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Default Apprentice and Hex keys

NY wrote:
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NY wrote:
Yes it is a real sod trying to fit Allen keys back into their springs.

Easy if you turn the right way,sort of screw them in


Ah. I'll try that.

Talking of tools which are a pain, how about those sets of miniature
screwdrivers for jewellers and precision engineering. Firstly the blades
(especially the Philips/Posidriv cross-ended ones) are made of very soft
metal so they get chavelled up as you use them. Secondly, the handles
are so thin and with such shallow knurls on them that you can't get a
good purchase on them in your hand: Often I have to resort to a pair of
pliers around the handle to undo a screw that doesn't want to budge.

And you have to remember that for anything Japanese, they have special
drivers JIS