Just to add my tuppenceworth to the wrench saga......
There is available, I don't know whether in the US but
certainly in the UK, a wrench design that handles all
the various permutations of whitworth, metric, AF, etc, etc.
around the same size with the same wrench.
Sound like magic!! the wrenches, lets call them spanners,
drive the nut by applying force to the flat of the nut
and not to the corners as in a conventional design thus
allowing a considerable amount of latitude in the size of the
nut each wrench will handle.
I have three of these spanners which allow me to handle all
sizes between about 1/4" to 3/4" and they are totally
oblivious to the religion of the design.
As an additional bonus they also easily grip rounded nuts
unless they are really rounded, like circular.
If anyone is interested I probably still have the name
of the company who make these, Oh I believe they also make
a socket set based on the same principal, and I think that
there was an offer a couple of years ago in one of the
"glossies" Classic and Sportscar etc.
Any interest
Bill Orr
orr_b@apollo.hp.com
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