Hard to find Allen key size

[bush]

I am trying to find what I think is a 1/32 Allen key. I measured with calipers and it is 0.035" or 0.89mm. Any ideas?

Thanks

BUSH

 

[Steve99]

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=INTC23017BL

I would think its probably 0.9mm - any good hobbystore can order the driver or may even have it in stock if they sell RC helicopters.

 

[guntech]

I am trying to find what I think is a 1/32 Allen key. I measured with calipers and it is 0.035" or 0.89mm. Any ideas?

Thanks

BUSH

A 1/32 would measure about 31 to 32 thou.

35 thou is probably 9 mm - .3546".

 

[sunray]

The smallest allen wrench is 1/16". 1/32" is half that. That's .79mm's. I'd be going with the 9mm too.

 

[Lightning Rod]

Fuller Set from Walmart

Bush;

I bought a Fuller Set (33 pcs) SAE and Metric from Walmart

mostly for the really small sizes. It has a 0.9 mm key

Fuller Set #130-8030 in a yellow box. I think it was around $15

Ross

 

[BCRider]

A +1 on checking out the hobby shops in your area that cater to model railroad or RC cars or airplanes. I run across the small stuff all the time with my model airplanes. If you can take the gizmo with you to trial fit the keys.

And yes they do make sub 1/16 allen keys in 3/64 and 1/32 as well as the small metric stuff.

 

[starpuss]

princess auto. thats where i got my mini set from

 

[denydart]

X2 on the Walmart set from Fuller. Although it was $8.99 when I bought it 3 years ago, I couldn't believe the assortment for the low price. Not bad quality or hardness either.

 

[Ian Robertson]

try kbc tools, you can buy one at a time from them although they probably have about a $25 min per order

 

[BCRider]

Frankly I've never had a Fuller brand tool that lasted long with me. They are the lowest of the low in my books. And any time that I end up with a Fuller product by accident it reinforces this distaste. YMMV of course but that's what I've found over the years.

 

[kanook]

if you buy cheap, that's what you get. It would really suck to strip the head because you bought cheap. Go to the auto parts store, sears, or if you see the snap-on tools truck driving around get him to stop. If you need the tool once, you will need it again.

 

[bush]

Found one

Found one at a specialty store "Teg's Tools" in the Hammer (Hamilton). They were able to sell me individual 1/32" at .99

thanks all for your help

BUSH

 

[downwindtracker2]

I've had good luck with the top-end Fuller screwdrivers,certainly the Robertsons.other tools I wouldn't even touch

 

[haretrigger]

I've had good luck with the top-end Fuller screwdrivers,certainly the Robertsons.other tools I wouldn't even touch

x2

The sqaure shank Fuller flat head that I bought more than 7 years ago has been used to knock out hundreds of plastic toilet flanges with a 22 ounce claw hammer, and will probably last another thousand... The biggest problem I have with allen keys is losing the damn things. I've probably bought 5 sets of them in the past 2 years alone.