RE: Metric hex Allen socket

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <01BEEC0E.0D2CF520.IsuzuG@prodigy.net> "George W. Selby, III" writes:

> First off, let me say Allen should be shot for inventing the tool whose
> name bears his.  Mr. Torx did a much better job, and doesn't slip nearly as
> much.

Amen to that.  IME it helps to poke out the recesses of the screw head
with a sharp pointy thing, and then tap the driver home with a hammer
before putting any torque on it.

> The Sears allen sockets always disappoint me, they seem to be made of soft
> metal, and will strip in a heartbeat (the tool, not the bolt).

If a tool strips I cuss and throw it in the bin.  If I strip (e.g.) the
drain plug on an 016 gearbox I cuss an awful lot more.

My own bete noirs are Snap-On.  My 4mm driver snapped off in a hydraulic
pump, leaving the screw head just nicely filled and squared off.

Unless there is a very good reason, I only buy FACOM these days.

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