[modeleng] Re: Pistons was 3½ vs 5, Sweet Pea
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:50:12 -0700 (PDT)
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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