On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:05:27 -0500, Joseph Gwinn
wrote:

In article ,
Ned Simmons wrote:

On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:58:40 -0500, Joseph Gwinn
wrote:


The crank handle that comes with the vice is big and heavy and clumsy. A
used
6-point 15mm deep impact socket and a small breaker bar works far better.
The
reason to use a 6-point deep socket is that it will stay on the vice until
intentionally removed, and not that great torque is needed.


My answer to the Kurt handle question. The hub used to be a deep
socket.
http://www.suscom-maine.net/~nsimmon...KurtHandle.JPG

That's a very impressive handle for a Kurt, but don't you think it is really
intended to steer a ship?

Maybe a very small ship, or one of those boats that are towed around a
tank at Salem Willows. g Lobster fishermen do like small wheels on
their hydraulic steering, but prefer the type with six handles around
the OD.

I was in the marine hardware business at one time and our wheels were
considered superior because, being cast from manganese bronze, they
weren't as likely to bend as the competition's naval bronze wheels.
This seems like a minor point until your foot is tangled up in the
warp of a pot that's going overboard and the wheel is what you happen
to be holding onto.

--
Ned Simmons