I have dozens. I can't let go.
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Put it, along with the documentation for whatever the thing is, and tape (packing tape works well) to the back of the thing. When it comes time to move or do something that requires the manual and/or tools, you have both the tools and documentation easily at hand and not lost in some junk drawer somewhere.
I have a couple of them saved, but I have sets of actual tools that include Allen wrenches. So, I don't keep most of them. I do keep the instructions with the item, though.
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Put it in the recycle bin?
I bought a set of Allen sockets years ago as well as an adapter so I can use a drill/impact with them too.
The hell with spinning that crappy little piece of metal. Right into the bin they go.
I can't recycle just any metal thing in my bin.
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Stab yourself once while rummaging around and you never do that again. Stab yourself under the fingernail while rummaging around and you might burn a whole building down.
If you do any kind of precision work (e.g. electronics, glasses, changing the battery on a kid's toy, etc) I strongly encourage getting a proper precision driver and bit set. I like ifixit but there are knockoffs that come from literally the same factories for a lot cheaper. Those tend to come with a bit that is literally a sim ejector pin AND a box that keeps everything organized and together.
Put them in a box and put the box in the drawer.
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$20 and you will never need those pieces of soft metal trash again.
Or buy Bondhus and never need another set. Seriously.
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Until you take out the most-common size, set it down somewhere, lose it, and have to buy another set, at which point you find the lost one.
Oh heavens! Can relate!
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Put it, along with the documentation for whatever the thing is, and tape (packing tape works well) to the back of the thing. When it comes time to move or do something that requires the manual and/or tools, you have both the tools and documentation easily at hand and not lost in some junk drawer somewhere.
I like to put it all in a zipper sandwich bag together and tape that to the thing
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They’re all the same, until they’re not. Some are extra long or specialized for the item being assembled. Sometimes they come with brothers.
I don’t know where they all go, but they’re here, somewhere.
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They're the worst and I don't even use them the first time to assemble things in most cases, but I too have a whole bag of them.
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After I started a 3d printing hobby all the hexes have been put to good use
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They’re all the same, until they’re not. Some are extra long or specialized for the item being assembled. Sometimes they come with brothers.
I don’t know where they all go, but they’re here, somewhere.
I have a drawer specifically for things that tighten or loosen fasteners.
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After I started a 3d printing hobby all the hexes have been put to good use
£10 says you have a set of flush cutters with blue rubberised handles.
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Put it in the recycle bin?
I bought a set of Allen sockets years ago as well as an adapter so I can use a drill/impact with them too.
The hell with spinning that crappy little piece of metal. Right into the bin they go.
Most places will only accept metal items if they're a certain size, which most allen keys almost certainly won't meet.
For example, it looks like Seattle, (which has some of the best recycling system rates and practices in America) will only accept metal tools or scrap metal larger than 3 inches. Anything smaller than that can damage the machines they use for recycling, get diverted into the landfill stream because it can't be sorted out, and/or slow down or stop the recycling process for other materials because it needs to be filtered out before it can make its way into the machinery that can't handle small parts.
However, they do have drop-off options, which can take scrap of any size. So the choice is either throw it in the recycling bin and potentially damage or slow down the recycling machinery, or stash them away until you have enough to justify going to a drop-off.
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£10 says you have a set of flush cutters with blue rubberised handles.
Wrong! I have 10 sets....
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I'd love a picture so that I can speculate on options.
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Torque wrenches take length into account in the calibration...
Well then I just suck at wrenching properly.
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How many torques are on that?
Ideas:
- Weld a nut onto the top of it. Should be able to accomplish this with a MIG and a steady hand
- Cut a slot in the top with a rotary tool cutting wheel, use a large manual impact driver to crack it, or a dull chisel/flat punch and a hammer to tap it around (clearance might be an issue here)
- Rotary tool again, cut faces on two sides, locking pliers, turn them with channel locks
- Rotay tool yet again, cut faces on six sides, hammer a possibly sacrificial six point socket on it
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£10 says you have a set of flush cutters with blue rubberised handles.
Mine broke, but.. guilty lol
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How many torques are on that?
Ideas:
- Weld a nut onto the top of it. Should be able to accomplish this with a MIG and a steady hand
- Cut a slot in the top with a rotary tool cutting wheel, use a large manual impact driver to crack it, or a dull chisel/flat punch and a hammer to tap it around (clearance might be an issue here)
- Rotary tool again, cut faces on two sides, locking pliers, turn them with channel locks
- Rotay tool yet again, cut faces on six sides, hammer a possibly sacrificial six point socket on it
I like you, you're a good human. Saving this for if/when it needs to be replaced in the future.
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i love my collection. no one will take my precioussss
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Just purged about ten of these a couple of weeks ago.
