What the hex? Nice tools!
Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:24 pm
When I came back to the hobby about a year ago (with my son's 4th birthday and an RC18MT) I went to Sears and bought a hex wrench set. I mean the kind you see that sit in a plastic caddy and the wrenches are L-shaped.
Since discovering this site (and just how much $$$ I could really invest to get back into this and relive my 1980's goldpan RC10 childhood) I've still been using these same wrenches. I've stripped screws, faced tough threads that wore my fingers raw from using the damn L wrenches, all sorts of "fun". I did a search on rctech and read about what Hex wrenches folks recommended. While it was apparent that cost no object, Hudy was the best, there were also strong recommendations for the Losi wrench set as well as Dynamite. I ended up buying these:
http://www.rcplanet.com/Losi_Race_Wrench_p/LOSA99104.htm
And a couple of these piecemeal:
http://www.rcplanet.com/Dynamite_Mach_Hex_Driver_p/DYN2902.htm
I have to say the Dynamites are beautifully made wrenches and I'm very happy to have them as backups, but the Losi set is just a masterpiece in CNC. I tackled some tough to thread screws in my B3 runner and was overjoyed at the ease of using these compared to the Sears, L-shaped hex wrenches.
So if you're using old, crappy tools, the lesson learned is stop being a cheapskate and spend some money not on upgrade parts like that new brushless motor, instead buy nice tools!
Since discovering this site (and just how much $$$ I could really invest to get back into this and relive my 1980's goldpan RC10 childhood) I've still been using these same wrenches. I've stripped screws, faced tough threads that wore my fingers raw from using the damn L wrenches, all sorts of "fun". I did a search on rctech and read about what Hex wrenches folks recommended. While it was apparent that cost no object, Hudy was the best, there were also strong recommendations for the Losi wrench set as well as Dynamite. I ended up buying these:
http://www.rcplanet.com/Losi_Race_Wrench_p/LOSA99104.htm
And a couple of these piecemeal:
http://www.rcplanet.com/Dynamite_Mach_Hex_Driver_p/DYN2902.htm
I have to say the Dynamites are beautifully made wrenches and I'm very happy to have them as backups, but the Losi set is just a masterpiece in CNC. I tackled some tough to thread screws in my B3 runner and was overjoyed at the ease of using these compared to the Sears, L-shaped hex wrenches.
So if you're using old, crappy tools, the lesson learned is stop being a cheapskate and spend some money not on upgrade parts like that new brushless motor, instead buy nice tools!