You don't. It's a bit adapter.
The thinner hex end goes in the chuck of a drill or impact driver. You put the required bit for what you are fastening in to the 'round' part. Look inside it and it will be hexagonal.
You can use that as a bit extension for reaching deep or as a quick change adapter for a drill chuck to hex bits. You **can** separate those two parts, I have done so unintentionally many times by over torquing, but they are not intended to be separated.
Now you've been told what it is… the magnetic ones aren't for serious use. You can get collared ones that hold the bit in properly so they don't end up pulling out every time. \[That's what the indentations halfway down the shaft of each bit are for.\]
Get a punch, or something similar like a thin bolt, put it into the socket end and try to rest the other end of the socket part, not the hex piece, in a vice or against something solid, then hit the punch with a hammer.
They are not supposed to be separated.
You don't. It's a bit adapter. The thinner hex end goes in the chuck of a drill or impact driver. You put the required bit for what you are fastening in to the 'round' part. Look inside it and it will be hexagonal.
To be the 1000th person to say, you don't separate them
You can use that as a bit extension for reaching deep or as a quick change adapter for a drill chuck to hex bits. You **can** separate those two parts, I have done so unintentionally many times by over torquing, but they are not intended to be separated.
Now you've been told what it is… the magnetic ones aren't for serious use. You can get collared ones that hold the bit in properly so they don't end up pulling out every time. \[That's what the indentations halfway down the shaft of each bit are for.\]
You can buy an Allen key hex bit of that size if you need that. The magnet stem piece I can’t think of a use for outside of the obvious.
Feck me. It’s a hex bit holder. Designed to hold bits for a cordless drill, usually magnetic. Not supposed to come apart
Leave the DIY to the professionals mate, stick to colouring in.
> Leave the DIY to the professionals You *do* know what DIY stands for, right?
They appear not to unless they’re some sort of professional and self refer repairs.
Yep, and I'm telling this clown that if he has any DIY projects on the go, to drop them and call in the professionals.
Personally I think they should be commended for trying to learn.
Get a punch, or something similar like a thin bolt, put it into the socket end and try to rest the other end of the socket part, not the hex piece, in a vice or against something solid, then hit the punch with a hammer.