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Wayne Cooper

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Wayne Cooper 27/06/2018

These tension wrenches were, in my opinion, MUCH TOO SHORT to be of much real use. I have made 2 real-scale pictures so you can judge their size in the palm of my hand and against a ruler. The smallest one is about 1 1/4 inch long....what kind of tension wrench is that? The others are an assorted group of Z shapes of varying thicknesses but ALL OF THEM too short to be very useful except for the light6est tension situations. NONE have a cutaway at the business end which is nearly always needed with top-of-the-keyway tensioning. All in all they are what they are priced at....a large assortment of essentially useless tools too short to do the job and not cut for a large proportion of tensioning...i.e. top of the keyway. Price is cheap but you get what you pay for. I suspect most people will, as I am doing, stick to the old, shabby, home-made tension wrenches they already have in preference to using these lame ducks

DANIU 13pcs Tension Wrench Push Rod Rotating Rod Tools Lock Pick Tools Set

US$9.52 US$17.99

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Wayne Cooper 04/06/2018

This set is advertised on this page as stainless steel and aluminum...this is INCORRECT. Both the tips and the handles are stainless and are made very secure. The finish is a tiny bit rough and might damage pins so I sanded both tips and handles with 100 grit for about an hour until they were 'personalized' and burnished to my liking. The tip selection is excellent and there are not many that I will not use...similarly the torsion wrenches. Being a former professional mechanic I knew a way to get the handles on without too much wrestling and blood. As I showed in the pictures, I let the handles sit in very hot water for a few minutes...this made it softer and more malleable and they slid on the pick handles without much struggle. I pushed them on as far as I could by hand and then, with the aid of a washcloth and a vice I lightly held the tip in the vice while persuading the handle as far as it would go. In a few cases I lubed the handle with a bit of soapy lather to ease it further. Don't use grease, grease stays forever and if it doesn't rot the plastic the handles might slip off later, while soap dries and later, if you have trouble getting them off, simply soak in hot water and the soap releases. We used to install VW Beatles windshields using this trick. Hope the pictures and words are of some use. Great set with a nice nylon mesh-type zippered case. HIGHLY recommended

DANIU 12Pcs Lock Picks Tools Set Lock Opener Locksmith Tools Various Transparent Locks Combination, Locksmith Tools Kit

US$23.17 US$25.99

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