Just got Viking air tools

[kartracer55]

Ordered these from MSC yesterday, arived today (free shipping I believe)

I wanted a die grinder, but the kit was 100$ from the tool warehouse as I recall.

I got a special clearance flier with my last order from MSC, and it shoed a 3pc air tool kit from Viking for 125, which had a Mini die grinder, mini angle grinder and 3/8 reversable drill. Opened up the kit, and I couldnt be happier. Made in USA, Jacobs chuck, the grinders have no wobble to them, all ball bearings, exhuast mufflers and they even went as far as to give me litte plastic plugs so that nothing would get into the air inlets during shipping. Ill tell ya, these guys are alright. Also comes with 2 usa made wire brushes, regular cup and a knoted one, a few spanner wrenches, oil and a chuck key. All in all, its one hell of a deal and I cant wait to use them.


Just found the sale yesterday, it had ended, btu they gave me the price anyway.

Jim

[eschoendorff]

Schweet! Great score!

How 'bout some pics?


BTW... Don't you still owe us some pics of your toolbox, etc.????

[kartracer55]

Ill get pics... eventually hahaha

As for the toolbox... its not worthy. I have 10lbs of you know what stuffed into a 5lb bag. Whenever I need a wrench I have to go digging haha. They are seperated metric/standard, but thats about it. But then again, whats important is that at least I know where everything is. Ill get a few up. Its funny... I didnt really think about where Im going to put the grinders and the drill when I bought them haha


Jim

[filthy_shovel]

It don't matter if yer toolbox is a mess, post up the pics. I wanna see it anyways.

[chevy302dz]

Good deal, let us know how they work out.

[l_bilyk]

I wonder if they will do free shipping to canada

[kartracer55]

Ok the first pic is the top "level" If you will. All theway to the left are brake tools. You can see my 5$ (E-town swap meet baby yeah!!) herbrand gear puller. That fluke meter my dad gave me when he bought his new one a few years back. Kinda old, but it suits me just fine. Allen wrenches, under thats my ancient set of bushing drivers (which usually get used for about a million other jobs too) Theres my roll of punches and chisels. In the little side compartment Its just a bunch of little things I have no place for. Leave and wire guages, pop off gauge, spark tester mini mag lite and a few nuts and bolts.

the front compartment is where I keep most of my ratchets and extensions. Nothing special.



Now for the next drawer... top left is Sk bit sockets (sae, metric and torx) palm ratchet and a few 1/4 drive sockets

Bottom left... snap on crowfoot line wrenches, the new blackhawk 8pts, and a set of blackhawk 1/4 sockets. My set of snap on ignition style box wrenches. Top right are my el-cheapo craftsman ratchet wrenches and the long pattern "ratchet open end" wrenches (which get used more than youd think) Bottom right are my regular metric wrenches (craftsman) and some snap ons in there too.


Next one down... Back compartment is all my SAE wrenches... Mostly craftsman, SK, Snap on, armstrong etc. Most brands represented. 6 and 12 pt.

The next compartment is my overly crowded socket copartment (and I own even more The SAE deeps are Snap on, set of metric shallow and Sae shallow are snap on as well. That is my set of metric 1/2 sockets (Chrome SAE's not int he budget, Ive got impacts) Set of blackhawk shallows. Theres just a bunch of swivels and duplicate sockets in the corner there, ive got even more "homeless" sockets in a little box.

Next one is the Sk 1/4 super set, Snap on speeder handle, impact extensions and a few chromes, Impact swivels, and impact flip sockets.

Screwdrivers, pliers and some other odds and ends are in my "original" 3 draw craftsman protable box.

I have safety wire pliers, 2 snap ring pliers, SK 6pt shallow metrics, a craftsman flex head, another set of metric wrenches and a few SAE, a few individual sockets,a couple more extensions, another set of allen wrenches, Bhondus SAE T handles(the big yellow ones), a 96pc craftsman kit and a few other odds and ends in the Box for the track.

My pry bars, hammers, air tools( including THE thunder gun ) and impact sockets are in a cheap roll around. Th rest of the punches, chisels, files, taps, dies, micrometers, caliper, other assorted gauges, end mills, drill bits, V blocks and all those other fun things are in my 30+(mybe 40+?) year old kennedy box which I "inherited" so to speak.


The beauty about not being able to get kicked out of the house yet is that I can still mooch off my dad for his expensive toosl (timing light, compression gauge, vaccum gauge, dwell meter... if I ever get a car from WAY back in the day , and other fun items like that.



Well, you saw the majority of it. Yes, I know im lacking in the 1/2 drive department but thats whats nice about still living at home... My dads got whatever I dont. One of these days I REALLLLLYYY Need to invest in a bigger tool box. IF anybody can rival me in having 10lbs of you knwo what ina 5lb "box" we both have issues. Not bad for 16 I suppose.

Jim

*Edit* I need to get a set of metric deeps as well (my dads sick of me taking his)

Also, there is a little wrench on top of the deep sockets... Its my Mexican Urrea wrench. How sweet is that lol

[eschoendorff]

Jim, you ain't got anything to be ashamed of there. Hell, it's WAY more than I ever had when I was 16. But this is your passion, so it's all good. You've got a great start and every little bit you add through the years is going to make you wish you had more tool boxes (I should talk... I need another one, lol!)

