Model Engine Maker
Help! => Mistakes, muckups, and dangerous behaviour => Topic started by: Danny M2Z on September 17, 2013, 02:09:08 AM
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G'day.
I found a set of long T handled metric hex-keys at a well known Australian hardware store.
Just what I needed for fiddly screws as they had a ball end. Now at the price I did not expect fantastic quality, but I did expect them to fit a socket head screw.
The first screw I needed to tighten had a 4mm socket, but the key just spun in the hole.
Out with the measuring gear. Oop's, somebody at the factory in China must have a red face!
* Danny M *
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Yeah, you do need to check stuff from Mr. B's Emporium - mostly OK, but now and then .....
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It's correct. Their tolerance is +- 2mm.
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Something is not KOSHA here :ShakeHead: ....according to ISO
...an M5 SHCS has an inhex AF or W dimension of 4 mm......
...an M4 SHCS has an inhex AF or W dimension of 3 mm....so a measurement of 2.98mm for the corresponding hex driver key size is acceptable
When one purchases a hex key set.... :Director: are they not based on the AF sizing?........which has little to do with the thread sizing designation :facepalm: .....Derek
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Yes. Allen keys are designated by the a/f size - here we have an acceptable 3mm key branded as a 4mm, which is clearly not acceptable.
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I doubt anyone in China has a red face over anything they do. They figure We are foolish enough to buy their stuff. (Got my share also.) :'(
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... more likely having a quiet chuckle over it in a corner somewhere. ;)
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You have it wrong. 4mm on the handle means it's for 4mm screws :cheers:
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I've never seen allen keys designated that way - for starters while the 3mm key will fit an M4 cap screw, it won't fit an M4 c/s screw.
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Just kidding ;)