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Do you think Bahco tools are any good?
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I like Bahco's 300mm hacksaw blades & panel saws for speed and durability. Their files and rasps are good quality but i find the handles to be a bit cheap. Some points of their other tool range are also a bit crap especially in the tool support materials.

A new set of bevel edge wood chisels (6). They have a high grade hardened steel (rockwell 58) and comfortable "ergo" handles. They came with a diamond grit "coated" hone and a sharpening jockey. The only main let down was the huge compressed cardboard wallet they came in. I made my own case out of 3mm raw leather into a protective tool roll for site work, as I couldn't fit them in my tool box, but would have rather bought, what i made, from them. It seems that the company doesn't put quality into every part of their operations.

Its also hard to find a stockist in the UK with a decent range.

I prefer to find brands that are consistantly excellent in quality because they;
Good long term investment.
Produces better work / cuts etc.
Gets me more referrals from a better work quality.
Pleasure to use.
More capability in a project and extends what is possible.
Often fill in tooling gaps which other poorer tools fail to cover properly.
Reduces time costs / accidents/ mistakes on a job.

I would class Bahco 's tools as "entry level".

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The Bahco handsaws are the dogs nads. The Laminator which has a powder coat and thicker blade is really a great piece of kit! The triple ground hard point teeth stay sharp for ages! Accurate and clean cutting. I'd recommend it to anyone!

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I have three pairs of Bacho adjustable spanners in different sizes, the largest being about 12 inch. They are great at making adjustable spanners and I believe were the original inventors of the adjustable spanner.

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I use their cooking foil and quite frankly I cannot tell the difference to Tesco's own brand. http://www.bacocp.com/baco/default.asp

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I have a few bahco bits in my box.
The hacksaw blades are one of the best, as are their powertool blades.
Files are good aswell, using them on plasma cut edges and stainless takes its toll, but it does with any file.

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ultimatehandyman wrote:
I have three pairs of Bacho adjustable spanners in different sizes, the largest being about 12 inch. They are great at making adjustable spanners and I believe were the original inventors of the adjustable spanner.


Exactly as UHM says!

Fantastic spanners!


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I have the 6" 10" and 12" Bahco adjustables

Dont like the hacksaws, I have a Sandvik which I think is great and is probably 16 years old now. I always detension blades after use, probably why its lasted so long.

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I believes Sandvik are Bahco nowadays Jason

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Yes i agree the adjusatables are the best and it says on all of mine that they invented them.

Barracuda saws are good too .

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I have three pairs of Bacho adjustable spanners in different sizes, the largest being about 12 inch. They are great at making adjustable spanners and I believe were the original inventors of the adjustable spanner.

one firm i worked for had a set of 18" or 24", can't remember, i think they were about £150 even then.
we needed something with a 65mm jaw opening & this thing got major abuse

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I got a nice Gedore 26" set from ebay for about £10 iirc!

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hand saws super 8-) & the wider blade makes damp sawing easier

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i bought a 12" bahco adjustable the other day

its a joy use, my old halfords ones are going in the bin

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Bahco hacksaw blades are the best, I use the old-style 317 hacksaw as well. Have just started to convert to their adjustables, love the wide jaw 6" and 8" ones, especially with soft-grip handles, shame they don't do wide-jaw versions of the larger sizes.

Have also recently bought a set of their automatic pipe slices (a new product for them) in 15 and 22mm. Was slightly sceptical about them as they're narrower than the ones I've used before and I thought they might track along the pipes, but they don't at all. You can trim off very short amounts if needed (3-4mm) and they do it perfectly every time. All in all the best pipeslices I've ever owned (out of Monument, Draper, Kopex, Rothenberger and now Bahco) and will definitely buy them again.

Has anyone used their Ergo handsaw system? It looks like a good idea but at around £10 each the blades are hideously expensive. Worth the money or a gimmick??


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I got their 3 size adjustables and they are great, Their new fangly looking water pump pliers are absolute pants! Going to pick me a pair of Rothenbergers I think!


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