Thickness is unspecified, and the smallest wrench is 3/8".
73,
Scott K9MA
On 7/21/2020 8:40 PM, Joe Partlow wrote:
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
<mailto: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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