[Milsurplus] set screw question -

[J. Forster]

Using poor quality wrenches, even if newly ground, is a really BAD idea,
IMO. The material is soft and the stresses very high, especially on tiny
sizes. You may well do more harm than good.

-John

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> Hutch,
>
> If you grind between 1/32" and 1/16" off of the end of the wrench (more
> for
> larger size wrenches) you get a new wrench, albeit slightly shorter.  You
> can do that several times before it gets too short to use.  Be sure you
> hold
> the wrench perpendicular to the surface of the grinding wheel so that the
> end is square.  This also works with rounded off Bristol wrenches,
> including
> the Xcelite ones.  Use light cuts and don't overheat the wrench while
> grinding.
>
> In a message dated 11/9/2009 6:46:27 PM Central Standard Time,
> olegerityincj at austin.rr.com writes:
>> Dan -
>>
>> I may give you a shout after this weekend.  Since it was raining Sunday,
>> I had some time to replace the plastic lens over the Frequency read out
>> Dial.  To do this I needed to loosen the tuning and band switch knobs.
>> Well one thing lead to another, these knobs were stuck hard after many
>> hours of soaking up liquid wrench, they would not come free.   I
>> purchased some DRY ICE and all but three knobs came free.  So far I need
>> two of the 0.050 babies but also a new L allen /hex wrench since the one
>> I now possess has a few rounded edges.  So three knobs left, six
>> screws!   So please stand by, Off to harbor freight  this week for some
>> cheap-o wrench's.
>>
>> -Hutch
>>
>
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