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In Reply to: RE: Lavardin Owners posted by Ishmael on January 28, 2017 at 11:28:28
Thank-you for your helpful responses. I tried a very small hex-head allen key, that looked like the right size, and it just turned without engaging the bolt head. It appears that I may need one that is just a little bit bigger.
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I have a few small sets Allen keys - and then I bought a very complete set at Harbor Freight for not much money. 25 keys in the set, Imperial and Metric. Yes, of course - made in China. But they are not junk steel.
Regards,
Geoff
Buy BONDHUS hex keys. Best made for not much more $$, especially since when you NEED it, nothing else will do.
Too much is never enough
We all love good tools. I have a mixture of good and ordinary. I love my Fluke 87 multimeter, my Hilti laser measure, my Hakko soldering station and so on. But the toolbox also contains some that are a bit ordinary.
Sometimes you have to compromise.
Regards,
Geoff
I've got a SkilSaw that's OLDER than me. As is my 1/2" drill I can hardly lift. I also have a Scintilla jigsaw, who later sold the whole thing to BOSCH. That was quite a while ago.But I do have a world-class cheap-o meter and a Hakko.
Yeah, i get it. I bought a jack plane at my school for 20$. Took 3 hours to flatten the base and another hour to sharpen the steel, but that is one sweet plane.
The reason I suggest Bondhus keys? Very good metal and once you round out the head of the screw, you ARE screwed. This is one of those things that the best only costs a little more than good so it is worth it.
That's why I own a Seiko watch. Not a Rolex or a Breitling or whatever, but keeps as good a time as money can buy. I'd love an Omega Seamaster, but not going to sweat it if I never get one.
Too much is never enough
Edits: 01/30/17
A hex allen wrench will do that in
a Torx fastener. Do you know for sure
that it is an allen head fastener?
Jerry P
But it is also true tiny hex seem to be hard to match.
I have a few it is almost impossible to eyeball the difference... But one fits and the others do not.
Finding some of the tiny ones can be difficult.
Amazon sucks for searching for a tiny set.
I keep the ones I have acquired in a special small bin!
From Wiki: ""Hex keys are measured across-flats (AF), which is the distance between two opposite (parallel) flat sides of the key. Standard metric sizes are defined in ISO 2936:2001 "Assembly tools for screws and nuts—Hexagon socket screw keys", also known as DIN 911, and, measured in millimeters (mm) are:
0.7, 0.9, 1.0, 1.25, 1.3, 1.5
Now WHO can 'see' the difference between the damn 0.7 or 0.9 or even 1.0mm
eyeballing them???
When I worked as a mechanic in a semiconductor fab, I LIVED for my bondhus set of keys.
I could also simply grab the right one every time. This after months of practice. But I couldn't do that today. Need to keep the eye sharp!
I have allen keys down to 0.035", .050" and than up to 1/16"
Too much is never enough
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