The Klein Tool addiction thread! :)

[Jlarson]

My bag has a fair amount.

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Plenty of Klein in my main box too.

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Just got a pair of the HD dykes today, they're going in the truck.

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[cheechi]

Thats the MCT right? Pleasantly surprised how much you've got in it, is it hard to close?

Mine is sitting in the pile of stuff I still need to unpack yet. Been a busy season.

 

[Jlarson]

Thats the MCT right? Pleasantly surprised how much you've got in it, is it hard to close?

Mine is sitting in the pile of stuff I still need to unpack yet. Been a busy season.

Yeah. I wasn't sure it was gonna work but it holds everything quite well. It's like my go bag so I'm I'm and out if it almost daily and it's holding up well. It only gets hard to close on the one side if just jam my meter and wrench roll in without rolling it up.

 

[Stress911]

Jlarson, love those Veto bags. I use the Klien stuff. The Tradesman rolling bag is the best out there. The backpack holds all my computer ****, cables, laptop and some tools as well.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

Was in Harry Epstein’s and found a tape measure I just couldn’t do without.

 

[JJ_From_NC]

Yeah I'm a klein fiend, I spent the money once and they have served me well ever since, dikes, needle nose, linesmans, crimpers, strippers, pliers, adjustables, screwdrivers, nut drivers I've got some of it all

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[cheechi]

Was in Harry Epstein’s and found a tape measure I just couldn’t do without.

Friend of mine will only use, endorse, or allow the use of a Stanley Fatmax tape measure on any work he does. I get it, plenty of things I am particular about. I got one of those Klein tapes and showed it to him. He has a fair amount of Klein drivers and likes them overall. He wouldn't go as far as to say he'd own one, but he didn't hate it.

I'm sure you all know (or are) that kind of guy where some things have only one answer. I've showed him several Komelon, Fastcap, Fisco, Starret, even a small 6 footer (USA made even) from a furniture store in the 80's. Not one of them was good enough, even other brands from Stanley like Dewalt & Delta.

It's a lot of words for such a small point but anyway if I was going to write a review of the Klein tape measures that would be it.

 

[Miss the Pontiacs]

The review would be a great idea.
Normally I would not spend much on a tape measure. I probably already have more than a dozen. I consider them one of my more disposable tools. I have never seen a Klein tape measure before. I gave lots of Klein tools related to the electrical, telecommunications field.
I had listed it’s merits but erased them that is a job better suited to you. I’ll put in my 2 cents later. Good luck with the review.

 

[jeffmoss26]

saw a YT video about these...ordered for pickup at my local HD and got them today!

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

saw a YT video about these...ordered for pickup at my local HD and got them today!

What’s the main difference in them?


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[jeffmoss26]

For one, they have a crimper built in.
Handles are 2 layers like the Klein Kurve - better construction than those 6 in 1 electrical crimpers/strippers/bolt cutters for sure.
Used them on a job yesterday, so far so good.

 

[dontlifttoshift]

I need some Klein help. I broke my 76011B hand nibbler and went to order another one and Kleins website shows discontinued. Is there an alternative?

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Jeff.. very interesting... Glad its working out ..

Dontliftoshift.. might try Klein customer service.. if they cannot fix it they may be able to recommend an alternative.. 800-553-4876

 

[rick carpenter]

Who makes your t-handles and do they go down to 5/64"?

 

[Wamsutta]

I need some Klein help. I broke my 76011B hand nibbler and went to order another one and Kleins website shows discontinued. Is there an alternative?

You might check out the Knipex 90 55 280.

 

[anetode]

Who makes your t-handles and do they go down to 5/64"?

Those look like the old USA Huskys, I still have a half a set left, very good quality. Of the currently available stuff, wiha still offers a 5/64 t-handle - https://www.wihatools.com/ball-end-hex-inch-black-soft-grip-dual-drive-t-handles

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Picked up a used but in great shape, CL700 for $30 over the weekend at a Pawn Shop.. Didnt have the leads etc....

 

[Bryan Burns]

Some of mine, mostly vintage.

Note the different colored grips on one of the lineman's pliers. One is a "CHAMPION DeArment" and the other is a M. Klein. I'm thinking it's the only one in existence.

I got the SD71 bags for free at a garage sale because they were "dirty". She told me they were free even before I asked the price. I washed them.

 

[Bryan Burns]

A few more. My favorite lineman's pliers, a 1961 bell system model.

The last group of six are my favorites. I have several vintage Lufkin rules but I prefer the Klein, it has very tight joints.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Love them!!

