No earthly use for such a thing, yet the pangs of want are aflame.
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Dropped some decent money on a couple of 1/2 inch Radian router bits.
Will require next level respect, movement planning and a constant awareness of where one’s hands when they’re spinning at multi K rpm in the router table.
coin for scale.
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£42 down from £80+
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A nice coffin smoother with Sheffield cast steel tapered blade. Not bad straight off the bat, will be much better when fettled.
£8
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Only Quality Tools (who import PB Swiss in the UK) are having a closing down sale. Not everything is huge reduced, but stuff like Vessel screwdrivers are going for a couple of quid.
I imagine it’s their godawful website that’s killed the business - it’s like time-travel to 1998!
Lol, yes, it’s a bit shit. That said, I’m happy to pay £2 for a Vessel screwdriver (things like PZ2 are basically consumables so you can’t have too many).
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If I didn’t already have the excellent Vessel set, the Facom watchmakers screwdriver sets are a great buy 
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Well, that just cost me £140… 
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What did you buy?
Facom teeny spanners, Felo E-smart screwdriver set, Roebuck metric socket set, Felo (very) long-nose pliers, Felo wire-stripper, Facom universal cutters… probably others, all lost in the red-mist… As you said - fucking good prices
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And landed. Very pleased with all of it, but the unbranded Roebuck socket set is the biggest surprise - only £13.60 and in terms of handling, really nice quality; as to robustness, well, we’ll see, but nothing about it suggests shoddiness - unlike my clunky 1980s Halfords hotch-potch of randomness…
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We picked up some nos roebuck mill tools a few years ago
Very good quality
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replacing an old, incomplete/tatty socket set with a shiny new one is always one of those activities that provides an oversized amount of enjoyment
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Haha, I spy a sneaky PB Swiss screwdriver. You’re fucked now.
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I. CAN. RESIST… 
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As a kid, I was so poor I had to buy sockets, wrenches, &c one or two at a time as and when I needed them…
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Nothing wrong with a halfrauds socket set. Got mine in '96 and it’s still going strong.
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These digital calipers are under £8 again. Now I look closer, they’re only a tenner normally, but there you go.
Limited-time deal: Digital Caliper, Adoric 0-6" Calipers Measuring Tool - Electronic Micrometer Caliper with Large LCD Screen, Auto-off Feature, Inch and Millimeter
I have found mine surprisingly useful. Mine are all stainless steel, whereas these appear to be carbon fibre composite (aka plastic?)
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