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On 4/12/2012 1:34 PM, Joe Riel wrote:
If I were really cheap, I'd just saw some old hex keys and use them with my 1/4 drive sockets. Suppose I could epoxy them into some cheap regular sockets and be happy. The Snap-On's are nice to look at, but a bit steep for me. Thanks for the ideas. I'll try Sears. ACE HARDWARE 12 PC. 1/4" DRIVE HEX BIT SOCKET SET ,Set includes: 5/32", 3/16", 7/32", 1/4", 5/16", 3/8" and 4mm, 5mm, 6mm, 7mm, 8mm & 10mm ,Chrome vanadium steel $18 at Amazon |
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On Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:18:41 PM UTC-6, datakoll wrote:
AMAZIN' INTERNET https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output...w=1152&bih=666 YEAH BOUGHT 2 (TWO) LONG BALL END bONDHOS from THE THIRD HAND. Two ? partly solves finding one. One magnets to Nubach's cargo partition wall. a third Hand catalog stores at 40 degress in a nitrogen rich atmosphere OUAT the 3 hand ctalog told all one needed to know abt cycle mechanics. once again we weep at its passing. |
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AMuzi wrote:
avid Scheidt wrote: : : Well, most of them have set screws[1], so that you can replace (or have : the snap on dealer) replace the hex key when it gets chewed up. : : [1] might be roll pins, I'm not near one. : : :Right, it's a roll pin. :Yes, SnapOn is hugely expensive and yes, that hurts a bit at urchase, especially replacing tools which have walked away. :But they know what they are about; materials, design and :finish are at amazingly high levels and the value is obvious :to me. Eh. While I have over $10,000 worth of Snap-Off tools, there are quite a bunch of them I wouldn't consider worth the money. 1/4 drive hex bits fit that catagory. One of the things you pay for when you buy snap on stuff is the dealer support. If you're a shop, he comes to you, replaces your broken stuff, offers attractive financing, and so on. If you're not a shop, you don't get that (unless you spend lots of money), and it's hard to justify the expense. On the other hand, some of the tools really are worth their price. And some, if they're the right tool for what you want to do, are worth a whole lot more. (They sell a radiator hose pick that's designed for getting the hoses off chyrsler minivan heater cores. It saves 20 or 30 minutes every time it's used. You work flat rate, you work on those, it pays for itself real fast.) -- This is not a randomly numbered sig. |
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AMuzi wrote:
Joe Riel wrote: AMuzi writes: datakoll wrote: what type saw ? Big! http://rick.sparber.org/Steam%20Show...l/P8140062.JPG A hacksaw works. I've done it before when I needed to get a wrench on an allan head bolt. That was, I think, a 6 mm. To shorten a hex key of any quality, nick it on two faces with a grindwheel, mount in vise, pull with a wrench until it snaps, finish edges as required. Even a mid grade hex key is harder than your average hacksaw blade and will merely ruin the teeth. The 'free with product' type key, the kind which twists in use, is probably not hard to cut. I've done the same using a Dremel with a thin grinding disk. Good hex keys are hard enough that I ground a lathe cutting tool from one, when I needed to cut a non-standard internal thread in a thick wall aluminum tube with a roughly 1/2" ID. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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Frank Krygowski writes:
AMuzi wrote: Joe Riel wrote: AMuzi writes: datakoll wrote: what type saw ? Big! http://rick.sparber.org/Steam%20Show...l/P8140062.JPG A hacksaw works. I've done it before when I needed to get a wrench on an allan head bolt. That was, I think, a 6 mm. To shorten a hex key of any quality, nick it on two faces with a grindwheel, mount in vise, pull with a wrench until it snaps, finish edges as required. Even a mid grade hex key is harder than your average hacksaw blade and will merely ruin the teeth. The 'free with product' type key, the kind which twists in use, is probably not hard to cut. I've done the same using a Dremel with a thin grinding disk. Good hex keys are hard enough that I ground a lathe cutting tool from one, when I needed to cut a non-standard internal thread in a thick wall aluminum tube with a roughly 1/2" ID. In retrospect, maybe I didn't hacksaw the hex-bit, but that seems unlikely. I just went to the shop and looked at it, it's an 8-mm and appears of reasonable quality (hah). Not one of the "free with product" keys. I don't own any electric tools (lots of handtools, mostly woodworking), and I can see the file marks on the face where I cleaned it up. -- Joe Riel |
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On Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:28:48 PM UTC-6, datakoll wrote:
On Thursday, April 12, 2012 10:18:41 PM UTC-6, datakoll wrote: AMAZIN' INTERNET https://www.google.com/#hl=en&output...w=1152&bih=666 YEAH BOUGHT 2 (TWO) LONG BALL END bONDHOS from THE THIRD HAND. Two ? partly solves finding one. One magnets to Nubach's cargo partition wall. a third Hand catalog stores at 40 degress in a nitrogen rich atmosphere OUAT the 3 hand ctalog told all one needed to know abt cycle mechanics. once again we weep at its passing. yeah so I 'lost' the gas cap key at a Tex in the Mojave. Both Bonhos surfaced together in a dig thru the doghouse. Storgly rec the ball ends for bike work. http://www.summitracing.com/search/?...x%20keys&dds=1 |
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