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WRENCH sa ALLEN WRENCH sa TORQUE WRENCH sa WRENCH STORAGE xx TOOL Tip: Make a vinyl or fabric roll-up case to store a set of crescent or box wrenches. Use a sliding breaker bar and an extension to convert your existing socket set into T-handle wrenches. Review of the most useful varieties of wrenches. All about wrenches. How to select the right kind of wrench for home maintenance jobs. How to choose the right wrench for the job. A look at open end, box, combination, adjustable, socket, monkey, pipe, allen, ratchet box, basin, and chain and strap wrenches as well as vise-grip and tongue-and-groove pliers. Tips on using pliers and other wrenches correctly. Use a carpenters hand brace as a mechanics speed wrench by making this adaptor to fit the brace and your sockets. Tip on renewing worn teeth on pliers, vise jaws, pipe wrench, etc. Tip on fixing an overly-flexible universal joint for a socket wrench. Tip on making a plywood wrench to remove clean-out plugs from cast iron drain line. Selecting and using sockets, socket drivers and accessories. Socket extension is made from an ordinary machine bolt. Maintenance tips for pliers and wrenches. A buyer's guide to auto tools. From wrenches to ratchet drivers, here's how to tell the good from the bad and choose the right tool for the job. Wrenches for the homeowner. What you need and how to use them safely. Both normal and special purpose wrenches are discussed. A look at the various kinds of wrenches that are most useful for the home tool box. Overhead transparency master illustrates several styles of wrenches. Plug wrench makes it easy to open 55-gallon drums. Tips on cleaning and repairing a ratchet wrench. Finger-tip wrench, handy when ordinary wrench won't fit. Bent from sheet metal, the finger wrench fits 4 sizes of nuts. How to spot a good wrench assortment. Homemade strap wrench is made from wood and rubber, leather, or cloth belting. Use it to remove round objects such as oil filters, screw-on jar tops, etc. Automobile ABCs. The right way to use hand tools. Looks at wrenches and screwdrivers. Make box-spanners (socket wrenches) for small nuts and bolts from socket headed cap screws. Make a personalized wrench set holder from machine embroidered denim. An impact driver, a handy new tool for loosening or tightening fasteners. Tip: Conversion chart shows which metric 12-point socket to use for square-headed threaded fasteners measured in inch-based fractions. How to squeeze more from your plier wrench. Twenty uses for vise-grip style wrenches. Homemade wrenches to remove threaded retaining rings like those found on cameras. Uncommon uses for worn out wrenches. Adapter turns a carpenter's brace into a driver for socket wrench. Workshop minicourse. Basic procedures for using box and open end wrenches. Make your own socket wrench extensions from 1/2" square steel bar. Tip: Store wrench sockets on loops of wire. Tip: Use a box wrench to add extra leverage to a lug wrench. Wrenches. Tips on selecting and using general purpose and special purpose wrenches. Tip: Use 6-point sockets when trying to remove a really stubborn nut. Tip on using two combination wrenches to increase the leverage on a stuck bolt when there is not enough room to use a socket with a long handle. Tip on stiffening a worn, sloppy, or limp universal adapter (as used with socket wrenches). Resharpen pipe wrench jaws on metal lathe. Buyer's guide to tools. Things to know about socket wrenches, box, open end and torque wrenches for auto work. Tiny socket wrench for model work made from set screw. Adjustable spanner wrench made from circle cutter. Est. cost: $1. Power wrenches. What is available and tips on their uses. Both air and electric models are viewed. Tip: Make a socket wrench universal joint function easier by covering the joint with a piece of hose or a flexible spring. Tip: Use a piece of fuel-line hose as a flexible "socket wrench". Different style of wrenches and when to use them. Tip on making special lug sockets to fit radial slotted nuts. Modify a 3/8" square drive extension bar into a short socket wrench for use when removing and installing engine fuel pumps. Tip on using two box-end wrenches in combination to get extra leverage. Tip on using a rubber mallet and wrench as a manual impact wrench to loosen stuck fasteners. Swing wrench tool uses a push-pull action to facilitate removal or installation of hard-to-reach nuts or bolts in minimum-clearance areas. Assemble a wrench for tight places from (1) a screwdriver handle, (2) a fork from a Clevis rod end, (3) a cut off wrench, and (4) a bolt and nut. Make a special wrench to loosen wing nuts. Tip on using an old leather belt and a pair of locking pliers to form an adjustable wrench for stubborn canisters, large pipes, etc. Tip: Make a wooden "wrench" for tightening thumb screws, such as those found on some depth stop mechanisms. Tip: "Wrench" made from wood is used to tighten wing nuts. Tip shows how to make an entended handle for a spanner. Simple wooden wrench for tightening router thumbscrews. Twenty two varieties of wrenches and their uses are described. | |||||||||
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