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[Gaffers]

Al, I had never heard of that tape before, so I Googled - HOW MUCH?!!!
How can tape, however good, cost $2,000 per roll? Gold is cheaper......

Ron.

Two reasons: as Kevin said, if it's 'aviation', 'military', 'antique' or a whole bunch of other buzzwords you can instantly multiply the retail price by however many beers you had last night.  Secondly and more importantly, nobody ever pays retail price.

Oh, you can add "Wedding" to that list.

and marine

[TheBoy]

That's true, TB, and I have (pretty much) everything I need for working on the old buses, however, as said, the idea of an 'everything you need - nothing you don't' toolkit would be a useful thing. There's as much as three sockets of the same size in the 170pc, and the range of AF which of course never get used. Three ratchets when one is plenty. Missing an 18mm spanner, too. It's either make a smaller toolkit or get muscles - and that's not going to happen! 

You need the 200pc one. The newer 150 and the 170 miss too many important bits. Take out the imperial shite, its much lighter.

Add a 1/2" drive E20, some crowsfoot spanners, a 36mm for later TDs, a big bugger for hub nuts, and that's the socket side covered.

[biggriffin]

Hammer. Big hammer. Bigger hammer. Gaffer tape and aviation grade speed tape.

Fixed

We use to call it helicopter tape, excellent for patching bodywork or holding splitters together, and wrapping round hoses, also got a roll somewhere.