When I was still disassembling large machinery professionally, I broke the ball end off 3 times.
Good that you no longer misuse your ball end wrenches. They were never for breaking bolts loose. They give you access to tight spaces.
It irritates me to no end that it's hard to find a set of quality square-end hex wrenches anymore, except for T-handles. Speaking of T-handles, a friend who retired from being a HS shop teacher recommended Carlyle T-handles from Napa - he said they held up very well to student abuse. I bought an SAE set on his suggestion ~3 years ago, then a metric set a year later. So far, so good.
Aren’t those Carlyles rebranded Bondhus T-handle hex keys and what do you mean by a square-end hex wrench?
Standard end hex keys are easy to find and order online.
I'd never heard that, but maybe. They seem to be higher quality than any recently purchased Bondhus wrenches from the big-box stores - I've ruined a few of the smaller wrenches in those, which either snap off or twist up because the heat treat is poor. Maybe they make a lower grade for the big stores that press all their vendors for continually declining prices?
"Quality" was the operative term. I see lots of them, but not from names I trust. I'm sure they're out there, but it seems most of the standard end sets are no-name imports of dubious quality. (Or old names, like Crescent, that are a mixed bag these days.)
Are you breaking them loosening or tightening.
I highly doubt this. Such move would be a massive brand risk for Bondhus.
