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Andrew Mawson - 28 Jan 2007 19:30 GMT

Someone was looking for a source of thin spanners the other day.
Rambling around the web I found a source:

http://www.springmasters.com/clips.html

AWEM

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Boo - 28 Jan 2007 19:40 GMT

> Someone was looking for a source of thin spanners the other day.
> Rambling around the web I found a source:
>
> http://www.springmasters.com/clips.html

Afacs there's no 7/8" af version there but thanks anyway,

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JC Morrice - 28 Jan 2007 22:19 GMT

>Someone was looking for a source of thin spanners the other day.

The quick and dirty version is to grind it to the dimensions that allow
access to the job. Cut it half too if there is a problem; most cheap
ones are too long for the excess torque thing anyway.

It is frequently done in aircraft maintenance! Spanners are cheap!

John

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Boo - 29 Jan 2007 00:11 GMT

> Spanners are cheap!

Well I don't know where you get them from but they're around a tenner a throw at
my local beanqueue :-)

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zedbert@gmail.com - 29 Jan 2007 14:10 GMT

you don't really shop at the orange place for stuff like spanners?
*agahst*

Get thee down tha local market! A decent set of (metric) spanners cost
me £7 - I mean good enough to carry on the bike, but not expensive
enough to be fussed about loosing them. Got a set of the same for
work. Made by Yamoto, Cromwell sell the exact same set for £30!

My local market's tool stall has a huuge selection of spanners that
are cheeper than cheep. Or Cromwell (www.cromwell.co.uk , no
affilitation etc) will sell you a 7/8th AF for about £4, which is not
enough to worry about.

Go down car boot sales & local dingy charity shoppes. Put an advert in
the friday free ads or regional free paper "Wanted old imperial sized
spanners" - you'll be drowning in them.

Zed

On Jan 29, 12:11 am, Boo <reply_to_group_not_me@spam_me_no_spam.net>
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> > Spanners are cheap!Well I don't know where you get them from but they're around a tenner a throw at
> my local beanqueue :-)
>
> --
> Boo

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JC Morrice - 30 Jan 2007 07:44 GMT

>you don't really shop at the orange place for stuff like spanners?
>*agahst*
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>affilitation etc) will sell you a 7/8th AF for about £4, which is not
>enough to worry about.

Aldi & Lidl are prolly even cheaper. Come up from time to time. Not
bad too for a cheapo set of about 8 for £2.99.

Had decent tin snips too. Left hand, right hand and centre. Seem as
good as my old Gilbows)

John

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