[TowerTalk] Flat Wrenches

[K9MA]

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 at sdellington.us 
> <mailto:k9ma at 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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> -- 
> - 73 -
> - Joe W6JWP


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