Teeny Tiny Combination Wrenches

[bczygan]

5/32" to 1/4" by 64th's.

Any use for these?

I found I needed a wrench smaller than 1/4" the other day, so am interested in what is useful in these small wrenches.

Bill

 

[The Toolest Guy]

Radio controlled cars (and other vehicles) are the first thing that come to mind for small nuts/bolts.

 

[finn]

Points and the condensers on old cars.

We used to call them ignition wrench sets.

 

[Sine Swept]

They are still called that ^

 

[bczygan]

These are the ones I picked up:

 

[MikeF2316]

These are the ones I picked up:

Those are the aforementioned ignition wrenches. They're great to have, now you won't run into a small nut or bolt that you can't deal with. I have sets of those, I don't use them often, but I'm always glad I have them when I need them.

 

[colin39]

I have a 4mm snappy and 440 facom as keyrings

 

[bczygan]

Those are the aforementioned ignition wrenches. They're great to have, now you won't run into a small nut or bolt that you can't deal with. I have sets of those, I don't use them often, but I'm always glad I have them when I need them.

That seems to be a good way to add to your tools. Whenever you find a need.

I've been feeling a need for a longer combination wrench in a few metric sizes, and also some 3/4" drive sockets for a military trailer I have. HF here I come.

Bill

 

[Flivver250]

Wright tool has some US made sets that are inexpensive, both metric and standard. Example: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HWDM96/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[Negen]

we use 5mm 5.5mm 7mm and 1/4 and 5/16 at my work nearly every day. Have a small set of craftsmen pro in both metric and standard.

 

[AmishFury]

menards also sells them under the masterforce brand... about $15 a set IIRC

 

[popparoach]

they can be made into rings for your finger.

 

[firworks]

Wright tool has some US made sets that are inexpensive, both metric and standard. Example: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001HWDM96/?tag=atomicindus08-20

They may be made in the US, but I've read a few times that those ones aren't made by Wright but another forge. They're probably still nice but in that case you may just be paying for Wright's name and you could get the same tool from the OEM for cheaper. I also may be totally wrong about this or thinking of a different tiny wrench set from Wright.

 

[davethorik]

I have a set of the craftsman combos, not the tiny doe angle wrenches. SAE and metric. Only the larger sizes actually look forged, the small ones look stamped. They still are occasionally handy however. I've seen tiny Snappies and the 1/4" wrench in the Mac set I just sold was soooo cute lol

 

[Mikeb7247]

Have a set of hand-me-down craftsman ignition wrenches. Only used them a handful of times in the last 10 years, and on some real oddball stuff. But every time I saw a place I needed them I felt validated for keeping them. "Aha! they're still in my top drawer!"

 

[martin666]

Don't use them often, but when I need 'em I got 'em

 

[dutchgray]

I have a few, over here if you work on anything old enough you need a BA set as well, used extensively in electromechanical stuff, electronics up to the 60's or so.
Easy to find used for pennies, seems every one who ever worked on anything back then had some.

 

[disston]

I have a small box with about a hundred small wrenches in it. I've collected the small sets over the years and don't have containers or wraps for most of them. Just all in a medium sized box. Box end , open end, combination. Have several of those Craftsman sets.

I keep everything up to 1/2" in the small wrench box. But I don't put too many of the larger ones in there. Just enough so they are covered. Most wrenches in the small wrench box are 5/16ths or 8 mm or smaller.

Really like Dura Chrome and have some other strange brands but they are not here so hard to remember the names.

Then I need a small wrench for something and pull out the box of small wrenches. I must have several of those. 5 mins of looking and I discover that it's a weird size but I have one. One wrench out of 1 hundred. Seems to be a curse. I need more small wrenches.

 

[Biomed]

They may be made in the US, but I've read a few times that those ones aren't made by Wright but another forge. They're probably still nice but in that case you may just be paying for Wright's name and you could get the same tool from the OEM for cheaper. I also may be totally wrong about this or thinking of a different tiny wrench set from Wright.

I have the Wright set. They were backordered for nearly 2 months because as I found out later they are not manufactured by Wright. The wrenches are OK but look like they were stamped out of a sheet of metal rather than the real substantial wrenches like the older (now almost extinct) Craftsman ignition wrenches.

I don't care for the quality of the new Craftsman ignition set and don't find one from SK. VIM makes one but I'm unsure of the quality, so does Proto. I might spring for the 9-pc. Snap-on set but it is $188. Anyone else have any ideas? I even checked Harry Epstein who has a Bonney set but it has wierd sizes and many duplicates.

 

[Tinner]

I have a set of USA Craftsman from about 8 years ago. Also some Wright and Armstrong made within the past few years. They look like they could have all been made by the same manufacturer.

 

[ssdave]

I've seen tiny Snappies

I have a Snap-on 6 point combination set from 1/8" to 3/8" by 32's. Other than the 5/32 is missing. They are sure cute, but the quality isn't quite as nice as the larger wrenches. Too hard to hold to polish them, I'd guess. I've had them for a while, picked them up cheap somewhere, probably picked them out of a box I bought. I just looked at the snap-on online site, and $235 for 9 tiny wrenches!!!!! They're not worth that, but they're sure cute. They hang on the pegboard over my workbench, and I use them quite a lot, along with the short Snap-on combination set from 1/4" to 7/8". Now that I know the 5/32" is missing, I'll have to look for it. Probably cost me more than the rest of the set.

 

[Indexmill]

Proto also makes (made?) the itty bitty ones.

 

[gungatim]

they can be made into rings for your finger.

no they can't. waaay too hard. I have seen those rings, and wanted one. ruined a snap-on and a craftstman polished trying to bend in the press with a die. almost took an eye out when it snapped and sent shrapnel my way. if you can soften it without destroying the chrome, I'd be interested in how you did it...the rings you buy are not real wrenches.

 

[davethorik]

Digging up this thread but wanted to post a pic of this Bonney doe I found. It's 1/4 on both ends looks stamped. Chrome-Vanadium

Edit: it is actually an even 2" long the scale is in 100ths of a foot should have flipped it over to normal inches. Oops.