[TowerTalk] Flat Wrenches

[Jim Hoge]

Look for bicycle tools. A cone wrench is a very thin wrench used to remove the nut and cone to access wheel bearings. Park Tool is one such manufacturer. 

73,
Jim,
W5QM
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> On Jul 21, 2020, at 18:28, Don <w7wll at peak.org> wrote:
> 
> Ah McMaster, should have thought of that. Need a 14MM flat to get at the inner nut of the bearings in the XYL's glider chair. A  happy wife makes it easier to be an active ham!!!!!
> 
> Don W7WLL
> 
>> On 7/21/2020 4:12 PM, Ron Gorski wrote:
>> Check McMaster-Carr online catalog
>> N9AU
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Don
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2020 10:27 PM
>> To: Towertalk <towertalk at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [TowerTalk] Flat Wrenches
>> 
>> 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?
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