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Re: pic: Hex Wrenches + Heat Shrink

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Originally Posted by AllenGregoryIV View Post
We've been using heat shrink for a bit as well, it's a great trick. We've had some of it slip off, I'm looking for adhesive heat shrink in enough colors but haven't found it yet.

Our blog post with our color chart is here.
http://blog.spectrum3847.org/2015/11...ion-color.html
We have been doing color coding for years. Mainly electrical tape as the colors are pretty good. however we may have to try the shrink tubing.

One additional thing we did was color code the wrenches for the nuts to match those of the Allan drivers (e.g. button heads). That way when you have students screwing in a #10 button head screw with a nut on the other end, they just ask for a "red driver and a red wrench". It gets to the point that our students don't even know what size the wrench is so they just ask for colors.. great for working on your team.. bad if you need to borrow a tool from another team!

Also, We have been trying to standardize on mainly button heads but for small screws we have found they strip a bit easier so we have been using socket heads for anything less than #8
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