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Re: Tool for a loved one

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Subject: Re: Tool for a loved one
From: Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 17:12:43 -0500
Since I don't have an SK catalog, I'll have to imagine what you're 
describing.  ... ... ...  ...  OK, I got it now.  I never knew they were 
called "flex wrenches", I thought those were called something like "Saltus 
Wrenches" or something.  I don't have a set....

At 07:11 PM 11/22/99 ,  Scott Hall was inspired to say:

>On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Richard Beels wrote:
>
> > At 04:25 PM 11/22/99 ,  Scott Hall was inspired to say:
> > >good combo wrenches are nice, and should be part of a box, but I find
> > >myself using them rarely on the bike.  I more often used the wrenches with
> > >one open end and one 'socket' end.  don't know what they're called, but I
> > >need to buy myself a set, as the other set belonged to the tech I worked
> > >with.  get 'em if you have the cash.  metric, for the bike, sae too, if
> > >you're flush.
> >
> > Combination wrenches are combination (duh) of one open-end and one
> > box-end.  I suspect you mean adjustable wrenches (aka Crescent)...
>
>nope, not adjustable crescent wrenches, they're called 'flex' combo
>wrenches (according to my s-k catalog--I actually sleep with it under my
>pillow--oh, like y'all don't).  one end is an open-end wrench, like a
>regular combo wrench.  the other end is a socket (I'd love 6-point, but
>have only been able to find 12-point so far) that's attached to where the
>box end of a combo wrench usually goes.  it flexes back and forth, like
>the drive of a breaker bar.
>
>page 128 of the omnibus 1997 s-k catalog (newer years aren't as good).
>
>scott


Cheers!


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