[ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] tool help

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Allen/hex and Bristol/spline wrenches/drivers,
especially the smaller sizes, frequently need
to be "re-dressed" on a grinder wheel or
Dremel tool to get rid of the damaged parts.

Mac - K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: jcoward5452 at aol.com
To: WA5CAB at cs.com, arc5 at mailman.qth.net, milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] tool help
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 10:00:34 -0500

I've tried the spline and it doesn't seem to get in deep enough to engagae 
without stripping.Maybe I should "dress" the end on the grinder?I'm thinking 
that a small phillips with long "teeth(?)" would work.
Jay

-----Original Message-----
From: WA5CAB at cs.com
To: Jcoward5452 at aol.com; arc5 at mailman.qth.net; milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Thu, 2 Nov 2006 6:50 AM
Subject: [ARC5] Re: [Milsurplus] tool help

Jay,

As Mike indicated, the two smallest Bristol drivers are four-flute instead 
of
six.  The smallest knobs (usually the locks) on a lot of military sets use
them.  O-16 and O-17/ART-13 come to mind.  You probably need the 0.050 
Bristol
driver.  The Walsco and GC wrench sets came with them, as did the Xcelite 
one.
Some of my Xcelite drivers are wound up from loosening locking knobs on the
oscillators, and also on Command Set transmitters.