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Do Klein still make the folding rule?


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[Bryan Burns]

Do Klein still make the folding rule?


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Don't know. Mine are 1990's era.

 

[Bryan Burns]

Some of mine, mostly vintage.

Note the different colored grips on one of the lineman's pliers. One is a "CHAMPION DeArment" and the other is a M. Klein. I'm thinking it's the only one in existence.

I got the SD71 bags for free at a garage sale because they were "dirty". She told me they were free even before I asked the price. I washed them.

Couple close ups:

 

[Bryan Burns]

Do Klein still make the folding rule?


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Just checked and model number is 900-6. They're still avaliable but pricey.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Yeah... sure looks like Lufkin could have made that one too...


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[rick carpenter]

Just got a pair of the HD dykes today, they're going in the truck.

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Give us a review of these once you've made some cuts please.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Is a standard 3/8 klein socket set worth going after, There is a set in one of our local pawn shops.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Long time since I've been back this thread.. sorry for letting it slip.

Richard, I would think it would depend on price. If reasonable, I'd even add it as a "second" or backup set..

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[bpjr]

Is a standard 3/8 klein socket set worth going after, There is a set in one of our local pawn shops.

Probably depends on whether they are "old" USA or current offshore products. If memory is right street price was about $100 in the 1990s for my small USA 3/8 metric set. Last time I checked the same set was under $50 street price and made offshore.

 

[davethorik]

Probably depends on whether they are "old" USA or current offshore products. If memory is right street price was about $100 in the 1990s for my small USA 3/8 metric set. Last time I checked the same set was under $50 street price and made offshore.

At least some of the older Klein USA drive tools were made by SK.

 

[DSLTRK]

These are a few of my kleins in my service bag. Oddly enough, the Taiwanese heavy duty multi driver has been very durable with good bits.

 

[DSLTRK]

A few more. The acsr shears are amazing.

 

[DSLTRK]

A few more of mine...

Last two are of a tool I'm not exactly sure what its purpose is.. That plus the wrench are wall hangers for the most part.

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The first is a pole line wrench, has provisions for 3/8, 1/2, 5/8 and 3/4" square nuts.

Second is a twist splicing tool, used on telephone/telegraph lines. You have a sleeve you slide over the two conductors, then use two of these tools to tightly twist the sleeve around, while at the same time twisting the conductors together.

 

[Crazyjake8493]

Give us a review of these once you've made some cuts please.

For anyone wondering about the Klein HD dykes, I find them too heavy and bulky to be useful. They're basically linesman sized dykes, kind of a weird in between size. I did hammer in a bunch of staples with them in an attic I was working in, when I forgot my hammer. The cutters are hard and durable but not sharp. More useful as nail/screw cutters than as an electrical tool.

I went back to my old 8.5" dykes and put the free HD ones in my tool box in the car.

 

[Jlarson]

I don't use them for wire either, I bought them for my roadbox. They get used mainly for pulling keys, pins, cotter pins, stuff like that.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

The first is a pole line wrench, has provisions for 3/8, 1/2, 5/8 and 3/4" square nuts.

Second is a twist splicing tool, used on telephone/telegraph lines. You have a sleeve you slide over the two conductors, then use two of these tools to tightly twist the sleeve around, while at the same time twisting the conductors together.

Neat.. So a good go with for my insulators.. https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=340272&highlight=insulator

I knew about the wrench.. the two below referred to the two pictures both of the splicing tool.. I knew about the wrench... Good stuff and great info.

How he heck did linemen always seem to get great looking wire ties on those old glass insulators?

 

[d42jeep]

My wife and I were walking the grandbaby in her stroller yesterday and found a Klein screwdriver rusting away in the parking strip. What could I do? I brought it home and cleaned it up. I figured that I should take a picture of most of the Klein tools I’ve been finding at estate sales lately, mostly lineman’s pliers.
-Don

 

[Mr. Tool]

The Klein tool thread....alright I'll play along

Here are the first pictures of some of the Klein tools that I currently have in my small humble collection of tools.

 

[Mr. Tool]

A few more Klein tools....well sort of. Happen to come across this packet of Vaco Tools but also says Klein tools on the bottom?
Out of the 4 screwdriver set, only 1 actually says Klein on it, go figure.

 

[Mr. Tool]

Alright last pictures.

This particular set of Klein cooking tools I happen to find at, of all places, a plumbing hardware store's shop. Once I saw it, didn't even think twice about it, just purchased it.

The last couple of pictures are of the Klein bottle opener displayed with a PB Swiss and Craftsman bottle openers.