Recommend me a Hex key set please
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I prefer the T handle ones
The ball ends are great.
I bought a nice set made by Laser Tools when I worked in a tool shop as a teenager, nearly 20 yrs later it's still going strong:
www.lasertools.co.uk
(it's available on ebay for £36)
Lidl sometimes do a set for about a tenner (maybe less), I have the matching T handle torx set, it's totally fine for diy use.
The ball ends are great.
I bought a nice set made by Laser Tools when I worked in a tool shop as a teenager, nearly 20 yrs later it's still going strong:
Laser Tools 3333 T-Handle Hex Key Set 8pc
Laser Tools 3333 An 8 piece set of metric hex keys supplied in a metal storage stand which can be bench or wall mounted. Each of the T-handle hex keys...
(it's available on ebay for £36)
Lidl sometimes do a set for about a tenner (maybe less), I have the matching T handle torx set, it's totally fine for diy use.
I suppose that a set of these would also be useful but I will go with the L shape normal set because it always seems to me anyway that the hex head is in an in assessable place especially the smaller ones. Door handle grub screw, back of tap, --- er that's all I can think of
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Did you buy them? ££?
All sets seem to miss out 7mm, which is a size found on some car brakes. Ball end ones are useful, when you cannot exactly line the key shaft up, with the socket.
Very good they are too, where you have good access. They also do a torque set of T handles.
Always use a hex socket for brake calipers.
Agree on the ball ended ones.
Got 3 sets of Bondhus metric and one set of imperial keys.
Used daily. For years.
No I prefer the smaller normal L keys. But did notice the the T handle do also have the second hex on the handle for shorter access.Did you buy them? ££?
I wont be doing any heavy Car work with them ( maybe bicycle work ) but I do have a set of socket set ones about 5 - 15mm for heaver duty stuff
Alas If that were always so, the hex head on my saddle mount is mostly obscured by the saddle so with a "traditional" allen key you can only turn a tiny bit at a time as the saddle is fouling it whereas with the long shaft on the T handle one it's a piece of cake.I suppose that a set of these would also be useful but I will go with the L shape normal set because it always seems to me anyway that the hex head is in an in assessable place especially the smaller ones. Door handle grub screw, back of tap, --- er that's all I can think of
Ah yes I know what you mean about the saddle
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