I have dozens. I can't let go.
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I just have an Allen key bit set that I use with an electronic screwdriver or ratchet now. Saves a decent amount of time.
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$20 and you will never need those pieces of soft metal trash again.
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.
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Everything I see is West Coast.
Did you see this one on Craigslist in Kernville/Bakersfield, CA area:
https://bakersfield.craigslist.org/for/d/kernville-yamaha-riva-scooter-125cc/7854641887.htmlOr this one in the Echo Park / Los Angeles area:
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/mpo/d/los-angeles-yamaha-riva/7864964766.htmlOr this really, really cool-looking one in Oakland:
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/d/oakland-1985-yamaha-riva-180/7863873317.htmlOr this one for parts in Seattle:
https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/zip/d/seattle-for-parts-yamaha-riva-xc180n/7864979997.html -
The absolute best thing any adult can do is buy a GOOD set of allen wrenches. Good hand feel and solid construction combined with MUCH longer levers and it makes building furniture/whatever a joy.
Bonus points if you also buy a set of cheap hex head blades for your ratcheting driver of choice.
These days? The ikea/whatever allen keys get tossed in the recycling bin faster than I can remember if those are actually recyclable.
I worked as a bike tech for a sporting goods store and replaced most of the store tools with my own. The ones they had were all the cheapest crap from ebay or Amazon or something. One of the wrenches snapped on the first group of bikes we built when the store opened.
A nice tool that feels good in the hand will pay for itself with the comfort it provides.
I had to threaten to sue them because when they fired a bunch of us and barred us from the store, they tried to say those tools belong to them even after sending them the receipts for everything. And informing them where the box of original tools went. And having to call someone still in the store to bring me out the most expensive tool there and they had the audacity to tell me that me taking it would make their jobs harder because there was no replacement for it and if I could just be reasonable they'll have a replacement in a month so I can come back then.
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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.
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Should have bought a KTM. Every fastener has both torx and hex so you can strip each bolt twice!
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$20 and you will never need those pieces of soft metal trash again.
I have a more comprehensive set than that, and I still keep all of the freebies
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I just have an Allen key bit set that I use with an electronic screwdriver or ratchet now. Saves a decent amount of time.
Aren't you a smartie.
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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.
Every 10th one you add to the drawer you get a prize.
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I did this with my new daybed: tucked/taped the instructions, key and extra screwthingies under the mattress, so if it's ever moved or sold they'll be visible as soon as you take off the mattress to start.
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I did a winter project with a friend, rebuilding an original Trident rolling basket. He had always wanted one. I have never hated any motorcycle as much as that one. We finish it, the snow melts, it runs great, sounds awesome, rides like shit, he loved it anyway. It lasted a full 11 days before it sheared a wristpin and launched a piston through the head.
Im sure that's just mechanical but it reads as something more painful and possibly deadly
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Made we collect them and melt them down to make a super tool. Because I have ton of these things.
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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.
