That tool that is just out of reach when you are working on your own and have finally managed to get all the bits to align and just need to reach the xxxx
If you just had one more xxxx within reach the job would be done in seconds
Old drill bits, bent ones, blunt ones, they always go back in the box, than I never know which are sharp and which are blunt, so I buy a new one…and the old one goes in the box and the cycle repeats.
Pretty much the same here. Have you considered a drill sharpener ? I know I have and oddly know, but still dont own one, but the benefit of always having sharp bits to hand must be exhilarating
3mm pilot drill bits…i keep snapping them.
You can get packs of 20 or sets of 50, ten each of five sizes. But a handy thing, and cheap too, is a drill guide. - https://www.axminstertools.com/axminster-drill-guide-500458
For small drill bits I no longer treat them as tools, but consumables. Larger ones is usually have a go at sharpening on the mini bench grinder which works ok if you’re careful.
Torx in general is just a rubbish tool, it seems designed to strip the tool before the fastener.
Ah but is it better than having the issue of trying to remove a rounded torx.
Ah but is it better than having the issue of trying to remove a rounded torx.
Except in the real world you're confronted with a stuck torx head screw, and a slightly twisted torx bit because however accurately you torqued them up, corrosion means they're harder to get out, and as the thread title suggests, you don't have enough T25 bits to always have a fresh one.
Now you've got a mashed tool and a mashed screw head.
There were good reasons to develop it:
The screw stick on the bit without a magent.
They work off-axis which is great on a production line with powered hand tools.
They're probably the perfect solution for computer cases. They're OK for things like bleed ports on brakes. They're a bit pointless for SRAM brake caliper bolts. And they're absolutely the wrong tool for the job for rotor bolts.
It wouldn't even be so bad if it was part of some effort to standardise tools, like make everything on the handlebars, seat clamp, saddle rails etc T30, but it's not it's just a random selection of T20/25/27/30/35 so it can't even be quick to build in the factories.
G clamps can twist and distort themselves into the scrap bin.
Or in my Dad's case, donated to me. Had this years now, and up until a couple of several years ago it was my second best clamp! Don't ever need to use it much these days.
That clamp is vintage as it's got the leaf on it. it's also been abused I've a few record ones that have suffed the same abuse
I have had an approach to collecting tools for over 42 years...
If i do a job and i think "if i had a "whatsit" that would have been easy and go and buy one.
I have a lot of tools....
Agree with most of the above including lots of clamps.. which reminds me i just need to go on ebay