looking for a tool

[steveo]

i was talking with steve v. about a 90 degree allen wrench drive that he used to sell for the hard to reach places and he mentioned a forum member had made these does anybody of these, thanks

[Flyguy55]

You have a pm

[m4a1usr]

You mean a Chapman tool set? Thats a small wrench kit with a variety of allen drives (there are other tool sets as well) that allow you to get into tight areas? OSE used to sell a handled allen drive tool but it was never designed to be used for serious torque. The kind where you tighten a screw to its final value. He had lots of returns and its was only meant to be used to get a screw started and set. Not torqued. Most of us use a short section of appropriate allen wrench piece, inserted into a piece of silicone tubing which allows us to reach into small or inaccesable (sp?) areas. I can post a pic if you like? You need a dremel cutoff wheel to make one but its invaluable for the bench.

John

[JimClark]

Someone on the board made some custom tools and sold a few. I think Steve even carried them in the store

[lectriglide]

I use an offset screwdriver bit wrench with torx bits (hard to find the small allen bits). Like John said, not to really torque down, but the ratcheting feature sure is nice. It won't get in really tight spaces, but it sure beats the "tighten and reset" quarter turns you have in a lot of places. Plus the torx bits are great for removing stripped allen heads.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00941715000P?prdNo=10&blockNo=60&blockType=G60

[egneg]

I made my own and as was mentioned it's not good for anything other than non torque use. It has been sitting in my tool box unused for quite a while. If you want it you can have it for the cost of shipping a small flat rate box.

[lenny]

Their are extension flex shaft driver to,
I would like to see the Chapman tool sets if you can post a link or pictures,
And any picture of tools that work good or that have bin modded to work.

Thanks for any input.

[lectriglide]

I would like to see the Chapman tool sets if you can post a link or pictures,
And any picture of tools that work good or that have bin modded to work.

Thanks for any input.

link to Chapman http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...=1318780597764

[m4a1usr]

Here is my flexi version. Cheap, easy to make. Works perfectly. After the screw is as tight as these guys can take it, use a regular L shaped allen.

John