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Re: [TowerTalk] Flat Wrenches

To: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Flat Wrenches
From: Joe Partlow <joe.w6jwp@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:40:00 -0700
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Will these do the trick?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Thin-Head-Access-Wrench-Set-6-Piece-H100THCW6PCSM/305713153

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 6:36 PM K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us> wrote:

> "Thin head wrenches" does yield some results, but none of them seem to
> specify the actual thickness. That includes the very expensive set from
> McMaster-Carr.  I have many sets of "Ignition Wrenches", but all except
> that old, cheap one are thicker than a 6-32 or 8-32 nut. Perhaps the
> solution is a cheap set from Harbor Freight, and the grinder.
>
> 73,
> Scott K9MA
>
> On 7/21/2020 6:00 PM, jimlux wrote:
> > On 7/21/20 3:26 PM, Don wrote:
> >> And metric.
> >>
> >> Don W7WLL
> >>
> >>
> >> On 7/21/2020 2:03 PM, K9MA wrote:
> >>
> >> Speaking of which, it's hard to find wrenches thin enough to lock two
> >> 6-32 or 8-32 nuts together. I have one old, cheap, Craftsman set that
> >> works, but sooner or later I'm going to lose one of those up on the
> >> tower. All the small wrench sets ("Ignition Wrenches") available seem
> >> to be too thick. Short of grinding them down, does anyone know where
> >> to get thin ones in SAE sizes?
> >>
> >
> >
> > google for "thin head wrench"
> > Lowes and Home Depot have them.
> >
> > The 6 and 7mm are 2.2 mm thick (1/4 and 5/16 in SAE), the 8-11mm are
> > 2.6mm - those are a tenth of an inch thick, roughly.
> >
> >
> > or "ignition wrench" - same sort of thing - about 1/16" thick for the
> > small ones.
> >
> >
> > I used to buy 5/16" (fits SMA) double open end wrenches in lots of 10,
> > because we'd lose them.  You'd put one in your pocket, and forget
> > about it, or it would be on your desk, then get buried.
> >
> >
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