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Top marks to DTM
« on: 16 February 2021, 12:15:16 »

He recommended (and supplied and posted) some allen keys for me a while back, as I was having some dreadful trouble removing some allen screws from some brand new RC cars.

Well, today, I was stripping one of mine so I can get the chassis in a vice after it lost* a fight with a kerb a week or 2 ago.  Even after applying a shead load of heat, it was being stubborn.  So I broke out the Wera ones, and really leant on it to undo them, which they did perfectly.


Thanks for the recommendation (and the running around to pick them up and get them to me, which was above and beyond).  Brilliant bits of kit.



*well, maybe a draw, as the kerb sustained a fair whack of damage
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #1 on: 16 February 2021, 12:28:13 »

I think I could supply the whole of OOF land with Allen keys .... I've acquired a shed load of the things over the years both metric & imperial from 1.5mm (IIRC) to 25mm  ;) ;)

even the sh1te you get with self assembly furniture!  ;D ;D
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« Reply #2 on: 16 February 2021, 14:40:42 »

I think I could supply the whole of OOF land with Allen keys .... I've acquired a shed load of the things over the years both metric & imperial from 1.5mm (IIRC) to 25mm  ;) ;)

even the sh1te you get with self assembly furniture;D ;D

Ah yes, the chocolate ones :D
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #3 on: 16 February 2021, 14:56:55 »

I think I could supply the whole of OOF land with Allen keys .... I've acquired a shed load of the things over the years both metric & imperial from 1.5mm (IIRC) to 25mm  ;) ;)

even the sh1te you get with self assembly furniture;D ;D

Ah yes, the chocolate ones :D
They're only single use, probably cost about a penny.  ;D
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #4 on: 16 February 2021, 15:55:19 »

Most are barely single use  ;D

But yes, the quality ones are night and day better
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #5 on: 16 February 2021, 16:04:52 »

All of my electricians tools are Wera.  Not the cheapest out there, but they can take some abuse.  :y
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #6 on: 16 February 2021, 16:07:53 »

Decent quality tools make any job a heel of a lot easier to do properly. A lesson I learned late in life.
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #7 on: 16 February 2021, 16:30:49 »

Decent quality tools make any job a heel of a lot easier to do properly. A lesson I learned late in life.
Were you a cobbler?
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« Reply #8 on: 16 February 2021, 16:53:46 »

Just spotted that myself.  :-[ ;D
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #9 on: 16 February 2021, 17:11:32 »

Most are barely single use  ;D

But yes, the quality ones are night and day better

Don’t even use Ikea Allen drivers, find a suitable Allen bit and use battery powered driver on low setting, lot easier and quicker 😄
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #10 on: 16 February 2021, 17:44:44 »

Or just dont go to Ikea.  ;)  :)
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #11 on: 16 February 2021, 18:22:58 »

Or just dont go to Ikea.  ;)  :)
You beat me to it ;D
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #12 on: 16 February 2021, 21:28:31 »

Unbrako used to be my choice when i was in engineering.
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #13 on: 16 February 2021, 22:05:38 »

Unbrako used to be my choice when i was in engineering.


still the easiest choice for high quality socket-head hardware.


Wera tools are well-designed, good quality and are sensibly priced albeit at the top-end of affordable.
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Re: Top marks to DTM
« Reply #14 on: 17 February 2021, 08:34:40 »

Unbrako used to be my choice when i was in engineering.

And sounds like a sinister, made up agency designed to thwart Jimmy Bond and his crew...
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