Random roughly TEA related. T for Tools. All worship the 1/4" nut spinner. Hopefully this will allow me to sort that 465's dicky vertical out. Fingers crossed. I standardised on Wera stuff a while back. It just works and isn't made of Chinesium
I realised that extension shanks for bog-standard screwdriver bit sets are 1/4 inch; they just fitted in the space available and the nuts were removed.
This is the driver kit that I keep in my drill bag for onsite calls. The usual assortment of long & short Fillister, Philips, Torx, Allen head etc. in regular & security, plus the usual assortment of extensions, flex shafts and regular sockets. But the single most useful tool in there is the unassuming-looking little hand-wrench looking thing in the lower left corner.
It is a Husky 66604 double-ended ratchet wrench/driver. What's awesome about it, as you can see in the last two pics, is that it is not only a 1/4" x 5/16" ratcheting box wrench with super-fine pitch, but both ends are reversible AND have thumbwheel AND tension clips for holding a bit. The little 1/4" square adapter comes with to turn 1/4" drive sockets, but the other end will directly drive ANY of my 1/4" hex drive sockets. AND THEY DON'T FALL OFF.
This tool was made by Husky back when they were their own brand... I've had it almost 20 years. The tool that Home Despot carries now is a weak, poorly forged clunky POS, unless you get really lucky and find an old stock one from the "real Husky" days. However, the
VIM Tools HBR5 and
HBR8 bit ratchet APPEAR to be the same tool. I keep meaning to get one of the HBR8 to see if it is of similar quality;
one of these days.
mnem
I suspect I keep putting it off out of fear that the VIM tools are actually a POS as well; better to keep the hope alive, etc...