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New Tool Day Allen Wrenches Galore!

phoenixcomm

imageWell, here we are again more tools. I never can find the right Allen Wrench, well never imageagain!! I just picked up the Bondhus 69600 ball end color set for metric, and US. I also uncovered in my garage my Xcelite 99PS-40 in the case!

At least now I know where the Allen Drives are!!
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  • in reply to kmikemoo

      I like your "guy" We had a saying when borrowing tools: "To Your hand and back to my hand!" I used to buy Craftsman Tools but I will not buy them anymore as they are made by Stanly!  Do you know what DeWalt stands for?? Black and Decker in Disguise!!  and I have broken more Proto than I can admit to.. so now I buy Snap-On but NOT from the truck!!!  Remember that a tool is an extension of your hand, so buy a good one!!  Just remember the tree F!

    FIT, FORM, FUNTION!!!! everything else is secondary!  I just saw the tool review! a Torque Wrench with a Soft Grip!!, I hate tools with a soft grip. It destroys the feedback!! ~~ Cris

  • in reply to phoenixcomm

     Laughing  I don't have expensive tools.  My "good tools" are 40 years old Craftsman and some GearWrench.

    The tools in the training center at work are mostly Harbor Freight - because they almost never get pilfered.  I know... it's hard to imagine.  But it's true.
    Many years ago, I had a trainee mail back a 1/2" Great Neck wrench that he had forgotten in his pocket.
    I told him "You realize that you paid more to mail that wrench than I paid for the entire set, right?"
    His response was "Yes.  But I wasn't going to be 'that guy' that stole a Great Neck wrench." JoyJoy

  • in reply to kmikemoo

      Ok, but then you have stuff all over your nice expensive tools.  I have my car tools downstairs in the Garage and they never come up! Now in the Lab I have my desk drawn for some tools its split in twain, and behind me I have two tools boxes one an old Craftsmen(?) box that holds things like my Squizy things, but not pliers as they live in draw by then selves. above is most of my screwdrivers. there is a draw with some 3/8 sockets and whatnot. then In one of my greatest pickups in a yard sale, a small Kennedy with 7 draws (this replaced my large Kennedy that was stolen years ago. (its a shame its gone there were lots of stickers from projects that I worked on plus my Metcal SMT tips and some hand tools)  with smaller stuff and then there is one more old Craftsman(?) over on my network rack. Might toss the last one! BTW this does not count all of the other little boxes that are floating around. 1/4 set, etc. ~~ Cris

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    BTW The plastic boxes are great for smalls anybody need an RF adapter?? I Really almost don't use them anymore, Notice the damn GR connectors?? 

    just below the  TNC/SMA?image

  • in reply to dougw

    I also like the idea of color coding - but I know that I would never remember what each color represented.  SO... only the most critical tools get the coding (yellow tape).
    1/2" SAE combo wrench, 10mm combo wrench, 5/16ths (8mm) nut driver.

    I use heat shrink tubing on the pocket screwdrivers in the tool box; Yellow for the ones ground narrow enough to be used on 2.54mm terminal screws.  Green for the ones that still have wide hips.

  • in reply to phoenixcomm

    Hehe good point, I'd be stuck with those measurements! All I know is 1/4" is 6.35mm. Same with screws, I don't know the non-metric sizes. Had to buy some 6-32 screws the other day (to fit some PCB brackets) and didn't have a clue until they arrived, that it's something in-between M3 and M4.