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