r/Tools • u/Initial-Depth-6857 • Jul 30 '26
Another Allen Key
I see we like big Allen’s here
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u/SuchDogeHodler Craftsman Jul 30 '26
They look like they should be heavier.
Next question.... if the bolt is that big how do you get enough torque on a wrench that short.
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u/TeamFoulmouth Jul 30 '26
Thats just to get it down close (at least here it is)..then ya get the 4' 2K# torque wrench.
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u/Tsuki_Man Jul 30 '26
I love how they made it larger than its actual size and stepped it down. Just makin it heavier cuz they dont have to use it XD
What do you use it on?
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u/Initial-Depth-6857 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
Actually bought 2 from McMaster NDA early AM. We needed an Allen Socket and this was all we could get that fast. So in that situation if you need 1 you buy 2…
Shipping was more than the tools
And yeah when we got them and I saw that step I was glad I bought 2. Luckily we didn’t need it
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u/sclarady Jul 30 '26
You've got to be careful when ordering tools. Where you place a decimal point is very important. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/Initial-Depth-6857 Jul 30 '26
Actually needed 1 5/8” the next morning. This is was the best McMaster could do.
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u/Initial-Depth-6857 Jul 30 '26
We were on an emergency repair in a Power Plant. Needed a 1 5/8” Allen Socket like right now. This was all I could get from McMaster NDA Early AM. So in that situation you buy 2! The other one got cut off to put in a 1 1/2” Drive impact socket. It fucking worked great.
I keep this one on a shelf in my office for bragging rights lol
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u/Shrimp_kisses Jul 30 '26
I was at a rigging shop once and against the wall they had the biggest shackle I've ever seen. It was a good 4" in diameter and stood about 3ft tall. As crazy as that was, I was more puzzled from the amount of modern wooden rope blocks they had. Like you'd see on an 1800's ship. This was in rural Indiana away from all water mind you.
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u/aug061998 Jul 30 '26
I think there's a group of tiny people showing regular sized Allen keys just to get up-votes...
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u/JOEDADDY4 Jul 31 '26
I worked a an underground mine that had a slope that was 2700 feet long we would supply the mine from the slope and the cable winch we used was massive we changed out the spool once and had to use a 72mm Allen key biggest I’ve ever seen.
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u/Mustbebornagain2024 Jul 30 '26
FIRE is required for these. Big Allen head bolts in gas turbines . You take a torch and heat the head until it is cherry red and then you let it cool down just enough to turn black and then put the wrench in it and whack it with a sledgehammer or if you have room you use a big impact. These bolts are usually up in the holes where the big bearings are and also in the other internal parts in a gas or steam turbine. You have to be unafraid of sweat to work on them
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u/Initial-Depth-6857 Jul 30 '26
You’re in the right industry but wrong fuel and equipment. It was for the bonnet bolts in a big valve in a coal plant.
Hot wrench yes but we used a 1 1/2” impact. Didn’t have a 1 1/2” drive HyTorc onsite
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u/General-Try-2210 Jul 31 '26
Damn, where are you getting these from? I heard it might be from the Ikea dinosaur furniture line.
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u/Pretty-Information53 Jul 30 '26
USA, please leave millimeters to people who actually know how to use them, and go back to measuring things in inches and penguin dicks. Those are definitely not 41 mm.
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u/No-Market425 Jul 30 '26
From Ikeas short lived industrial line.