Ok - I made some for my wife out of wood, but metal is easy also.

Think of an H the bottom of the H allows the round part of the wind nut
to slip up into. The legs of the H are closer than those of the wings.
In other words, take a square that is larger than the nut - a rod or short one.
Drill a hole down the center of the length - 5 or more ? - or just poke out
the top - you could make a 10" length with a 5 inch bore...
Then slot the end such that the slots are large enough to allow the wings
to enter.

Place over wing and with a hand or wrench - turn in the needed direction.

The ones I made were over size - and allowed my wife to hand twist nuts
without mashing her fingers and being able to tighten with more torque...

Martin

B.B. wrote:

In article ,
Ken Sterling (Ken Sterling) wrote:


Gang,
Other than "home-made", does anyone know of a "wing-nut" wrench that
could be used to go down over about 5" of bolt before fitting down
over the wing nut? I didn't see anything in McM-C, but I have a
situation where a motor belt tension adjustment uses *long* 3/8" bolts
to support a hinged plate on which the motor is mounted - but after a
couple of years, the wingnuts are real tough to turn (if not
impossible) and there really isn't much room for "long handles".
Looking for something with a hole in the center which would drop down
over the bolt, sit on the "wings" of the wing nut and allow turning.
Thanks.
Ken.


I've successfully used a long coil spring--I think it came off a
tractor implement--to unwind a stubborn wingnut. Not exactly home made,
I simply picked it up and used it. Only grabs one wing, though.
You could also look into a spanner socket and used the little pegs
against the wings. Dunno how deep you can get those, though.



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