Armeg do a purpose made end to fit in roofers can fit in impact driver or hex screwdriver
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Blimey this is an old thread! 2011
Petej999
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Anything that works for you large flat head for me
Back of a Bowie knife just ask Crocodile Dundee.
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Good update though, with the Armeg driver. Great bit of kit.
I have the armeg as a lot of old stuff I come across has them as earth bolts, and yeah for what it is its expensive but it's been great for old rusted bolts in switchgear with a bit of impact driving and made life a bit easier!
I hate gutter bolts in anything (except gutters where they can be ground off) give me a normal bolt, torx, hex anything other than a slot heat or gutter bolt!!
I hate gutter bolts in anything (except gutters where they can be ground off) give me a normal bolt, torx, hex anything other than a slot heat or gutter bolt!!
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nicebutdim
More than pays for itself within a few lengths of tray or trunking.
Certainly does and saves a lot of choice language too!
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nicebutdim
Certainly does and saves a lot of choice language too!
Hated roofing bolts for as long as I can remember and it's only been since buying this that I can stomach the thought of them. I'd previously ground down more than one big, ignorant flat blade, but nothing really got to grips with them properly.
They are a next level pain in the ---, I have a couple of big old yellow handled Stanley's that I've been using for about 15 years now!
A very clever and talented old engineer made me a driver for them using two halves of a penny washer tig welded to an old pozi 1/4" drive bit that I had for ages until I dropped it down a fixed downpipe I was gutted. He sadly passed away not long after I met him but that guy could make anything from nothing!
A very clever and talented old engineer made me a driver for them using two halves of a penny washer tig welded to an old pozi 1/4" drive bit that I had for ages until I dropped it down a fixed downpipe I was gutted. He sadly passed away not long after I met him but that guy could make anything from nothing!
I think we are all agreed that roofing bolts are one of the worst things to come across and to top it all they usually have square nuts on them, two questions what do roofers use to put them on with, why are they still available.
Yes I don't know the answer to any of those questions tbh, they are good from the fact that the heads are low profile and relatively smooth for tray strut ect! Square nuts I've never really had issue with 
Roofers probably use a hammer,
oh no sorry nail gun
Roofers probably use a hammer,
oh no sorry nail gun
I posted this a couple of years ago, my solution to the roofing bolt, I just took a grinder to a 25mm flat wood bit with a hex shaft, it clips into the Wera handle and works fine, also doubles up as a small scraper/ prybar
I never use roofing bolts in my job now, never liked them anyway, but I still carry it as it's been so useful
I never use roofing bolts in my job now, never liked them anyway, but I still carry it as it's been so useful
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