[Shop-talk] type of wrench?

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

On Wed, 3 Jun 2009, Randall wrote:
> Another way to tackle this is with a length of pipe or tubing the right 
> diameter, and cut, file or mill the edge to create the 'teeth'.  I've 
> made several of these for smaller items (like the bezel for the warning 
> lights on a TR3 dash), but it should scale up nicely.  With a carbide 
> bit in a mill, you can even use a cheap socket for the donor, and a 
> ratchet to turn the resulting tool.

I did this exact thing to make a socket for the swingarm nut on my old 
racebike.

Heat the socket red hot with a torch first, and you won't need anything 
special for the endmill.

Mark