And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I used to have a set like this, but without the security bits. Now I have 4 drill indexes; 29 piece fractional, alphbetic, numeric and left hand fractional. I have one high dollar German security bit set and a long shank security bit set.
Nothing pisses me off more than knowing that I can solder in a new fuse on a computer power supply but not being able to disassemble the case! Almost all of my cordless tools and chargers have security screws. I highly recommend a set of security bits. If it is something like a blown fuse or coil, you are out almost nothing if it still does not work.
I had the 175 piece kit like this. It didn't have the drill bits or allen wrenches but it had a vast assortment of bits. It had allen bits in standard and metric, nut driver bits, bristol bits, an assortment of security screw bits, torx, the assortment of standard/phillips bits and some that I had no clue as to what they were.
Just an FYI if you have a bit kit also include a large rubber band with it. If you have a screw head the is trying to strip, take the rubber band and place it over the screw head and reinsert the bit and slowly twist it out. This works about 3/4 of the time.
left hand drill bits are my preference for stripped screws but often, an easy out set is the end game. I am amazed how often some one will try to reuse a screw with a damaged head. false economy in time and money. I recall that the C5a had about 15,000 pounds of screws in the wings alone. and boy howdy, most were Hy-Torque fasteners with the offset cross points. looked like a #2 Phillips but they ain't.
I agree! I have 5 different easy out sets. One them is a 25 piece spiral set. Since there are so many sizes, I find them indespensible when dealing with allen head screws and bolts. There is nothing worse than trying to drill out stainless steel bolts and screws or hardened set screws.
I used to have a set like this, but without the security bits.
ReplyDeleteNow I have 4 drill indexes; 29 piece fractional, alphbetic,
numeric and left hand fractional. I have one high dollar
German security bit set and a long shank security bit set.
Nothing pisses me off more than knowing that I can solder in
a new fuse on a computer power supply but not being able to
disassemble the case! Almost all of my cordless tools and
chargers have security screws. I highly recommend a set of
security bits. If it is something like a blown fuse or coil,
you are out almost nothing if it still does not work.
I had the 175 piece kit like this. It didn't have the drill bits or allen wrenches but it had a vast assortment of bits. It had allen bits in standard and metric, nut driver bits, bristol bits, an assortment of security screw bits, torx, the assortment of standard/phillips bits and some that I had no clue as to what they were.
ReplyDeleteJust an FYI if you have a bit kit also include a large rubber band with it. If you have a screw head the is trying to strip, take the rubber band and place it over the screw head and reinsert the bit and slowly twist it out. This works about 3/4 of the time.
left hand drill bits are my preference for stripped screws but often, an easy out set is the end game. I am amazed how often some one will try to reuse a screw with a damaged head. false economy in time and money. I recall that the C5a had about 15,000 pounds of screws in the wings alone. and boy howdy, most were Hy-Torque fasteners with the offset cross points. looked like a #2 Phillips but they ain't.
ReplyDeleteI agree! I have 5 different easy out sets. One them is a 25
Deletepiece spiral set. Since there are so many sizes, I find them
indespensible when dealing with allen head screws and bolts.
There is nothing worse than trying to drill out stainless steel
bolts and screws or hardened set screws.