Star Hex Key Sizes

Differ ence in 1 1000s of an inch.

Star hex key sizes.

Interchangable 0 028 and 0 7mm. All three sets fold up for storage and convenience. Long arm hex key wrench set offers the most common star hex wrench sizes to remove and install most star screws found in cars furniture equipment and more. Lastly there s one other added benefit to having both sae metric hex keys.

Choose from kits with ball end and hex ends for versatile use as well as different lengths and sizes to give you the right amount of leverage. The tech team hex and torx key set contains three hex key sets in sae inch 9 keys metric 8 keys and torx star 8 keys. Torx pronounced t ɔːr k s developed in 1967 by camcar textron is a trademarked type of screw drive characterized by a 6 point star shaped pattern. Forged from heavy duty metals our selection of hex and star tools guarantees quality and precision.

The versatile long arm short arm design offers extra reach on one end and extra leverage on the other. Substituting uncommon hex sizes. Hex key equivalent sizes. The keys are made from cv tool steel and the comfortable grips are made from textured thermoplastic rubber.

Hex keys are measured across flats af which is the distance between two opposite parallel flat sides of the key. In the united states larger metric half sizes like 6 5 mm aren t standard in most hex key sets. Stan dard sae hex key sizes inches metric hex key sizes mm notes compares standard and metric allen wrench sizes where they closely match and where they don t wrench equivalence 15 key set. Rexbeti hex key allen wrench set sae metric star long arm ball end hex key set tools industrial grade allen wrench set bonus free strength helping t handle s2 steel 4 5 out of 5 stars 677 29 99 29.

A popular generic name for the drive is star as in star screwdriver or star bits the official generic name standardized by the international organization for standardization as iso 10664 is hexalobular internal. Hex key standard sizes. Damage to the fastener or the tool can result from using a hex wrench that is too small for the socket for example a 5 mm tool used in a 5 5 mm socket. Non sparking non magnetic allen wrenches can be useful in hazardous environments.

Torx keys are used for fasteners having a head with a 6 point star or asterisk shaped socket and are frequently used in computers and electronics.