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We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a
selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes
trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,
will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16
square socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

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We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper T-handle
wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16 wrench.
Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a selection in
real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes trying to find one
at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days, will
just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16 square
socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

Jon


How about an 8 point socket...MSC has them...

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We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make
that 400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no
proper T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools,
I use a 7/16 wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy,
not much of a selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just
burned 20 minutes trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog,
no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be
great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next
couple days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a
package of stuff ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them
within a few days, will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell,
I'll settle for a 7/16 square socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

Jon


How about an 8 point socket...MSC has them...


11mm wrenches usually fit 7/16" heads.


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On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:02:32 AM UTC-4, Rick wrote:
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We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that


400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper T-handle


wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16 wrench.


Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a selection in


real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes trying to find one


at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.




Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!


Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple


days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff


ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days, will


just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16 square


socket, I can take it from there.




Regards from Down Under,




Jon




How about an 8 point socket...MSC has them...


You beat me to it. an 8-point socket, an extension and a t-handle would be my choice.
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"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
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We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make
that 400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no
proper T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools,
I use a 7/16 wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy,
not much of a selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just
burned 20 minutes trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog,
no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be
great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next
couple days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a
package of stuff ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them
within a few days, will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell,
I'll settle for a 7/16 square socket, I can take it from there.



Jon, you're not looking very hard.
I did ONE search -- "7/16" square socket T-handle wrench"

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1745789...athe-toolpost-
wrench-006?
utm_source=google&utm_medium=product_listing_promo ted&utm_campaign=vintag
e-low-
other&gclid=Cj0KEQjwmayfBRDo25CR9un4hvEBEiQAv9fBbc ADyyYE_n53NWxxeKFSSMQvr
4ZUgg3rxbvLW9Nmnt8aAg8m8P8HAQ

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We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make
that 400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no
proper T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools,
I use a 7/16 wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy,
not much of a selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just
burned 20 minutes trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog,
no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be
great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next
couple days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a
package of stuff ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them
within a few days, will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell,
I'll settle for a 7/16 square socket, I can take it from there.



AND http://www.mcmaster.com/#t-handle-wrenches/=t9gn21
L
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AND http://www.mcmaster.com/#t-handle-wrenches/=t9gn21

L


+1 for that. Every once in a while I get reminded that if you can't get it from McMaster, you probably don't need it.
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:44:51 +1000, Jon Anderson
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We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a
selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes
trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,
will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16
square socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

Jon

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On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:44:51 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote:

We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a
selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes
trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,
will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16
square socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

Jon

8 point sockets are fairly readily available and work just fine on the
4 point (square head) setscrews.A socket, an extention, and a sliding
"T" handle and you are all set. Epoxy them together (or weld) if you
can't manage to keep all 3 parts in the same place without.
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:44:51 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote:

We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a
selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes
trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,
will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16
square socket, I can take it from there.


You want the female version? Mill one from a 3/8" drive extension
after some blue-wrench softening? Ditto for drilling the opposite
end.

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On Wed, 13 Aug 2014 23:44:51 +1000, Jon Anderson
wrote:

We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a
selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes
trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,
will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16
square socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

Jon

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Yeah, $35 for the wrench (!) and $75 to ship it to Oz.
I think Luna Air(less) Freight is cheaper.

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On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 6:44:51 AM UTC-7, Jon Anderson wrote:
We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench.


Should we expect "oops, make that 11mm" in regards to the turret fastener?
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On 8/14/2014 10:59 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
You want the female version? Mill one from a 3/8" drive extension
after some blue-wrench softening? Ditto for drilling the opposite
end.


Yeah, well if I had a real machine shop to play with, I would have just
made one. Let's just say that for anything more complex than cutting a
key slot or turning bushings, I have to get very creative.

And once again, I replied direct to a poster instead of using followup.
Rick suggested an 8 point socket. Well, I'd shipped over some basic
tools, including all my socket stuff under 1/2" drive. Among all that,
were three 8 point sockets. I've never used them and forgot I even had
them, but his post jogged my memory. Yup, had a 7/16!

Jon
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Should we expect "oops, make that 11mm" in regards to the turret fastener?

Nope, they've been using a 7/16 combo wrench, which works fine. But a
T-handle would be faster when changing tools.

Jon
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On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:13:35 +1000, Jon Anderson
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On 8/14/2014 10:59 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
You want the female version? Mill one from a 3/8" drive extension
after some blue-wrench softening? Ditto for drilling the opposite
end.


