On Tuesday 07 March 2017 23:00:32 Todd Zuercher wrote: > Ahhh, ye old "booger" wrench, the perfect tool for rounding off "any" > sized bolt. > Shhh now, Todd, you might let the cat out of the bag, and its mad enough already. :)
Actually, if it has a solid frame, and a well made screw, they aren't that bad. But the $7 model? Donbesilly. But its ideal to clamp to the mill table with something under the handle, and the screw well tightened, and run a 1/4" end mill over it till theres only an eighth inch left. And hide it in a drawer of the lathe till you need to loosen those same nuts again, so there is (occasionally) a method to my apparent madness. I carried a 4" real "Crescent" wrench in my pocket for almost 40 years before I took a good look at it, decided it was worn enough to trash, did, then have yet to find another copy of that same wrench, it could go up to about 3/8"s of an inch which was usually enough. That 4"er was truly a quality made tool and served me well. It was truly an old old friend. Unfortunately, Crescent is now owned by Cooper Tools, and it is no longer the quality product all others are compared to. Cooper is imo, incapable of building a quality tool. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Announcing the Oxford Dictionaries API! The API offers world-renowned dictionary content that is easy and intuitive to access. Sign up for an account today to start using our lexical data to power your apps and projects. Get started today and enter our developer competition. http://sdm.link/oxford _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
