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Devine Lu Linvega

#lifehack of the day.

When an allen key becomes so used up that it spins in the socket, cut off the rounded bit and keep on using it.

Allen key with a totally used up end.
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Kira, feral fox 🦊 🏳️‍⚧️

@neauoire Ha ha, fantastic. Because an allen key is really just a single small allen key that has been extruded on both ends to form infinitely many potential smaller allen keys.

Devine Lu Linvega

@tty yeah! There was a brief moment when we're were like, shit, we need to go get a new one(we've got lots of pipes to connect still), then wait, no, there's like 40 allen keys in this allen key!

Ancient Good

@neauoire or cut slightly longer piece and you can use it with electric screewdriver

nomand

@neauoire hex fastener format is the worst piece of shit design ever made. It might as well be a fucking circle it makes me mad.

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