I use way too many substitute tools.

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• gigastasio@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • marcos@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Those pliers will absolutely fuck up a screw that uses a 4mm allen.

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    • realitista@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Just the outside. Inside will still work for the Allen you don’t have.

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  • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    My mentality

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    • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Nope, my hammer says you’re a 4mm now.

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  • LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m glad I’m not the only one who bashes allen keys in until they work

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  • VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I often use a slightly oversized torque bit to bite in the bolt when hammered in.

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    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yup. I use a 40 etorx in rusty 6mm hex all the time.

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  • Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    All tools are hammers if you try hard enough.

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• BennyInc@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I read it as Alien key, and it kind of looks like a Xenomorph…

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  • Akasazh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I got that too.

    Now I kind of want to see a chestburster scene Photoshop

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• snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Just use some paper towel or something to keep the teeth from fucking shit up and you’re good to go.

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  • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I thought you were going to say just put a paper towel around a 1/4" key, haha

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  • realitista@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The more you munge the outside the better the grip for the wrench teeth.

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• ElcaineVolta@kbin.melroy.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  metric will save us.

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  • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Meme still holds up if instead of 5/32s its 6mm

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  • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Great band

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• BilSabab@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  am i weird to read it as alien key?

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• mythosync@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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!

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  • Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Oh I love a good bolt plug.

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• cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Aren’t these are literally called thumb screws? Like if you need a tool for them maybe you’re over torquing them?

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  • Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Nah that pic is a socket head cap screw. Heavy duty should be real tight.

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• NannerBanner@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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  • realitista@lemmus.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • NannerBanner@literature.cafe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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• Uranus_Hz@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This was literally me on Saturday.

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Not a Imbus?

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• Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  More like broken.

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• Sam_Bass@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  No channel locks eh?

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