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I hate to be pedantic but I believe that there is one reverse thread.... in the words of Rolf Harris 'can you tell where it is yet??'

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Please do tell.. you know you want to!

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The electrical side shouldn't be too much of a nightmare, get the basics right and a multimeter and you are away!

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Yes. This is true - I am quietly confident about the electrics now. HOWEVER -- it took me HOURS to figure out WHICH SETTING on the DAMN MULTIMETER to use...

WHY IS IT SO COMPLICATED??? WHY are there TWO holes for the POSITIVE lead?

On second thoughts - PLEASE don't answer that... cos my head will explode.



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As for spanners vs. sockets the best you can get are sockets with 6 faces where the faces are convex - this means that they contact the bolt in the middle of the face rather than on the corners - very trick!

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I have been trying for some time, to figure out WHAT YOU MEAN... 6 faces?? Convex???

HOW DO YOU REMOVE ALLEN KEYS WITH THAT???


HAVE YOU GOT PICTURES??

PS: Why does a clever bloke like you, live in Sheffield and deliver things?



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Originally Posted by kentfallen
Rather than use a simple SPANNER why not invest in a quality SOCKET SET? A good quality socket is much less likely to slip and cause damage to the bolt and your hand!
A simple SPANNER? Gigi used a hex key (ALLEN KEY) - because.. the bolt had a hex head... A SOCKET would not have worked??

I'm confused.

We HAVE a very lovely, shiny socket set, that came in a BLUE BOX to match our BLUE TOOLBAG...BUT, they DONT WORK ON ALLENKEYS... just bolts with FLAT bits ontop.



WHY CANT TOOLS COME WITH THEIR NAME ON THEM?? There seems to be all sorts of other COMPLETELY USELESS information printed on it: "DROP FORGED" "CHROME VANADIUM"... Who needs to know that? What IS that anyway?

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