Re: Advice to remove a "threaded" allen key screw

Peter Parry wrote:

>
>> Unless you have tried really hard there is a good chance there are >> [snip] > >
> Well time to swallow my pride then. I sorted it last night, I purchased
> one hacksaw to attempt the screwdriver trick, but as I was in the
> hardware shop I absent mindedly thought I'd buy a *proper* set of allen > keys too. >
> Guess what; the proper 3mm sized allen key worked first time after all.
> So my problem all along was using the wrong size key blind due to
> wanting to get the job done quickly.
>

Yup.

You need metric AND imperial keys. Same with spanners.

1/8" is 3.2mm...and a 3mm will slip...

As I said before, it's all part of _the learning experience_ :D
>
> Dan