[Milsurplus] Interesting Tool

[Larry Snyder]

"J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:
> It looks like a re-design of an older Xcelite tool.
> 
> The problem is, there are at least 3 designs of the knurls on the nuts.
> The tool only works for one pitch. It is useless on the others. In fact,
> worse than useless, IMO.

Therein lies the tale.  Gibson dress nuts have a much coarser
knurl than your average toggle switch nut.  Stew-Mac markets
pretty much exclusively to luthiers, so that's probably not
a huge issue for them.  I use a couple open end wrenches ground
thin enough to to tighten the hex nut on the back of the panel
when I can.  Otherwise it's pliers and a rag. :-/
-ls-