Making T-Handle Hex Wrenches

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  • Опубліковано 21 жов 2024
  • Hex wrenches -- also known as Allen wrenches or Allen keys -- are must-have tools in the shop. In this video, knife maker Walter Sorrells finishes his "Jake's Tool Box" series, showing the making of the popular T-handle variety of this tool.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 27

  • @markhavel2922
    @markhavel2922 3 роки тому +4

    I worked for a Paper Mill, & they had an Envelope Folding Division. Setting up and Adjusting those Machines was a specialized Skill. The "Adjusters" Requested 16" long 5/16 T Handle Hex Wrenches. Made Them by the Hundreds from 4140 .

  • @pnr9730
    @pnr9730 3 роки тому +1

    Its 4am in Australia and a very good video during my coffee. Nice gift for your son. My dad made me some tools for my birthday each year. I still have them all. He will love them.

  • @ajhproductions2347
    @ajhproductions2347 3 роки тому +5

    It’s so awesome to wake up to this video. Of all the knife makers on UA-cam, I’m most fond of this channel and Walters occasional dead pan sense of humor and level headed non condescending style of narrating. Cheers!

  • @larrybair8074
    @larrybair8074 3 роки тому +2

    Always the professional. He’ll love them for life.

  • @jondavidmcnabb
    @jondavidmcnabb 3 роки тому +1

    Love is building a custom tool kit for your kid!

  • @brysonalden5414
    @brysonalden5414 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful work, as always.

  • @jamesbarisitz4794
    @jamesbarisitz4794 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks, that is a great project Walter. ✌

  • @smithofthenorth
    @smithofthenorth 3 роки тому +2

    I was going to make a set myself, I don't have a mill and was concerned about accuracy, I think I'll try a collet block on the belt grinder table, thanks Walter.

  • @Smallathe
    @Smallathe 3 роки тому +1

    Awesome projects

  • @Raccoonsareawesome
    @Raccoonsareawesome 3 роки тому +1

    If I got a toolbox like that the hardening quality (which i'm certain is really good here) of the tools would never be tried. To nice of a tool set to be used :)

  • @MJ-nb1qn
    @MJ-nb1qn 3 роки тому +1

    “Dad of The Year” 🥇

  • @williamemerson1799
    @williamemerson1799 3 роки тому +1

    I don't have a milling machine or a lathe but I do have a belt sander and a homemade Freon tank forge, so here's a thought. Get the appropriate size rod, sand it down to size a little larger than the opening on the cap bolt, screw, whatever, then take the fastener and clamp it in the vise. Heat the end of the rod to a yellow heat or so, may take some experimenting, then drive it down into the opening of the fastener. I wouldn't get too crazy with the hammer. I'm sure it wouldn't be as pretty as yours but it would probably do in a pinch. Thoughts?

    • @williamemerson1799
      @williamemerson1799 3 роки тому

      HEY...WALTER! You there?

    • @robertgraybill5829
      @robertgraybill5829 2 роки тому

      Willam, I just thought of the same solution for an issue at work with a M8 triple-square driver that's too loose in the oversized bolt heads. I started hunting videos to see if anyone else had thought of this and found you. I do think that your idea would work, good luck if you haven't tried yet! 😉

  • @RetrowaveUniverse
    @RetrowaveUniverse 3 роки тому +3

    Like the way he says "Whack"....

  • @greydaddie
    @greydaddie 3 роки тому

    Awesome, Good Dad!

  • @consultantferret9389
    @consultantferret9389 2 роки тому

    Whats the name or seller of this 5c collet?

  • @JohannSwart_JWS
    @JohannSwart_JWS 3 роки тому +3

    Just took a look at your knife website. There's a serious problem there. My cart is empty...

  • @Yaboikilljoy
    @Yaboikilljoy 3 роки тому +2

    beautiful! i wish my dad was this amazing. all i ever got was grounded for my birthdays

    • @nikola12nis
      @nikola12nis 3 роки тому +3

      Well, Mike, if you weren't such a pain in the ass, you could have gotten many nice things, but no, you had to argue, diss, talk back and avoid house chores...

  • @bobbyw9046
    @bobbyw9046 3 роки тому +3

    Beautiful job Walter - but the only suggestion I would have made is to INCREASE the length of the Hex area so Jake has room to re-grind the face to "sharpen" the working edge as it gets worn. I'd have done about an inch. YES - you have a Mill and could always recut more area, but I believe doing it upfront would have been the ticket. Just saying......

  • @mackgmoney1515
    @mackgmoney1515 3 роки тому

    I need a 3mm one that is 15 in long!!!! To tighten/loosen the carb clamps on a yamaha fz1😖😖😖

    • @darronjknight
      @darronjknight 3 роки тому +1

      Braze a cut off 3mm alen key into a tube, then cross drill the other end to put in a bar or screwdriver to turn it

    • @mackgmoney1515
      @mackgmoney1515 3 роки тому

      @@darronjknight Thankyou!!!!! Brilliant!!!!

  • @dmg4415
    @dmg4415 3 роки тому

    You must be kidding, Your son will the proud owner of this set, he will treat it well, all visitors will be shown it, more than once, but the first thing he will do, is to go and buy some tools to use in his daylie work, he will only use it if the other tools fail, and the hardware shop is closed. When he passes this to his firstborn, there is probably not a scratch on them.

  • @slaunts9453
    @slaunts9453 3 роки тому

    They're nice and everything, but you can get a full set of bondhus t handles for like $25 made in the usa with a lifetime warranty.

  • @bowez9
    @bowez9 3 роки тому

    There is no nonhardable steel. Carbon can be added to any steel, not hard just a bit time consuming.