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A 2.5mm nut driver that you may already have that cost almost nothing
Joined: 08/01/2006(UTC) Posts: 2,218 Location: Shady Shores, TX - USA
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The other night I needed to change a traction tire on my Big Boy, so i went to my precession tool kit to get a nut driver to, but the smallest one I had was a 3mm driver and the Big Boy has a 2.5 mm bolts holding the connecting rods to the drivers. So what to do, 1. use needle nose pliers and strip the head of the bolt, no 2. by a $30us precessing tool kit on line and wait a week for it to show up. no 3. search hardware stores, electronic shops and hope I find a driver, already did that and the smallest one I had found was 3mm. so no The only tools that I had that were that small were Hex keys or allen keys. Wait a second if a 2.5mm hex key fits a into a 2.5mm socket cap screw then I should have a 2.5 mm socket. So here it is a 2.5mm nut driver that cost less than 4 for a $1   |
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Joined: 08/05/2009(UTC) Posts: 590 Location: Sydney
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Great idea, good thinking! |
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Joined: 17/09/2006(UTC) Posts: 18,772 Location: New Zealand
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Great idea Darrin. Sounds like the US is similar to here - the hardware stores only carry 3mm nut drivers as the smallest one.
I have the Marklin toolkit, which includes a 2.5mm nut driver. It costs about 11 euros.
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Joined: 21/10/2004(UTC) Posts: 31,692 Location: United Kingdom
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Good thinking. |
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Joined: 02/01/2009(UTC) Posts: 1,067 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Originally Posted by: Bigdaddynz  Great idea Darrin. Sounds like the US is similar to here - the hardware stores only carry 3mm nut drivers as the smallest one.
I have the Marklin toolkit, which includes a 2.5mm nut driver. It costs about 11 euros. Not just the hardware stores David, I tried to get M2 bolts from the local engineering supply store, the smallest they had was M3
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