Bondhus allen wrenches

[bonneyman]

Looks like Bondhus has some new innovations. Larger ball ends for better grip, 100 deg instead of 90 deg bend for better access, special steel that's claimed 20% stronger. And they do different length blade bits! Those would work well in a bit ratchet me thinks!

http://www.bondhus.com/bondhus_products/tool_categories/bits_blades/index.html

[gtermini]

Another vote here for Bondhus. I use allens a ton in the machine shop and there are none better than Bondhus, especially at the price point.

Greyson

[bonneyman]

I'm split between Bondhus, Eklind, and Allen.

https://www.eklindtool.com/products.html

Though the Hex-Plus by WERA look like ones I'd like to try.

https://www-de.wera.de/en/great-tools/hex-plus/

[gtermini]

IMHO Eklind are junk. They bend and round off. Same with Allen. Not worth the $2 savings on the set.

Greyson

[bonneyman]

IMHO Eklind are junk. They bend and round off. Same with Allen. Not worth the $2 savings on the set.

Greyson

Could it be with the new ones? I have this so-old-it's-rusty Eklind set and it seems just fine.

[gtermini]

My experience has been with ball end sets that looks similar to the Bondhus sets bought in the last 10 years. The metal is just too soft. I have some older formed T handle Eklinds that are handy, but the handles bend relative to the shanks when I crank on them.

Bondhus makes stubby 90 deg sets that are life savers too. I use allens more than any other tool in the shop (the vast majority of fasteners are socket head cap screws), so I have low tolerance for poor performance. I'd like to try the Wera or Facom allens, but haven't found a reason to deviate from a known entity yet.

Greyson

[bmwrd0]

I just picked up a set of the driver typy hands this morning. They are great around a lathe

[DeadNutz]

My vote is for Bondhus also. All of our press tooling used socket head cap screws and stripper bolts. Bondhus was the only ones that stood up to cranking on them with a cheater bar.

[bonneyman]

I just picked up a set of the driver typy hands this morning. They are great around a lathe

I passed on a set like those but with maroon handles. Probably could have gotten them for  $1 a piece. But didn't need them.

Please don't stomp me!

[gtermini]

The maroon handled ones were probably Hunter brand. Quality stuff. I have a set in the shop that get used more than the regular screwdrivers.

Greyson

[J.A.F.E.]

I'm curious about the Starrett gauge.

[bmwrd0]

It is a Starrett, kind of a runout guage? Not sure. The seller was mainly selling the box, with some misc. junk inside. But most of it was there. Has a little degree marker on each side of 15* and you can set it, either way, to see if a chuck, or something chucked up in a lathe, is true. I had to look at a video to see it work.

[J.A.F.E.]

You did real well on that lot.