[modeleng] Re: Pistons was 3½ vs 5, Sweet Pea

Harry, I think I was a bit too quick off the starting
blocks when I typed my first reply.  I believe that
the tool you are looking for is an "Adjustable Face
Spanner Wrench", or an "Adjustable Pin Spanner
Wrench".

Al Messer

--- Harry Wade <hww@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 02:30 PM 9/26/05 -0700, you wrote:
> >Harry, down at the County Jailhouse Maintenance
> Dept.,
> >we called them "Security Screwdrivers"--Spanners to
> >our British brethern.
> 
> Al,
>      Yes, it's kind of a security fastener, but also
> a low-profile
> fastener.  There is a name for it, I just can't
> recall it at the moment.
>      Also, spanner (UK) = wrench (USA).  Originally
> I think both terms
> referred to tools with a fixed opening (like a crows
> foot or box end
> wrench) but so far as I know, there as here, the
> term covers any
> spanner/wrench, and it doesn't specifically describe
> what I'm talking about.
> 
> Regards,
> Harry
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