[TowerTalk] Flat Wrenches

[K9MA]

1/8 inch is too thick for 6-32 or 8-32 jam nuts.

73,
Scott K9MA



On 7/21/2020 9:02 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
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> On 7/21/2020 3:26 PM, Don wrote:
>> And metric.
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>> Don W7WLL
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>> On 7/21/2020 2:03 PM, K9MA wrote:
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>> 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?
>>
>
> See:
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> https://www.protoindustrial.com/en/industrial-tools/Proto/Wrenches/Open-End-Wrenches/07779224-5825-486f-90ba-6e2a223cbc23_Proto%c2%ae-Ignition-Wrenches/ 
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> These are 1/8 inch to 5/32 inch thick.
>
> We used to have these when I worked for HP for tightening connectors
> or control shafts that went through the front panel.  For whatever
> reason, there wasn't enough thread for normal wrenches.  It had
> to do with the structural front panel as opposed to the "dress
> front panel".  Something like that.  Naturally, I repurposed these
> for jam nuts, etc at home.
>
> Rick N6RK
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