Of course, this is none of my business (as a lurker on this list) but I must point out that the hand tools at Harbor Freight are mostly of quite good quality. I use these in my shop and have little complaint. Their main claim to fame is price -- quite low, generally. It is no longer a situation like in the '60's when you'd buy a set of Allen wrenches from the $1 bin at the auto parts store and the damned thing would twist into a hexagonal screw the first time you applied any torque to it. Bruce NJ On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 7:01 AM Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

On 7/12/2021 9:49 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote:

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Looking at replacing the Allen wrench at CDL with sets Anyone have suggestions on other manufacturers / options?

Martin Flynn

Related are Torx drivers. I don't recall what CDL has in these.

A 6-inch shaft T15 is necessary to service Apple Macintoshes of all sorts particularly the earliest models. Later Apple models use other Torx sizes. These screws find themselves in all kinds of equipment. I'll leave choice of tool brand to persons with more experience than mine.

Hi Herb,

CDL currently has Wiha Torx drivers in the following sizes:

T7s - 60mm blade, 164mm overrall

T8s - 60mm blade, 164mm overrall

T9s - 60mm blade, 171mm overrall

T10s - 80mm blade, 191mm overall

T15s - 80mm blade, 191mm overall

T20s - 100mm blade, 211mm overall

T25s - 100mm blade, 211mm overall

my set of T1-T8 drivers (wiha 26791) are in the studio

martin

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On Jul 14, 2021, at 8:48 AM, Jonathan Chapman via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:



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the hand tools at Harbor Freight are mostly of quite good quality.

They may have improved somewhat, but they're still no match for quality tools.

Thanks, Jonathan

I have gone to Harbor freight to buy many things and aside from the free flashlights and batteries most of their tools are pretty poor quality, or at least the items that I have purchased. I ended up returning most of the items that were poor quality. I have to admit the scan tool I bought from them, to scan codes on my car, was reasonably priced and worked well. There is no doubt that their prices are reasonable, but I really hate buying stuff from China. That may be my opinion but I think a lot of us feel that way. Mike R. Sent from: My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

On Jul 14, 2021, at 8:59 AM, Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

Bruce, I’m a harbor freight regular, however when working (or conserving) historic kit, I don’t want to screw it up worse than it is with a hand tool that tears up the fasteners.

Right tool at the right time was my dad’s signature line…

Martin

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Of course, this is none of my business (as a lurker on this list) but I must point out that the hand tools at Harbor Freight are mostly of quite good quality. I use these in my shop and have little complaint. Their main claim to fame is price -- quite low, generally. It is no longer a situation like in the '60's when you'd buy a set of Allen wrenches from the $1 bin at the auto parts store and the damned thing would twist into a hexagonal screw the first time you applied any torque to it.