was young I had a Tiger cub and not many tools, many years later I have a fair number of tools and special tools, but I still have my small adjustable spanner and still use it. I'm sure it's possible to round off nuts and strip threads with the best quality tools that money can buy.
Paul i fully agree with your comments here , the problem is , when you put yourself in the public eye ,nasty unjustified and ignorant comments will be put ,as you rightly say by those with no content of there own to make a comparison . We all have different ideas, so lets see them instead of being unsupported.
Happy christmas to you an yours paul. Watching u sort problems and not leting a bike out till u have fix it .says to me that u are a master mechanic .so keep up the good work
I've got that wee Bahco shifter, it's thickness would be ideal for the job and they're sturdy tools, vice grips lol, let's just say I'm a lot more selective in their use these days😁 but i still use them.
When I worked for a camshaft manufacturer back in the 80's, I remember a setter saying to me (partly tongue in cheek), "you can fix almost anything with a hammer and an adjustable!" He wasn't wrong! 😉
I also have a pair of Maun pliers which are better than the usual sort as they have parallel (smooth) jaws, so they're useful on smaller nuts, BA and such. I know you like your trials and green laning. I used to do a bit before I was old enough to take to the road, then I started doing rallies. Better to have a couple of adjustables, and a couple of pairs of different pliers, just in case, than to carry 20 LB's of spanners and sockets
Paul, I find wheel building therapeutic and yes I too use a small shifting spanner to tighten the spoke nipples. The jaws a generally wider than the jaws on most spoke keys and you don’t need to have different sized keys. Interestingly my father had a double ended shifting spanner, six inch on one end and eight on the other. Unfortunately we all have to endure these uninformed individuals. All the best for Christmas and the new year.
I can see why a shifting spanner would be handy for spoke nipples. The QC on some of the Indian Enfield ones leaves a lot to be desired and I most certainly have rounded some using a proper and quite expensive spoke key, purely because it was a terrible fit on them. I have a Billings model A F-spanner I keep in my toolkit/pocket that will fit anything up to the 24mm rear wheel nut. I can also see why people don't like them because a poor quality shifting spanner is a liability, if the faces aren't paralell, you may as well use a pair of pliers.
Funnily enough those spoke keys ( cheap ones) can be worse I also use either a 8mm spanner ( I forget the size off top of head) or an " older " adjustable ( good quality ) and even then Ive had seized spoles glowing red with head that would rather break than loosen So now I always have a few new ones on hand ( Honda mx bikes) They get one chance then they get cut and replaced ,,, pps ... Snap on ... dont get me started ! and some really good tools coming out of Japan KTC?
Happy christmas to you too paul 😂😇😂 ,,thats cheered me up no end, they only whinge cos they dont know how to use adjusty`s after all, the screw turns two ways ! too complicated hehehehe
I have rounded off a nipple using a spoke tool that was not quite a perfect fit. Next time I will use an adjustable spanner. Thanks Paul and don't listen to the idiots.
Lovely tools bahco and their shifting spanners are particularly good. Crescent, Bahco and a couple of other good brands make a lovely useful tool let down by cheap imitations. As for vicegrips I have to say that the original ViceGrip brand are streets ahead than the Mole Grip with it’s unfortunate (possibly patent avoiding) release mechanism. Again though totally agree with you Paul its the tool holding the tool that’s the problem.
I did have one rather unusual problem with a couple of Bahco 150mm adjustables that I used to own before some mongrel stole them. They were identical in size and look and serial number but one tightened right and one left. I never know which one I had in hand and being a bit dyslexic and left handed it caused me more than a normal amount of bother. Still hopefully the fellow that cleaned out my tool shed is suffering the same level of frustration. 😂
Click baiters Paul with nothing better to do, you crack on fella, your video are always pretty good to watch, and a welcome relief from the bods who 'think' they're professional video makers lol long may you carry on mate and don't change a thing
Hi Paul I remember criticising a mate of mine at work Paul, jovially of course as work mates do. He had in his box a pair of Record stillsons which were as small as the adjustable you were using in your example/rant. The first time he used them for removing a broken stud, I ordered some exactly the same, and still have them as they are great. Don't get yourself riled up Paul it's not good for you, I agree with you there's a time and a place for every tool, if it's used with a modicum of common sense. I also agree with you regarding content I've only tried twice to make a video and post on here. Mine are crap, it's hard, so I always try to be positive in my thoughts and comments. Keep up the good work.
Paul the problem with the internet is that it also gives a voice to armchair idiots with no experience of what they comment on. Many if them form their only “experience” from what they heard down the pub, or the grandfather of a friend allegedly told them many years ago. A few days ago I posted a photo of the car I built. It’s amazing how many people have written incorrect “facts” about it, based on what is obviously absolutely nil knowledge of what they’re looking at. Anyway, I used to have a nice little adjustable spanner like that. Someone borrowed my toolkit and I never got the spanner back. I’ve missed it ever since. Btw, If the bottom end of my 350 ever needs a rebuild, it’s coming your way.
Don't pay attention to the idiots Paul, it's the internet where anybody can spew nonsense. P.S. BAHCO adjustable spanners are great!! I keep two in my box, one for metric bolts and one for Withworth 🙃
Hi buddy please could I ask you not to rise to the bait of the clowns who believe that they are superior to you as I’m sure you know that they are not, but the more you rise to it the more they will do it ignore them and they will crawl away and bother someone else, having said all that keep up the great work I love your Vlogs Merry Xmas mate and a wonderful New Year🏍🥳🥳🤣
Ah Paul a man that knows what he’s about. Always love to watch your work! But what I really want to know is how did you get those bikes on that shelf! 😂
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