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Default Marking hex bits to make it easier to find the right one - anyone?



"GB" wrote in message
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On 21/08/2019 22:32, Chris Green wrote:
Harry Bloomfield, Esq. wrote:
Chris Green wrote :
Does anyone think it would be useful to mark hex bits somehow to make
it easier to find the right one? In particular a way to find the PZ2
that one always wants would be very handy.

You can buy them ready coloured.


Yes, I know, I said that in my original posting. Is there any sort of
standard though?


Just to add my 2p worth:


Its not worth anything like 2p.

The boxes the bits come in and back to front. The hex part of the bits is
held in the box, with the business end of the bit on display. So, you grab
the bit with your fingers and insert it into the bit holder.

Turn them round, so the business end is held by the case, and the hex end
sticks up. Then just push the bit holder onto the hex end of the bit. When
finished with the bit, push it back into the box in the correct position,
and release it from the bit holder.


Trouble with that approach is that the bits would have to be much further
apart so you can get just one into the bit holder. And the hole would have
to be variable for the variable business ends of the bits.