Yeah, well if I had a real machine shop to play with, I would have just
made one. Let's just say that for anything more complex than cutting a
key slot or turning bushings, I have to get very creative.


Oh, you're waiting for your cargo containerized shop, aren't you?
Sorry.


And once again, I replied direct to a poster instead of using followup.
Rick suggested an 8 point socket. Well, I'd shipped over some basic
tools, including all my socket stuff under 1/2" drive. Among all that,
were three 8 point sockets. I've never used them and forgot I even had
them, but his post jogged my memory. Yup, had a 7/16!


Excellent!

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On 8/15/2014 9:28 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Oh, you're waiting for your cargo containerized shop, aren't you?


Yeah, probably a year before I can bring my stuff over, and it'll just
go straight into storage here, but at least I'll be able to get at
things. Then still have to put up a proper shop. Making some good
connections here. A guy at work will help me do up forms for the slab,
and his son will do the finish work on the concrete real reasonable.
Probably get a shop in a kit and have a shop raising part. Get a few
guys from work over, and we could knock it up in a weekend easy.

But not bringing any machinery. Had nowhere to store machines there.
Shouldn't be too difficult to find a decent 5C capable lathe. But most
of the mills I see here have either Morse or NMTB tapers. Have only seen
one Bridgeport with R8.

Jon


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On 8/15/2014 9:28 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Oh, you're waiting for your cargo containerized shop, aren't you?


Yeah, probably a year before I can bring my stuff over, and it'll just
go straight into storage here, but at least I'll be able to get at
things. Then still have to put up a proper shop. Making some good
connections here. A guy at work will help me do up forms for the slab,
and his son will do the finish work on the concrete real reasonable.
Probably get a shop in a kit and have a shop raising part. Get a few
guys from work over, and we could knock it up in a weekend easy.


It's good that you're making friends and gaining conspirators.


But not bringing any machinery. Had nowhere to store machines there.
Shouldn't be too difficult to find a decent 5C capable lathe. But most
of the mills I see here have either Morse or NMTB tapers. Have only seen
one Bridgeport with R8.


Never heard of non-metallic tubercular tapers. groan I'm surprised
that the stuff in Oz isn't, um, Whitworth.

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On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 8:44:51 AM UTC-5, Jon Anderson wrote:
We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that

400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper

T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16

wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a

selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes

trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.



Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!

Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple

days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff

ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,

will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16

square socket, I can take it from there.



Regards from Down Under,



Jon


http://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/82432261
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On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:48:55 +1000, Jon Anderson
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On 8/15/2014 9:28 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Oh, you're waiting for your cargo containerized shop, aren't you?


Yeah, probably a year before I can bring my stuff over, and it'll just
go straight into storage here, but at least I'll be able to get at
things. Then still have to put up a proper shop. Making some good
connections here. A guy at work will help me do up forms for the slab,
and his son will do the finish work on the concrete real reasonable.
Probably get a shop in a kit and have a shop raising part. Get a few
guys from work over, and we could knock it up in a weekend easy.


It's good that you're making friends and gaining conspirators.


But not bringing any machinery. Had nowhere to store machines there.
Shouldn't be too difficult to find a decent 5C capable lathe. But most
of the mills I see here have either Morse or NMTB tapers. Have only seen
one Bridgeport with R8.


Never heard of non-metallic tubercular tapers. groan I'm surprised
that the stuff in Oz isn't, um, Whitworth.


Due to our adapability we can and do put up with every known
measurement and thread form.
Whitworth, BSP, ASP, SAE, Metric, British standard Cycle, BA and
whatever else. :-Z
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Larry Jaques submitted this idea :
On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 16:48:55 +1000, Jon Anderson
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On 8/15/2014 9:28 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Oh, you're waiting for your cargo containerized shop, aren't you?

Yeah, probably a year before I can bring my stuff over, and it'll just
go straight into storage here, but at least I'll be able to get at
things. Then still have to put up a proper shop. Making some good
connections here. A guy at work will help me do up forms for the slab,
and his son will do the finish work on the concrete real reasonable.
Probably get a shop in a kit and have a shop raising part. Get a few
guys from work over, and we could knock it up in a weekend easy.


It's good that you're making friends and gaining conspirators.


But not bringing any machinery. Had nowhere to store machines there.
Shouldn't be too difficult to find a decent 5C capable lathe. But most
of the mills I see here have either Morse or NMTB tapers. Have only seen
one Bridgeport with R8.


Never heard of non-metallic tubercular tapers. groan I'm surprised
that the stuff in Oz isn't, um, Whitworth.


