New long driver for action screws by fixit stix

[doctnj]

HOT ON THE MARKET from
FIXIT Stix

I really had some things to Do this evening but this pack showed up. A while back I was discussing on the hide the problem I was having, being able to check action screw torque without having to take apart some aspects of some chassis I had. As an example AI.

They contacted me a few weeks ago to let me know they were working on a solution and would send one out to review when they were done. They hit the nail on the head with this one. I took a picture next to a driver extension that I found with a lot of research. It still didn't fit.

BUT THIS ONE DOES!!. It is very nicely engineered to fit into every chassis i own. The end is rounded in case you have slightly less than straight access to your Allen screw. Way to go guys.


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[doctnj]

For folks like me that hate to click links

 

[MarinePMI]

Nice!

 

[YO_Doc]

Very nice.
I made something similar by cutting up a Bondhus wrench and sliding it into a socket of the same size, whis that this would have been available a few months back.

 

[Macht]

I was just looking for something like this for my Whiskey-3. Any idea when they'll be on the market?

 

[doctnj]

Should be very soon.

 

[doctnj]

They said they can put them up for sale today without a pic. They were waiting on pic for website. So you can get one today.

 

[MPHReallyRightStuff]

I just got one for my AX AICS, and it works great. Works with the AT, AX, and MPA so far.

 

[Shanerbanner10]

Long enough for J Allens?

 

[doctnj]

I would bet you dinner that its long enough for any chassis out there!!

 

[Radioactiv]

Those are sweet, may have to pick up a set for my sticks

 

[Delicatessen]

That's pretty cool, just got a set of the fix its a little while ago and liking them so far...might check into adding that

 

[Mtndog05]

Awesome work. Love to see real solutions.

 

[ocabj]

I was using one of these for my AICS screws: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00018AIZI/

Worked with my adjustable torque wrench, but when I got Fix It Sticks in 2015, I had to get an adapter for the 3/8" drive.

I did get a Borka Tool 6Nm kit for the AICS, but when Fix It Sticks released their own 53 in-lb limiter, I picked one up along with the bit.

 

[kortik]

HOT ON THE MARKET from
FIXIT Stix

I really had some things to Do this evening but this pack showed up. A while back I was discussing on the hide the problem I was having, being able to check action screw torque without having to take apart some aspects of some chassis I had. As an example AI.

They contacted me a few weeks ago to let me know they were working on a solution and would send one out to review when they were done. They hit the nail on the head with this one. I took a picture next to a driver extension that I found with a lot of research. It still didn't fit.

BUT THIS ONE DOES!!. It is very nicely engineered to fit into every chassis i own. The end is rounded in case you have slightly less than straight access to your Allen screw. Way to go guys.


http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...404_183142.jpg

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...404_183149.jpg

http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/...404_183149.jpg

That "driver extension", which is shown in your pictures, is an original Borka Tools 3/16" hex ball end 3.5" long bit. It was designed in 2011 by me to work with very popular, at that time, Gen 1 (aka "legacy") AICS. The following year, AI started offering Gen 2 AICS, and in the process, they reduced diameter of the access holes to the action screws from 0.25" to 0.22". Of course, AI did not make it public prior to release of Gen 2 AICS, so when I've found out that the original AICS bit no longer fits Gen 2 AICS access hole, I re-designed the bit for use with any AICS (both Gen 1 and Gen 2). It is called Universal AICS bit, and is being offered since early 2015. It is included as a standard component of Borka Tools PTL053K-AICS kit, and on request, with other Borka Tools kits. For more information, see:

http://www.shooterstools.com

One of our customers even made a related video, which was posted right on the front page of this website in 2015:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBg8...ature=youtu.be

Jimmy Wener, the guy from Brown Line Metalworks, who is behind the sales of Fix It Sticks branded Sloky torque limiters, is doing a fine job of copying my ideas for various torque tool kits. He also basically copied my Universal AICS bit design concept, including 3/16" hex ball end, a short 1/4" hex shank and didn't even bother to change the overall length of 4", which is somewhat longer than practically needed because his Sloky torque limiters are 1/2" in diameter. It is easy to see how much length of "Jimmy's AICS bit" is wasted from the picture presented by ocabj in the post above.

 

[bribassguy]

These are readily available at any industrial supply house for like $2...

Bondhus 10810

 

[kortik]

These are readily available at any industrial supply house for like $2...

Bondhus 10810

Bondhus 10810, for example:

http://www.globalindustrial.com/p/t...ball-end-bits/3-16-balldriver-power-bit-10810

See picture, this bit will not fit AICS access holes for actions screws in any AICS, Gen1 or Gen 2. It will also not fit most of the other chassis designs.