Thin 3/8" wrench

That's WRENCH, not wench you dirty minded garlic guzzling cigar chomping old
pharts.

I've got a very thin (0.050") 3/8" wrench that has been in my toolbox since
Eisenhower. Over the years, it has rounded its jaws off to the point where
it is fairly useless. The maker of the wrench, one H.H. Smith in Brooklyn
NY no longer makes this tool.

Other than taking an ignition wrench and grinding it down, does anybody have
a source for stamped thin metal wrenches?

Jim

Other than taking an ignition wrench and grinding it down, does anybody have
a source for stamped thin metal wrenches?

Try a bike shop. I have a couple of thin wrenches that I picked up in
conjunction with biking - though I don't recall the reason why those
particular ones were chosen (maybe they were cheap). The ones I have
are metric - inch equivalents may not be readily available. OTOH I have
often used the closest metric size on inch-size nuts (whatever I can
lay my hand on first).

Dave Johnson

On 10 Nov 2006 21:03:54 -0800, "Dave" wrote:

Other than taking an ignition wrench and grinding it down, does anybody have
a source for stamped thin metal wrenches?

Try a bike shop. I have a couple of thin wrenches that I picked up in
conjunction with biking - though I don't recall the reason why those
particular ones were chosen (maybe they were cheap). The ones I have
are metric - inch equivalents may not be readily available. OTOH I have
often used the closest metric size on inch-size nuts (whatever I can
lay my hand on first).

Dave Johnson
You sure you are not talking about a "tappet wrench"? Made for
adjusting valves on old flat-head engines, they are quite thin.

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RST Engineering wrote:

Other than taking an ignition wrench and grinding it down, does anybody have
a source for stamped thin metal wrenches?

Jim

http://www.etoolcart.com/index.asp?P...OD&ProdID=7153

You sure you are not talking about a "tappet wrench"? Made for
adjusting valves on old flat-head engines, they are quite thin.

I'm sure. Some years ago I was out biking without tools, and needed to
adjust something. There happened to be a bike store nearby, and the
sheet metal wrenches were what I bought. I believe that they are made
thin to be as light as possible - intended to be carried along while
biking.

Dave Johnson

You sure you are not talking about a "tappet wrench"? Made for
adjusting valves on old flat-head engines, they are quite thin.

I'm sure. Some years ago I was out biking without tools, and needed to
adjust something. There happened to be a bike store nearby, and the
sheet metal wrenches were what I bought. I believe that they are made
thin to be as light as possible - intended to be carried along while
biking.

Dave Johnson

On 11 Nov 2006 15:02:05 -0800, "Dave" wrote:


You sure you are not talking about a "tappet wrench"? Made for
adjusting valves on old flat-head engines, they are quite thin.

I'm sure. Some years ago I was out biking without tools, and needed to
adjust something. There happened to be a bike store nearby, and the
sheet metal wrenches were what I bought. I believe that they are made
thin to be as light as possible - intended to be carried along while
biking.

Dave Johnson
You are looking for a bike wrench - (useless as most of them are)

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Dave wrote:
You sure you are not talking about a "tappet wrench"? Made for

adjusting valves on old flat-head engines, they are quite thin.


I'm sure. Some years ago I was out biking without tools, and needed to
adjust something. There happened to be a bike store nearby, and the
sheet metal wrenches were what I bought. I believe that they are made
thin to be as light as possible - intended to be carried along while
biking.

Dave Johnson


The thin wrenches used on bicycles are called "cone wrenches". They are
used to adjust wheel bearing races.
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J Kimmel

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"Cuius testiculos habes, habeas cardia et cerebellum." - When you have
their full attention in your grip, their hearts and minds will follow.

That's WRENCH, not wench you dirty minded garlic guzzling cigar chomping
old
pharts.

I've got a very thin (0.050") 3/8" wrench that has been in my toolbox
since
Eisenhower. Over the years, it has rounded its jaws off to the point
where
it is fairly useless. The maker of the wrench, one H.H. Smith in Brooklyn
NY no longer makes this tool.

Other than taking an ignition wrench and grinding it down, does anybody
have
a source for stamped thin metal wrenches?

Jim


I don't know where to buy a good one; but if you do have to grind down an
ignition wrench, which is quite likely, be sure to use plenty of coolant!

Otherwise the result is a very soft wrench, which is little better than
those stamped and punched things that are sold for emergency repair of
bicycles. :-(

Peter

They make some very nice thin tool steel wrenches for Bikes. And they are
NOT for emergency use. Check at your local bike shop and look at the bikes
for $5 to 10 thousand dollars.


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Cy Galley - Webmaster www.qcbc.org

"Peter Dohm" wrote in message
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That's WRENCH, not wench you dirty minded garlic guzzling cigar chomping
old
pharts.

I've got a very thin (0.050") 3/8" wrench that has been in my toolbox
since
Eisenhower. Over the years, it has rounded its jaws off to the point
where
it is fairly useless. The maker of the wrench, one H.H. Smith in
Brooklyn
NY no longer makes this tool.

Other than taking an ignition wrench and grinding it down, does anybody
have
a source for stamped thin metal wrenches?

Jim


I don't know where to buy a good one; but if you do have to grind down an
ignition wrench, which is quite likely, be sure to use plenty of coolant!

Otherwise the result is a very soft wrench, which is little better than
those stamped and punched things that are sold for emergency repair of
bicycles. :-(

Peter