Make do and Mend

[wozz]

Used to work on a job where bundles and bundles of metal conduit were used, when the trefolex ran out the liquid soap in the toilets would get raided, when no rags were about a dust sheet got sliced up.

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anyone know what size allen keys they use in them henleys i fancy a posh insulated one now!?

 

[Andy™]

either 3 or 4, cant rememeber which

 

[Barx]

I'll have a look which is missing from my lovely set of wera keys.

 

[kerching]

How do you lot cope with hex screw henleys used on phase / neutral, where you can`t isolate????? ]

I have a set of 1000V insulated allen keys...well you did ask!....NEVER EVER get used though, bit like the 1000V torque wrench, sockets, spanners, ratchets, cutters, hacksaw, nut spinners, box spanners etc etc etc :innocent

 

[Barx]

I heard that if you grind down a (vde) screwdriver it fits like a glove.

 

[revjames]

The "Triangular Screw Head " thread has prompted me with this one . Ever had to make , invent, codge up, borrow, or try to find something to enable you to finish the job or get over a problem/ hitch.

I can start off with :-

Fitting a new radiator in my house I found that to fit the threaded spigots that take the valves needs a special tool that plumbers no doubt carry. Being Sunday , stuck, so find 10" length of M8 threaded rod , bend a R/angle in vice, put two M8 nuts on the end, one locking the other which fitted the inside hexagon of the plumbing dodah. Jobs a good 'un.

This reminds me when I was working at the quarry. The fitters had a large front end loader in the workshop and needed a really big allen key to get the hub assembly off the front wheel. They tried everywhere in vain. I opened my tool box, found a large cold chisel which was hex in cross section, ground the mushroom off, popped it in the allen bolt and used a spanner to undo it... the look on the fitters faces was a picture!

 

[steptoe]

the new 'REC2' as such that are being fitted round here have a 3mm HEX, but thats the only hex I ever see,

Im not keen on the idea of having a 25mm torqued up by a 3mm hex, I think a 5mm would be closer to the mark.

dont they know there is a set mark for head size Vs thread Vs torque , and for me, a 3mm simply doesnt get the torque mark up I would like for a 25mm cable.

 

[Barx]

Yeah, its 3mm I'm missing

 

[Theorysparky]

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prodave - again im with you there. Every one of my boxes, be they tool boxes or organisers or whatever has a small coil of earth sleeving in it, coz no matter what job i go to do at a customers house, i always seem to need a bit

im the same blue and brown

i also have a couple of those round magnetic led lamps stuck to the inside of the van for when i cant find my torch.

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I heard that if you grind down a (vde) screwdriver it fits like a glove.

four fingers and a thumb ???

where do they go then ?

 

[kerching]

Back in the day.....I was told to cut the green and red sleeve into pieces about 6" long and throw a load in the bottom of the tool bag [my first tool bag was an ex-army surplus gas mask bag] along with loads of screws and black plugs all seperated [red plugs used to be black!!] as well as lengths of connector strip split into 2s and 3s.....35+ years on [and non the wiser] I still do it...pulled me out of the carp many a time.............. :coat

 

[Technician]

I had to make a torque wrench to operate between 20 and

60 pound inches for a cryogenic valve seal.

Pleased to say it worked.

 

[Riggy]

I had to make a torque wrench to operate between 20 and60 pound inches for a cryogenic valve seal.

Pleased to say it worked.

2ft 6in bar and a bag of sugar?

 

[Technician]

ROTFWL ; Riggy!