Due to our adapability we can and do put up with every known
measurement and thread form.
Whitworth, BSP, ASP, SAE, Metric, British standard Cycle, BA and
whatever else. :-Z


Having a Royal Enfield motorcycle..I most certainly could use some
Whitworth sockets. I think Ive got all the necessary combination
wrenches..but sockets would be very nice...


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On 13-Aug-14 9:44 PM, Jon Anderson wrote:
We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a
selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes
trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,
will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16
square socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

Jon



Try calling these guys:

http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/Toolpost-Holders

They are in Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane / Perth.



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On 13-Aug-14 9:44 PM, Jon Anderson wrote:
We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a
selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes
trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,
will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16
square socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

Jon



Try calling these guys:

http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/Toolpost-Holders

They are in Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane / Perth.



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On 14-Aug-14 2:17 PM, Jon Anderson wrote:
On 8/14/2014 1:27 PM, whit3rd wrote:

Should we expect "oops, make that 11mm" in regards to the turret
fastener?

Nope, they've been using a 7/16 combo wrench, which works fine. But a
T-handle would be faster when changing tools.

Jon


These guys are in sydney/melbourne/brisbane:


http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/Toolpost-Holders


Also Blackwoods might have something:


http://www.blackwoods.com.au/





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Hey Jon,

Try a welding supply shop. Some of the smaller gas cylinders use a
small square valve stem.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

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wrote:

We've got a fairly decent 16" Victor lathe in the shop (oops, make that
400mm...) with a square indexing tool turret. There is no proper
T-handle wrench for the square head screws to secure tools, I use a 7/16
wrench. Have tried finding one here in AU, but boy, not much of a
selection in real machine shop tools so far. Just burned 20 minutes
trying to find one at MSC in the online catalog, no joy.

Anyone know if MSC carries such? If so, a part number would be great!
Or does anyone have one they could ship to my folks in the next couple
days? Can PP funds from my US account. My folks have a package of stuff
ready to ship to me, so if I can't get one to them within a few days,
will just keep on with what I'm using now. Hell, I'll settle for a 7/16
square socket, I can take it from there.

Regards from Down Under,

Jon

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Larry Jaques submitted this idea :
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On 8/15/2014 9:28 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:

Oh, you're waiting for your cargo containerized shop, aren't you?

Yeah, probably a year before I can bring my stuff over, and it'll just
go straight into storage here, but at least I'll be able to get at
things. Then still have to put up a proper shop. Making some good
connections here. A guy at work will help me do up forms for the slab,
and his son will do the finish work on the concrete real reasonable.
Probably get a shop in a kit and have a shop raising part. Get a few
guys from work over, and we could knock it up in a weekend easy.

It's good that you're making friends and gaining conspirators.


But not bringing any machinery. Had nowhere to store machines there.
Shouldn't be too difficult to find a decent 5C capable lathe. But most
of the mills I see here have either Morse or NMTB tapers. Have only seen
one Bridgeport with R8.

Never heard of non-metallic tubercular tapers. groan I'm surprised
that the stuff in Oz isn't, um, Whitworth.


Due to our adapability we can and do put up with every known
measurement and thread form.
Whitworth, BSP, ASP, SAE, Metric, British standard Cycle, BA and
whatever else. :-Z


Having a Royal Enfield motorcycle..I most certainly could use some
Whitworth sockets. I think Ive got all the necessary combination
wrenches..but sockets would be very nice...

My first car -'50 Austin Cambridge - had an oil leak from the timming
cover at the front end of the crank shaft/starting crank dog clutch.
Not familiar with the rope trick, I removed the oil pan with
combination wrenches (on end, with a screwdriver through the closed
end), for the bolts between the pan and the bell housing; and blocked
the crank with a 2x4 in order to remove the nut/clutch. Needless to
say, these hex heads developed screwdriver slots before reassembly.
I may still have a few Whitworth wrenches but I have been in my
present location for 30 years, so God knows where the might be,
certainly not treadily available.
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Gerry :-)}
London,Canada


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On 8/16/2014 10:29 PM, Shed_Fiddler wrote:

Try calling these guys:

http://www.machineryhouse.com.au/Toolpost-Holders

They are in Sydney / Melbourne / Brisbane / Perth.


Thanks, I just found their catalog in the office a couple days ago.
Closest I've found yet to the suppliers I was used to in the States.
Didn't have any in the catalog, and hadn't gotten around to trying the
website yet. I've got it covered now, but if they have one, maybe I'll
order one and keep my DIY wrench for myself.

Regards,

Jon

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