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Re: Wrench Sizes

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Subject: Re: Wrench Sizes
From: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier)
Date: Wed, 16 May 90 8:21:09 CDT
> Whether or not this is what he was talking about, there is no reason
> that a "real" wrench that works on the flats couldn't be built.  The
> inside of the thing would look something like this:
>
>     /\____/\
>     \      /
>     /      \
>   _/        \_
>  |_          _|
>    \        /
>     \      /
>     / ____ \
>     \/    \/
>
> I don't know if this would work any better on a rounded nut than a
> conventional wrench, but it certainly would have less tendency to round
> nuts itself.
>
>        Joe
>
Yes, it works better.  Snap-On sells them.


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