A Wentworth is what you've got when you get done rounding off a
Whitworth with a crescent wrench.
Can't remember the last time I used a crescent wrench myself. Always
seems to do more harm than good.
Michael Marr wrote:
>Couldn't have put it better myself! I was always taught to use the wrench
>designed for the bolt you are tightening. I always consider Crescent
>wrenches as deburring tools....
>
>
>And it is WHITWORTH, not Wentworth, dammit!!
>
>Michael Marr
>1960 TR3A
>Whitewater, WI
>
>
>
>>>Just a crazy notion here!!!!!!.........but wouldn't the juducious
>>>use of a
>>>cresent wrench solve most of the "Wentworth" problems on TR's????
>>>
>>>
>>Sure ... you could even use vice grips if that's what floats yer Amphicar.
>>
>>Me, I've got something of a tool fetish, I like having the right tool for
>>the job. IMO the only job that suits a Crescent wrench is
>>breaking windows
>>... after I've thrown them because they rounded off an irreplaceable piece
>>of Whitworth hardware !
>>
>>Randall
>>
>>
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George Richardson
1957 Triumph TR3 - TS15559L http://www.key-men.com/triumph
1975 Triumph TR6 - Undergoing restoration
1972 Triumph Stag - Daily Driver
Key Men: Keys for Classics - http://www.key-men.com
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