[l_bilyk]

Hey you've got waaaaaaay more stuff than i had at 16. All i had back then was a hammer, one of those ratcheting screwdrivers with different bits, maybe 10 wrenches and a small 1/4 & 3/8 drive socket set. No 1/2" stuff whatshowever. And that went a long way in keeping my car on the road.

[dink]

Boy your dad has a decent collection....now where is your OWN tools at?

[Jared]

Do you have anypics that show the hole box like how tall it is?


Jared

[sberry]

Hey, that setup is good, what I might do for the time being is put stuff you reaslly use in it or another box and move the less used off to a seperate box. Just a thought, or set the plastic cases aside and make a lot more room. It might be tight but that aint all bad, keeps your box from becoming a junk collection. I bought metric deeps for as low as 15 a set from sears, if you replace them they make great backups later, I bet over the yrs have bought half a dozen of those. I imagine you want to keep weight down, thats cool. At 16 I was spending on beer, dope, pussy and gas, a decent tool set will outlast all of those. I think they are worried about every kid getting out of school with a puter, every kid should have a basic tool set by 18 too. Some exposure to hand tools at least, we tend to think technology but 95% of the worlds work is done with hand tools. I hear all the time, "a guy cant work on his car anymore" Bull, 90% of the stuff wrong with cars is the same crap that was falling off 50 yrs ago, the new fuel systems work well, basic eng maint is minimal, when the last time you did a valve job? But gaskets, belts, u joints, water pumps, now axels, brake work is the same wear items they always been so hand tools are not historical items for sure.

[sberry]

Something else, there may in some instances be a reason to be brand sensitive but personally its totally irrellevent. Tools are my life but I could care less what kind it is. Reliability is a factor as is amount and exposure to loss or damage so there is a trade off to a certan extent. I look for value and at what point is it going to be a money maker. I can buy SK for 1/3 of snappon, both good tools and by paying attn to deals I can do the same work for 50$ in tooling someone is making payments on 500. I always run the numbers on tools, sometimes its an investment too, sometimes its very pragmatic. If I got to go to work I find it extremely easier to pay 26$ for a set of Allens over 260$ snappies. The 26 may even be a cost savings at the time making it free. If its a hobby you can afford all the shiney stuff is great or you are willing to pay but I want to make money not support a tool dealer.

[sberry]

It isnt the guy that spends the least either, its the one that gets value, I like that Lisle stuff too, my store carries it. My bud travels and gaurds a pricey tool set like a hawk, airplanes all over the world. Duh, sometimes I would hike it down to Menards and buy a few wrenches, allen wrenches and a socket set and leave the crap in Venezula or where ever when I was done, thousands $ in hotels, cars, tickets to lug that stuff around and it would make a great parting gift after you stick them for 20K, half the time they dont got squat, you get to leave USA made all over the world and who they gonna think of everytime they pick up a wrench when there is a problem? For 200$ leave the stuff there,, hA

[sberry]

I have billed a lot of tools out to customers, I did a job for a local company, I went in and handed them a bil for 500 for tools, I bought them for the job and left them, he was upset at the time but came back later and said it was money well spent. All this machines to take care of and not a wrench to be found. I gave them all to the help, ha

[eschoendorff]

Originally Posted by sberry27

Some exposure to hand tools at least, we tend to think technology but 95% of the worlds work is done with hand tools. I hear all the time, "a guy cant work on his car anymore" Bull, 90% of the stuff wrong with cars is the same crap that was falling off 50 yrs ago, the new fuel systems work well, basic eng maint is minimal, when the last time you did a valve job? But gaskets, belts, u joints, water pumps, now axels, brake work is the same wear items they always been so hand tools are not historical items for sure.

As a teacher, I have to give this a BIG AMEN!!!

[kartracer55]

Dink... HA - HA very funny. All of HIS chrome sockets are SK. Also, hes got wrenches a few sizes bigger than 1 inch, ratcheting box wrenches, bonney swivels. Theres no way hes workin out of that little guy.

Jared... Its only a small 26'' snap on top box, drop front style. Nothin special.

Sberry... Well, cant rule those out. The nice thing about this town is that everybody is the son/daughter of MR. Corprate. Free (to me at least)booze, the girls are EASYYY, and I dont have a car yet, waiting until Im closer to getting my real license. Your right, its rediculous how many people cant turn a wrench anymore. Its funny when I see people thinking about which way to turn the fastner lol.


Its not much, but its good 'nuf. Soon Im going to have to expand my 1/2 collection a bit I guess, but it works for now.

Jim

[ATCOA Viking]

ATCOA, the Viking originator circa 1960 makes the ATCOA Viking Straightline Long Shoe Dual Piston Air Sander today. Nothing more for now. Karl Selander, the founder and original designer is bringing back the tool, the standards and reputation that built the industry. You can get the original at http://www.ATCOA.com

The guy that is talking about the 34 year old Viking has one of the originals.
And that's the kind of testimonial that those original Vikings got and the reason everyone tried to copy them I guess.