Aerotech Aft Closure Wrench

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Tim Reidy - 28 Aug 2003 23:19 GMT

I was recently cruising around various vendor sites, and I came across the
Aerotech aft closure wrench for sale at about 10 bucks. It was listed with
the rms reload kits. I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it.
Can anybody help me out?

Thanks for the help.

Tim Reidy
San Antonio Rocket Society

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Marcus Leech - 29 Aug 2003 14:29 GMT

> I was recently cruising around various vendor sites, and I came across the
> Aerotech aft closure wrench for sale at about 10 bucks. It was listed with
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> Tim Reidy
> San Antonio Rocket Society

I do have to wonder about the use of a wrench with these things--if they
require a wrench to remove, there's something wrong!

Granted, the consumer 24mm and 29mm casings aren't as nice to put on and
off because of the slots, but I'd be nervous about buggered up those
32tpi threads using a wrench.

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Bob Kaplow - 29 Aug 2003 16:32 GMT

>> I was recently cruising around various vendor sites, and I came across the
>> Aerotech aft closure wrench for sale at about 10 bucks. It was listed with
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> off because of the slots, but I'd be nervous about buggered up those
> 32tpi threads using a wrench.

Rather than a metal wrench, I made one out of a 1/2" PVC pipe "T". I'm prety
sure this idea came from RMR many years ago. Cut off enough of the base end
with the band saw to leave 2 properly sized fingers to fit the slots. Same
one works on the 24mm and 29mm closures. PVC "T" cost me $0.15 each, and
perhaps 10 seconds onthe band saw. In fact it took longer to FIND my 29mm
casing than to mark the PVC and make the cuts.

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Kurt Kesler - 29 Aug 2003 16:56 GMT

> > I do have to wonder about the use of a wrench with these things--if they
> > require a wrench to remove, there's something wrong!
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>
> Bob Kaplow NAR # 18L TRA # "Impeach the TRA BoD"

Craftsman strap wrench.

You can use on your ketchup, too.

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Bob Kaplow - 29 Aug 2003 18:43 GMT

> Craftsman strap wrench.

You said "strap". Snicker snicker!

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Aerotech Aft Closure Wrench