JoeTBM 

I don't know about billnuke1 but I use them every day, then again we are working on 6-8 bikes a day of all varieties and ages

Box wrench uses: Axle nuts, DERs front and rear, brake pads, caliper mounting bolts, kickstands, older HB stems, older seat post clamps, seat clamps

as far as ratcheting combo wrench sets, we like the Pittsburgh 7-piece metric set from Harbor Freight typically purchased for 19.99 (with coupon) a set and comes with lifetime warranty. We supplement it with a 9mm combo ratchet wrench from another source for about $3.

https://www.harborfreight.com/hand-t...set-95552.html

billnuke1 

What he said...I work on a variety of bikes...they all have nuts of different sizes...the twelve points help avoid rounding over the nuts and bolts...and they are purty...

BCDrums

I bought a Park 3-way Torx tool, to use with a 3T stem that uses Torx screws. Also bought a Park chain-scrubber contraption that works pretty well.

Thomas15

I'm putting together a dedicated bicycle specific toolbox. Most, but not all of my special bike tools are Park or Pedros but I do have generic tools mostly along the lines of Craftsman. My latest purchase is the Craftsman 10pc metric ratcheting combination wrenches.

This weekend Harbor Freight will have the US General 30" 5 drawer rolling cart for I think $185.00 This is what I use, it is available in almost Park Blue. Very well built and a great value. I say this as an individual that has a great appreciation for quality mechanics tools.

mrblue

I recently bought a Park BFS-1 (bottom bracket facing set).

I have absolutely zero use for it. I saw it on ebay for less than half the price of a new one and the condition was "new." So I bought it. Total impulse buy. When it arrived it was indeed "new." Still in the original box and the cutter was still wrapped in plastic.

I'll probably never use it since I have no intention of buying a metal frame in the future...but the price was right! Now I have one. Makes an awesome paper weight in the garage.

capnjonny 

Koolstop tire bead jack . Greatest thing since sliced bread. And cheapest too. I have broken quite a few Park tire irons trying to install really tight tires and pinched tubes doing the same. This tool seems to solve both issues. Some tires are virtually impossible to mount without using this tool.

My next tool purchase will be a Park CN10 cable cutter. I have been using a pair of carpenters side cutters left over from my construction days and they tend to fray the ends of cable and have trouble cutting the straight laid derailleur cable cover.

WizardOfBoz

I bought the Wera ball-end hex key set. Will give feedback if it delights or dissapoints. The fit and finish are nice so far. Before that I got a Park spoke gage. It rubbed, and Park sent me a replacement. I like Park tools. I have a repair stand, and the TS-2.2 truing stand. Good stuff, and their customer service is very good, if you ask me.

pdlamb

I got a set of those Wera wrenches for Christmas. Wow. As far above a multi-tool as Harbor Freight set of individual Allen wrenches is, the Wera is that far again above the HF set. I was too cheap to buy them for myself, but my daughters always want to buy me something special, and this hit the spot. Now that I've got them, I'd buy my own replacement set if I lost it.

WizardOfBoz

Good to know, pdlamb. I sure like their feel, fit and finish. Probably not at all justified for my level of tinkering, but ... they're really nice.

Phil_gretz

Regina 2-prong freewheel removal tool, with which I proceeded to shear off the thin steel flange surrounding the freewheel core. Wow, that freewheel is stuck. Will need to go to destructive means.

Armorer's spanner wrench (fits AR-15 buffer, and also has a 1911 barrel bushing), because additional spanners are always needed for odd headsets or otherwise.

striker65

Chain breaker, replaced chain on my fat tire bike 6,200 miles.

noglider 

I recently bought a Park spoke ruler, because I build wheels fairly frequently.

JohnDThompson 

I did the same thing when a new VAR Swiss thread (35 x 1L) bottom bracket tap was available at a decent price. I already have the VAR piloted tap handles and French thread taps, but I just couldn't resist adding Swiss to the collection.

FiftySix

I ran across a customer on Monday that has a set of those. Interesting how the flats of the hexes are concave. Kinda like a reversed Snap-On wrench.

Looks like a good set that I'll have to look for once I go through another set of Eklind's for my job.

FiftySix

Latest tool purchase?

Several weeks ago I finally bit the bullet and bought a Milwaukee impact wrench. Not sure how I'll use it for bikes yet, but it sure made things easy on another job recently.

WizardOfBoz

Yes, well its kind of embarrassing to have such an expensive set of tools given that I'm a piker in bike work. But I like good tools...

FiftySix

Good tools last longer and are less likely to damage fasteners, etc. Cheap poorly sized tools either break too soon or ruin fasteners too often.

noglider 

Let us know how you like the roller cart. I need something like that.

billnuke1 

Just picked up another one...had no choice...was dented...they were building it when they noticed the dent...marked down to $185.00 on the card...sitting, sans box, in the middle of the floor...told mgr that maybe at $150.00 I might consider it...he points to the sign behind the box...it says half off marked price!...I got it for $91.00!
I have been wanting a bigger, single box...with these two boxes I have a 6’, 10 drawer box!
You will love this box...you will need another human to help put the box onto the lower unit...I was able to lay the whole thing down and mate the two pieces by myself...second one I have built and forth or so from HF that I have built...my brother has his PhD...I have my Bt,Dt...Been there, Done that...

Original...

...new brother...nice improvements made...I put the box on top of the craftsman but it was too unstable so I just finished building it...needs stickers!

Mad Honk 

B-nuke, and wiz,
I have three of those dented craftsman cabinets here, Still not enough storage!* And for the wiz; never enough good tools here in the shop, I sent about a few hundert dollars to sykerocker when his shop burned down a few months ago. Suffice it to say I have been blessed beyond my means. When I kick the bucket, the War Department will be surprised that she walked by $50k in tools every day going to work. Good tools and tool storage are worth every penny! Smiles, MH
* the tool storage here is five cabinets full, and parts storage is about twenty feet of Craftsman benches with the three drawer under set up. Still not enough!

billnuke1 

Redoin’ the shop(s) and movin’ tools and tool boxes around, just realized just how much the one feeder Craftsman triple box is overloaded...hasn’t probably been moved in twenty+ years!
I’ll utilize the pegboard that just became available...
Mad Honk, I think I’ve seen your shop...more of a mechanical playground!

zjrog

If I keep doing bike work n my basement, I will need a tool cart like this. I bought one for my son a few years ago, and he has outgrown it.

billnuke1 

As long as you’re down there workin’ on bikes you might as well also build a bench, get some peg board, pick up a stand...gotta nice year round place to work on your bikes, etc.
Profile doesn’t say where you reside...
Here on the Cape we didn’t get a whole lotta snow, yet...but have our share of cold...garage will get down to the 30’s...as things start to thaw out for spring, we get mud so I can’t use the outside work benches for a while, right about the time my pest control business takes off!
Anyhow, I’m envious of your basement...

madpogue 

What - Park headset cup banger-outer, the one you slip into the head tube to knock the cups out.
Why - Because it was cheap at the swap meet, cheap enough to appeal to both my cheapness and laziness; now I don't have to work on making one.

Next - Good quality cable core / housing cutter(s)
Why - Because the generic cutters I have make a dog's breakfast out of both cores and housings.

veganbikes

I needed a chain tool and didn't feel like having to ever buy one again or deal with all the new standards that come out. Life is too short for shoddy tools:

It is a beautiful tool. It feels amazing in the hands and is smooth as buttah. It was on sale so it was sort of my decemberween holiday gift otherwise I probably would have gone a touch cheaper.