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rust in the eye

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This and a 24" breaker bar for those stubborn watch battery screws.
When I see absurd things like this I wish I could have been a fly on the wall during the meeting where this was discussed as a potential new product.
Clueless bean counter Boss: "We need a 1/2" drive bit for .070" screws." Yes man: "Right boss, great idea, my department will get right on it." All at the table nod in agreement.
 
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Doesnt make much sense to me either. Generally people either have all drive sizes, or skip 3/8 and do a 1/4 and 1/2 set.

I dont think anyone would do 1/2 only. Only thing is maybe you dont have really long 1/4" extensions and you need to hit something far away that's a small Philips and you have really long 1/2 drive extensions.

But I guess that's why it's discontinued, it's not real useful.
 
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I bought a torx bit set in 1/2" drive by mistake. I HATED that mistake every time I used it

eventually I bought a 3/8" drive set instead. Even that, half of it could be 1/4" drive instead
 
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I don't know why, but Tekton does this with nearly all of their bit drive sockets- stuff like 1/2 drive T30 or 6 mm hex, 1/4 drive 8mm hex...
 
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To be fair:
The earliest 1/2" drive Indestro socket sets included a 5/16" 6-point.

All things come full circle - it's just how the universe works.
So we are now seeing the reappearance of a Swedish pipe wrench design invented a century ago - being introduced as a "new product".

There is nothing new under the sun.

Maybe their marketing people got a hair up their *** one morning and said "Hey, let's try this."

I've seen screwier.
 
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budget76 said:
I bought a torx bit set in 1/2" drive by mistake. I HATED that mistake every time I used it

eventually I bought a 3/8" drive set instead. Even that, half of it could be 1/4" drive instead
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IIRC, what I did was to buy a Tekton 1/4 drive set, and then ~3 singles each in 3/8 and 1/2 to fill it out.

This is where Vim has Tekton beat IMO- you can buy one set and they increase drive sizes at about the appropriate bit sizes. Granted, since this is GJ someone will say that they use a 1/2 drive T30 all the time, but for the rest of us a Vim all in one set makes more sense.
 
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^ I have a "Great Neck" set of Torx bits that starts at 1/4" drive and goes up to 3/8" drive on the larger sizes, but not up to 1/2". Believe it or not, all the bits have held up quite well.
 
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four.cycle said:
To be fair:
The earliest 1/2" drive Indestro socket sets included a 5/16" 6-point.

All things come full circle - it's just how the universe works.
So we are now seeing the reappearance of a Swedish pipe wrench design invented a century ago - being introduced as a "new product".

There is nothing new under the sun.

Maybe their marketing people got a hair up their *** one morning and said "Hey, let's try this."

I've seen screwier.
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That's the 5/16 X 1/2" I was referring to.

I know I also have a 10mm X 1/2" around here--possibly more than one.
 
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So is it 1/4 hex or 5/16?

Maybe combined with a knurled spinner, inertia will let it remove screws from a phone with a single spin.
 
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rust in the eye said:
This and a 24" breaker bar for those stubborn watch battery screws.
When I see absurd things like this I wish I could have been a fly on the wall during the meeting where this was discussed as a potential new product.
Clueless bean counter Boss: "We need a 1/2" drive bit for .070" screws." Yes man: "Right boss, great idea, my department will get right on it." All at the table nod in agreement.
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More likely boss says: "We need a 1/2 drive set of bits in all the common sizes" and the yes man delivers the message to the designers "we need 1/2 drive bits in ALL the sizes" figuring if he exceeds expectations he'll get a prize :rolleyes:. Meanwhile the yes man hasn't ever nor will ever hold one of their products in his hands.

Although looking at it, I kind of want to order one - just for the conversation piece, lol.

Edit: aaaand I just did - what a *******. 😄
 
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jbfab said:
More likely boss says: "We need a 1/2 drive set of bits in all the common sizes" and the yes man delivers the message to the designers "we need 1/2 drive bits in ALL the sizes" figuring if he exceeds expectations he'll get a prize :rolleyes:. Meanwhile the yes man hasn't ever nor will ever hold one of their products in his hands.

Although looking at it, I kind of want to order one - just for the conversation piece, lol.

Edit: aaaand I just did - what a *******. 😄
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Really? Might as well bronze that $%^$%% 'cuz you will never use it.
Boss can rest easy now that ONE has been sold.
 
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Not quite as ludicrous:

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but awful close, considering a 10mm fastener is usually used on a 6mm bolt.

"Hey! This 10mm is pretty stuck. Hand me the 10mm and the 24" breaker bar!"
 
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