armstrong black wrenches

[Katbird]

anyone else use these black wrenches. I bought a set a couple year ago and what a big mistake.its hard to read the sizes of the wrenches and they look like they came out of a fire. these are metric and run from 10mm to 24mm. I get these when someone wants to borrow my metric wrenches. what a mistake but I learn a lot from trial and era.

 

[bmwpower]

Wanna sell them?

 

[mike944]

Tools like that are typically used in the aerospace industry. Chrome plate can contaminate titanium, and cause stress-corrosion cracking when contaminated titanium is exposed to high temperature.

Better safe than sorry, the unofficial motto of the aerospace industry.
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[mike944]

Oh, and by the way, like BMW said, Wanna sell them?
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[bmwpower]

Oh, and by the way, like BMW said, Wanna sell them?

Yea, I have a satellite I'm working on and cannot risk contaminated titanium...at least that's what I'll tell my wife!

 

[drbill]

Take a yellow paint pen and rub it into the size on the wrenches. It will stand out and be easy to read.

 

[bmwpower]

Take a yellow paint pen and rub it into the size on the wrenches. It will stand out and be easy to read.

DrBill... you just blew the deal for me.

 

[kartracer55]

Ive got a few in chrome...

I know of a few people who buy snap on Black Oxide tools because they are cheaper. My friends got a black oxide ratchet and I just dont like the feel of the stuff. Maybe it is needed for aerospace (I think its the cadmium and any chrome plating that flakes?), but I wouldnt want to use them daily. After a while the finish on an impact wears out, and Id imagine this would be the case here too, but Id still prefer not to use them. Just dont like the feeling of black oxide.

Jim

 

[dink]

Ive got a few in chrome...

I know of a few people who buy snap on Black Oxide tools because they are cheaper. My friends got a black oxide ratchet and I just dont like the feel of the stuff. Maybe it is needed for aerospace (I think its the cadmium and any chrome plating that flakes?), but I wouldnt want to use them daily. After a while the finish on an impact wears out, and Id imagine this would be the case here too, but Id still prefer not to use them. Just dont like the feeling of black oxide.

Jim

I agree with you on this

 

[ilikebeer]

I buy the black oxide tools for our production people less likely to walk off if they aren't shinny.

 

[Merkava_4]

Those handsome wrenches in the picture are dry; they desperately need to by wiped down with WD-40; they'd be darker if they were. Seriously, they'd look much better.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Those handsome wrenches in the picture are dry; they desperately need to by wiped down with WD-40; they'd be darker if they were. Seriously, they'd look much better.

WD-40 attracts moisture and causes rust. Poor penetrant too. I work as a mechanic for an airline. We are no longer allowed to use WD-40 due to the problems it causes.

I don't have but one or two odd wrenches in the black phosphate finish, but I really don't have a problem with them one way or the other. My wrenches get all kinds of grease and oil on them, and all I do is wipe them off.

Charles

 

[krusty the clown]

WD-40 attracts moisture and causes rust. Poor penetrant too. I work as a mechanic for an airline. We are no longer allowed to use WD-40 due to the problems it causes.

I don't have but one or two odd wrenches in the black phosphate finish, but I really don't have a problem with them one way or the other. My wrenches get all kinds of grease and oil on them, and all I do is wipe them off.

Charles

wd-40 attaracts moisture i thought it was a water displacer.......thats what the wd stands for clue us in please.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Its a water asorber. I didn't realize this until, many years ago, a friend of mine who overhauled production MIG guns for his customers, showed me how he used it. He soaked the guns in carb cleaner, then hosed them off, and dipped them in a bucket of WD-40 which asorbed the water (as none appeared on the bottom of the bucket, like you would expect to see water separated from gasoline).

That was our experience at work, if you used WD-40 on a joint, fitting or practically anything steel on an airplane, with the intention of driving the water out or keeping it out, the end result was rust of the worst kind, more than if you did nothing at all.

Charles

 

[eschoendorff]

Just wipe down your tools with a rag and some CorrosionX. They'll be all "pretty."

www.corrosionx.com

 

[krusty the clown]

Its a water asorber. I didn't realize this until, many years ago, a friend of mine who overhauled production MIG guns for his customers, showed me how he used it. He soaked the guns in carb cleaner, then hosed them off, and dipped them in a bucket of WD-40 which asorbed the water (as none appeared on the bottom of the bucket, like you would expect to see water separated from gasoline).

That was our experience at work, if you used WD-40 on a joint, fitting or practically anything steel on an airplane, with the intention of driving the water out or keeping it out, the end result was rust of the worst kind, more than if you did nothing at all.

Charles

ok now i see what your saying.... i use it to clean my black powder guns. it removes the moisture but you'll need to oil it to protect it. i believe it has ether in it and thats why it doesn't leave a protective film of oil.