On 8/13/2010 11:52 AM, engineman wrote:
Thanks DoN, you always seem to come up with the best answer to a
problem.
However I'm still up the creek.

(..)

Any ideas?

Keeping in mind that it is a left hand thread,
I normally hold the wrench in the central
machine screw and lay the length of the
wrench against a trusty bench top.

Then I whack the far end of the wrench
a couple times with a Fine Adjustment Tool.

http://www.harborfreight.com/4-lb-sl...mer-98258.html

Works for me every time.

(Don't tell anyone I do stuff like that.)

--Winston