[TowerTalk] Flat Wrenches

[K9MA]

"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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