JRHaelig Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 5 hours ago, padgett said: " using two combination wrenches for more leverage" I just drop a nut in the joined box ends. Is that because you exert too much leverage?😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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padgett Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Generally I use a 24" breaker bar with a 1" galvanized pipe that slips over the handle. Also have sets of hex (SAE and metric) sockets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Mechanic Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 4 hours ago, padgett said: Generally I use a 24" breaker bar with a 1" galvanized pipe that slips over the handle. Also have sets of hex (SAE and metric) sockets. As Ernest Hemmingway said, 'Always use enough gun'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank DuVal Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 21 hours ago, padgett said: " using two combination wrenches for more leverage" I just drop a nut in the joined box ends. But one box end is already on the nut/bolt to be turned. This leaves one box and one open end at the intersection of the two wrenches, since two open ends do not mate at all.....🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC38DLS Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 The IRS Audit.. If you've ever owned your own business, been an entrepreneur, or wondered what it's like doing so, this is as close to reality as it gets. The IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn't paying proper wages to his Deckhand and sent an agent to investigate him. IRS AUDITOR: “I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them". Boat Owner: “Well, there's Clarence, my deckhand, he's been with me for 3 years. I pay him $1,000 a week plus free room and board. Then there's the mentally challenged guy. He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of the work around here. He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of Bacardi rum and a dozen Budweisers every Saturday night so he can cope with life. He also gets to sleep with my wife occasionally". IRS AUDITOR: “That's the guy I want to talk to - the mentally challenged one". Boat Owner: “That would be me. What would you like to know”? 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 (edited) Not if one is a flare nut wrench. OTOH you never hooked a box end and an open end together ? Don't need the nut then. Edited September 16, 2020 by padgett (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Mechanic Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 4 hours ago, Frank DuVal said: But one box end is already on the nut/bolt to be turned. This leaves one box and one open end at the intersection of the two wrenches, since two open ends do not mate at all.....🤔 This American spanner talk has left me a little confused, Guys. 'Box End' is possibly an Aussie 'ring spanner', closed circle at each end. Open ender is of course the one you use to round off nuts. 'Flare nut wrench'? Could it be an injector spanner, a ring spanner with a cut-out to slip over the injector pipe? And what do you call your sockets? Umm, those individual short round tube spanners with a square shaft drive. The back-bone of the tool-box. To lengthen a spanner, standard practice would be to use a ring/open-ender, with another ring spanner hooked into the open ender. Which is, no doubt, what you guys said, but the terminology left me behind. And thank you for your patience with us Aliens. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Pulease, you have never done this ? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bloo Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Bush Mechanic said: Box End' is possibly an Aussie 'ring spanner', closed circle at each end. Open ender is of course the one you use to round off nuts. 'Flare nut wrench'? Could it be an injector spanner, a ring spanner with a cut-out to slip over the injector pipe? Yes to all of that. The flare nut wrench might also be called a tubing wrench. 4 hours ago, Bush Mechanic said: And what do you call your sockets? Umm, those individual short round tube spanners with a square shaft drive. The back-bone of the tool-box. Six point sockets and 12 point sockets. 12 point sockets are used for rounding off nuts. Nobody knows why they are still made. Tool kits usually come with an abundance of them. 6 point sockets are used for taking things apart. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 3 hours ago, padgett said: Pulease, you have never done this ? Your not a man if you haven't. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bush Mechanic Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 4 hours ago, padgett said: Pulease, you have never done this ? As stated in my post above. 'To lengthen a spanner, standard practice would be to use a ring/open-ender, with another ring spanner hooked into the open ender. Which is, no doubt, what you guys said, but the terminology left me behind'. It seems my terminology also left you behind, Mr. Padgett. I'm well aware that us Aussies speak differently, and that our humour and irony is often completely missed on the US forums, but the cultural differences help to keep it interesting. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Whatever you want to think.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Bloo said: Six point sockets and 12 point sockets. Six point sockets are for working on cars in the Northeast and 12 point are made for working on cars in the south west. Since they don't know where the kit will be sold, they just fill it with both. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Pretty sure everyone reading this has run into a nut that can only be screwed 1/12 of a turn at a time. The ones that take all day. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 Why there are fine gear ratchets. Gearwrench makes some "The ratcheting box end needs as little as 5° to move fasteners ". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jim Bollman Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 When just have to have a truck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdc Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 9/17/2020 at 11:53 AM, billorn said: Tower: you are cleared for take off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 6:46 PM, padgett said: Pulease, you have never done this ? Doesn't everyone? Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Corvettes make poor airplanes. (Don't ask). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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capngrog Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 35 minutes ago, Mark Gregory said: I'm already practicing the wine part of this, but the orgy bit will have to wait until the 6 ft. social distancing rule goes away. Cheers, Grog 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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edinmass Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 7:46 PM, padgett said: Pulease, you have never done this ? I sure wouldn’t do that with cheap Chinese tools! Snap On! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 1 hour ago, capngrog said: I'm already practicing the wine part of this, but the orgy bit will have to wait until the 6 ft. social distancing rule goes away. Cheers, Grog Complaining? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Frank DuVal Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 On 9/16/2020 at 6:36 PM, Bush Mechanic said: To lengthen a spanner, standard practice would be to use a ring/open-ender, with another ring spanner hooked into the open ender. Which is, no doubt, what you guys said, but the terminology left me behind. And thank you for your patience with us Aliens. That's it! You passed your American English as a second language test! 😉 Just like Padgett's picture. 5 hours ago, edinmass said: I sure wouldn’t do that with cheap Chinese tools! Works just fine..... China, India, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Canada (Snap On sockets), Britain (King Dick Tools!😁) and the USA are all represented in my tool boxes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 6 hours ago, Mark Gregory said: My Grandson is going to love this one. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 16 hours ago, Jim Bollman said: Just about when you thought you knew every dirty trick. That's a good one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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