Nope, my hammer says you’re a 4mm now.
I use way too many substitute tools.
Submitted 4 weeks ago by Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I’m glad I’m not the only one who bashes allen keys in until they work
VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I often use a slightly oversized torque bit to bite in the bolt when hammered in.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Yup. I use a 40 etorx in rusty 6mm hex all the time.
Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
All tools are hammers if you try hard enough.
BennyInc@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
I read it as Alien key, and it kind of looks like a Xenomorph…
Akasazh@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I got that too.
Now I kind of want to see a chestburster scene Photoshop
snoons@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Just use some paper towel or something to keep the teeth from fucking shit up and you’re good to go.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I thought you were going to say just put a paper towel around a 1/4" key, haha
realitista@lemmus.org 4 weeks ago
The more you munge the outside the better the grip for the wrench teeth.
ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org 4 weeks ago
metric will save us.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Meme still holds up if instead of 5/32s its 6mm
Agent641@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
BilSabab@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
am i weird to read it as alien key?
mythosync@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Just serviced my transmission. The 5mm Allen fill plug/bolt had degraded over 125,000 miles, and I had to use locking pliers to get it off.
Overall, I replaced the fill bolt and everything went well. Seeing this post after the fact is a funny coincidence!
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 4 weeks ago
Oh I love a good bolt plug.
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Aren’t these are literally called thumb screws? Like if you need a tool for them maybe you’re over torquing them?
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Nah that pic is a socket head cap screw. Heavy duty should be real tight.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 4 weeks ago
Still lose fewer allen wrenches than 10mm sockets. I swear the companies that make them have some sort of magic that causes them to disappear after a year.
realitista@lemmus.org 4 weeks ago
I have a metric, standard, and star key folding sets like these that Ive managed to keep for 30 years without losing. They work in 95% of situations and keep me from losing the loose ones I accumulate along the way for when I need those.
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 4 weeks ago
I don’t know how I did it, but I lost a giant one of those. It was for metric hexes from ~1.5-7, and it had this lovely design that made it really easy to turn (not so easy to fit it in tight spots, but it wasn’t the biggest deal). Like, how do you lose a tool the size of your hand? Grumble grumble.
Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
This was literally me on Saturday.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Not a Imbus?
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
More like broken.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No channel locks eh?
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
If the tool 1) Accompliahes the task and 2) doesn’t fuck up what you’re using it on, it’s the right tool.
marcos@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Those pliers will absolutely fuck up a screw that uses a 4mm allen.
realitista@lemmus.org 4 weeks ago
Just the outside. Inside will still work for the Allen you don’t have.
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My mentality
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I draw inspiration from my boss, who is way more resourceful than he gives himself credit for. If our project manager comes out and says we need to figure out how to degoombulate a whatsit, he will (after ten minutes of bitching) go into his junk drawer of rods, shims, and c clamps, and fashion together the best damn whatsit degoombulator you ever saw.