[R-390] Tools

[Roy Morgan]

On Jan 13, 2014, at 10:29 AM, quartz55 <quartz55 at hughes.net> wrote:

> I have a Vaco P23 that has an 8" shaft. It will reach down into the RF deck just fine.  Appears to have a hardened tip too.  Have no clue where I got it. 

It appears that Vaco tools can be had at amazon, granger and on ebay.

> Sears has a Craftsman 8" #2 for $11.

Could not find an 8” no.2 phillips on the sears.com website so I gave up.

> It's easy enough to buy Bristow straight bits and put them in an Allen bit holder.

The military manuals (at least used to) use the term “bristo wrench”.  The original amerrican manufacturer is the Bristol Wrench Company

Max Gain Systems has a variety of wrenches from the Bristol Wrench Company

From my notes file:

Possible sources for the Bristol wrenches are: Jensen Tools, Techni-Tool, McMaster-Carr, MSC Hardware, Grainger and probably any commercial hardware/tool supplier.
(If you want to pay more than anyone ever has for spline wrenches, contact Snap-On Tools.)

Bristol Wrench Company (the originator of the tools):
http://www.bristolwrench.com/
Their table on spline wrenches (also found at Max-Gain Systems in partial form)
http://www.bristolwrench.com/spline.pdf
Bristol Wrench Co. 
P.O. Box 4317 
Salem, OR 97302

Phone: 503-371-9655
Fax: 503-371-9662 

Max Gain Systems is at:
http://www.mgs4u.com
http://www.mgs4u.com/Bristol-spline-L-keys.htm


To avoid confusion, the “Bristol Tool Company” seems to make bicycle racks and not Bristol spline wrenches.


Roy

Roy Morgan
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