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Just wundrin'

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ScottyNY

04-21-2002 16:46:37




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I was in a good hardware the other week (they sell 1" chain that has to be shipped in steel drums instead of 5-gallon pails and about anything else a self-respecting tractor drive might "need"). While the counter guy was off in search of the oddball tap wrench I needed, I got looking around at the stuff hanging from the rafters. They sell a system of BIG wrenches (hex heads, mostly offset, that fit into a socket). Right next to them were more conventional chrome-plated combination wrenches. The sizes of them, though, were remarkable. Try 2-15/32 on for size, or 2-19/32. You can imagine they were pretty pricey. Big enough to take three good men and a corn fed boy to handle. My question is why a bolt or nut this size would be engineered down to a 32nd. An 1/8th I could see, no problem, a 1/16th at this size I'd wonder a little. A 1/32 I'm REALLY wondering. What can you do with a 2-15/32 that a 2-1/2 or a 2-7/16 or 2-3/8 wouldn't do? The cynical side of me could get really carried away with this, but I'm trying to avoid the conclusion I would get to with that thinking. If anyone can clue me in as to what would make it necessary to cut it so fine at the 2-inch-plus scale, I'd be interested and grateful. Scotty

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JoeK

04-22-2002 06:58:50




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 Re: Just wundrin' in reply to ScottyNY, 04-21-2002 16:46:37  
Tools are the "Pokemans" of man.
"Gotta get em All"...lol

Seriously,there are some sizes across the span that were used and then became obsolete due to more standardization over the years.Also there are variances and specialties in different fields on nut/head sizes versus shank size ie;plumbing,electrical,hydraulic,mechanical etc.Then you have wear and corrosion on nuts that may downsize them slightly making an"odd" wrench the best fit.

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ScottyNY

04-22-2002 08:50:41




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 Re: Re: Just wundrin' in reply to JoeK, 04-22-2002 06:58:50  
Ayuh! I ran into some of that over the weekend working on the hydraulics on an old M. Top side of the fitting was 1-1/4, bottom was 1-5/16, the middle was "large adjustable"! Know whatchya mean about the gotta have'em all. Thanks! Scotty



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John Ne.

04-23-2002 21:41:53




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 Re: Re: Re: Just wundrin' in reply to ScottyNY, 04-22-2002 08:50:41  
I thought thats why they invented the Crescent wrench!,, John in nebr.



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Not much to do in NY, huh?

04-22-2002 01:48:16




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 Re: Just wundrin' in reply to ScottyNY, 04-21-2002 16:46:37  
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ScottyNY

04-22-2002 04:35:46




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 Re: Re: Just wundrin' in reply to Not much to do in NY, huh?, 04-22-2002 01:48:16  
G'mornin'. Nope. Had a mind numbin'three hour drive yesterday, a whole hour of it sittin'while they put a minivan back up on it's wheels so they could haul it off. Ofi all the things I pondered, that was the only question for this board.



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