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Buying the best can also get expensive, especially if you only need to use something once. I find buying the inexpensive to work well: if I use something enough that it breaks I'll buy better next time. Note, that doesn't mean buying the cheapest you can find.

"Poor Quality Remains Long after the Sweetness of Low Price"

Barry

When I started my apprenticeship my mentor a Toolmaker gave me this advise "Buy the best tools you can afford they will last a lifetime",
It is advise that has paid off time after time.

Very true, which is why I said inexpensive. As a hobby mechanic I don't need Snap On quality, but equally I don't buy Chinese chocolate spanners.

The little bosch drill /driver 10.8 V is great , trigger controls speed 300-1300 rpm . great for using taps and starting drilling . Make sure its the blue pro one, Makita do one as well. Another good tool for brass sheet ,WISS tin snips, 3 types straight ,right or left fo cutting curves.

If you want cheap Tin Snips I would suggest a small set of gardeners Secateurs.
Good in the Garden and in the workshop.

And if you want the "absolute best" tin snips, Gilbow or Snap On

A good crimping tool, think i had to fix every connection on my 1 st HL. Use this now an Engineer pad-11 Handy Crimp Tool. Perfect crimps 0.7 >2.2 has interchangeable dies if needed.