On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:04:49 -0400, DSK wrote:

"Frank Boettcher" wrote
Hating those adjustable spanners that are used to adjust
shaft packing
glands, I bought a couple of big box wrenches for almost
nothing at a
plant closing auction, cut the handles off and I had the
nicest set of
packing gland adjusters in the harbor. They were not non
ferrous
striking wrenches but they probably had a new cost of
several hundred
bucks apiece. When I sold the boat, I meant to get them
off, and
forgot.


Bummer.
I've bought a fair amount of stuff at auction too. But I
don't see how to put a box end wrench on a packing gland...
a big tubing wrench, maybe.

Whoops. Should have been "open end" . They were actually combination
and I cut the box end off. Funny looking,big wrenches with short
handles.

Frank


Scotty wrote:
I had some of those striking wrenches, size 2'' - 5''. I
gave them to my buddy who works on steam engines. I had no
idea they were that expensive.


Cool huh? Maybe I can get prices like that for mine, except
I really want to hang on to them.

DSK

Frank Boettcher wrote:
Whoops. Should have been "open end" . They were actually combination
and I cut the box end off. Funny looking,big wrenches with short
handles.

Those are the best kind.

Many people would be amazed at how many of those 36" pipe
wrenches have the handle sawed off. Much more practical, and
if you need more leverage you can always use a cheater...
heck that's what I mostly use box ends for...

DSK