OhioLefty Posted July 1, 2020 Posted July 1, 2020 Can anyone recommend a good bit set that works with Wheeler Fat Wrench? I purchased a small Hex and Torx set at Lowe's made by Dewalt and the quality is terrible. The very first time I used the 5/64 hex to mount a red dot on my wife's CO gun, it slipped in the head of the screw at 10 in/lbs. My go to set of hex wrenches fit perfectly and tighten without issue. I thought the Dewalt name was a safe bet but it seems the tolerances are not near as good as I thought. And yes, I'm sure it slipped in the head of the screw and not the Wheeler Fat Wrench torque stopping at 10 in/lbs. I would like to have both the Hex set and the Torx set of the more common smaller sizes for most gunsmithing. Thanks
m700 Posted July 1, 2020 Posted July 1, 2020 It's just a 1/4" drive I believe. You can't go wrong with snappon/mac/sk. I like the Mac stuff myself. They are expensive though you can go piecemeal. Or if the adapter from square to hex is still good go with wiha/wera/festool bits. They are all very good. I use wera and festoolSent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk
AHI Posted July 1, 2020 Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) May be off a little on size but a 5/64 hex bit used in a 2 mm hole one or the other will strip. Snap on or Mac are the best. FYI Dewalt is a division of Mac (Cheaper Line?) Edited July 1, 2020 by AHI
jcc7x7 Posted July 1, 2020 Posted July 1, 2020 Chapmen 1313 It just the bits standard (SAE) they also have metric
The Donald Posted July 2, 2020 Posted July 2, 2020 13 hours ago, AHI said: May be off a little on size but a 5/64 hex bit used in a 2 mm hole one or the other will strip. Snap on or Mac are the best. FYI Dewalt is a division of Mac (Cheaper Line?) Both DeWalt and MAC are owned by Stanley tools.
OhioLefty Posted July 2, 2020 Author Posted July 2, 2020 14 hours ago, AHI said: May be off a little on size but a 5/64 hex bit used in a 2 mm hole one or the other will strip. Snap on or Mac are the best. FYI Dewalt is a division of Mac (Cheaper Line?) Thanks, I did verify before hand the correct size was in fact 5/64 hex.
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