Long ago, I had one or two stamped sheet metal "wrenches" that fit on
your finger tip. They looked like a metal guitar pick, but with a small
hex hole punched in the tip. This allowed holding small nuts from
turning when assembling things. I think they might have come as an
assembly aid for some sort of a toy or electronics kit.

I have a bunch of stuff that I will need to assemble with 0-80 nuts, and
thought one of these would be handy. I don't recall if they went down as
small as 5/32" (which is the size of the 0-80 nuts).

However, I can't find ANY info that such a thing ever existed. There is
a multisize 3D printed plastic version that might do the trick, but I
was very surprised I couldn't find any mention of the original metal
ones.

Does anyone remember these or have any info on them?

Just curious as to whether I imagined the whole thing...

Thanks!

Doug White

Doug White wrote:
Long ago, I had one or two stamped sheet metal "wrenches" that fit on
your finger tip. They looked like a metal guitar pick, but with a small
hex hole punched in the tip. This allowed holding small nuts from
turning when assembling things. I think they might have come as an
assembly aid for some sort of a toy or electronics kit.

I have a bunch of stuff that I will need to assemble with 0-80 nuts, and
thought one of these would be handy. I don't recall if they went down as
small as 5/32" (which is the size of the 0-80 nuts).

However, I can't find ANY info that such a thing ever existed. There is
a multisize 3D printed plastic version that might do the trick, but I
was very surprised I couldn't find any mention of the original metal
ones.

Does anyone remember these or have any info on them?

Just curious as to whether I imagined the whole thing...

Thanks!

Doug White


http://www.fingerwrench.com/

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Steve W.

On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 12:57:14 PM UTC-5, Steve W. wrote:

http://www.fingerwrench.com/

That looks sort of interesting, but I think it would be more useful to have hex recesses in the end of a thimble. Even better, would be to have the thimble magnetized, so you could stick the nut in place and reach behind/into/around to the place where it goes with the nut on the tip of your finger rather than on the pad.

This would be a piece of cake for a jeweler to fabricate, and a simple stamping to produce.

On 02/25/2016 1:08 PM, rangerssuck wrote:
On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 12:57:14 PM UTC-5, Steve W. wrote:

http://www.fingerwrench.com/

That looks sort of interesting, but I think it would be more useful
to have hex recesses in the end of a thimble. Even better, would be to have
the thimble magnetized, so you could stick the nut in place and reach
behind/into/around to the place where it goes with the nut on the tip of
your finger rather than on the pad.
....

I'll use a dollop of gun grease as the holder to the finger tip for
small stuff...can still feel the projecting bolt and it keeps it in place.

--

On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:41:43 -0600, dpb wrote:

On 02/25/2016 1:08 PM, rangerssuck wrote:
On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 12:57:14 PM UTC-5, Steve W. wrote:

http://www.fingerwrench.com/

That looks sort of interesting, but I think it would be more useful
to have hex recesses in the end of a thimble. Even better, would be to have
the thimble magnetized, so you could stick the nut in place and reach
behind/into/around to the place where it goes with the nut on the tip of
your finger rather than on the pad.
...

I'll use a dollop of gun grease as the holder to the finger tip for
small stuff...can still feel the projecting bolt and it keeps it in place.
Or just tape a small "ignition wrench" to your finger if you don't
need to bend it much - -

On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:16:55 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:41:43 -0600, dpb wrote:

On 02/25/2016 1:08 PM, rangerssuck wrote:
On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 12:57:14 PM UTC-5, Steve W. wrote:

http://www.fingerwrench.com/

That looks sort of interesting, but I think it would be more useful
to have hex recesses in the end of a thimble. Even better, would be to have
the thimble magnetized, so you could stick the nut in place and reach
behind/into/around to the place where it goes with the nut on the tip of
your finger rather than on the pad.
...

I'll use a dollop of gun grease as the holder to the finger tip for
small stuff...can still feel the projecting bolt and it keeps it in place.
Or just tape a small "ignition wrench" to your finger if you don't
need to bend it much - -

Perfect! I wonder if they still sell those. I have an old set of
Crapsman combos (very nice) and another old (early/cheap) Japanese set
of open ends which were stamped. Both proved very handy, especially
for distributor point nuts.

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of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows;
in no way can the success of evil be made quicker or surer.
--Theodore Roosevelt

On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 11:08:59 -0800 (PST), rangerssuck
wrote:

On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 12:57:14 PM UTC-5, Steve W. wrote:

http://www.fingerwrench.com/

That looks sort of interesting, but I think it would be more useful to have hex recesses in the end of a thimble. Even better, would be to have the thimble magnetized, so you could stick the nut in place and reach behind/into/around to the place where it goes with the nut on the tip of your finger rather than on the pad.

This would be a piece of cake for a jeweler to fabricate, and a simple stamping to produce.
Magnetic would make it auful difficult if the wrench stuck to your
work, or to metal parts righr NEXT to where youwanted the nut - - -

Doug White" wrote in message
...
Long ago, I had one or two stamped sheet metal "wrenches" that fit on
your finger tip. They looked like a metal guitar pick, but with a small
hex hole punched in the tip. This allowed holding small nuts from
turning when assembling things. I think they might have come as an
assembly aid for some sort of a toy or electronics kit.

I have a bunch of stuff that I will need to assemble with 0-80 nuts, and
thought one of these would be handy. I don't recall if they went down as
small as 5/32" (which is the size of the 0-80 nuts).

However, I can't find ANY info that such a thing ever existed. There is
a multisize 3D printed plastic version that might do the trick, but I
was very surprised I couldn't find any mention of the original metal
ones.

Does anyone remember these or have any info on them?

Just curious as to whether I imagined the whole thing...

Thanks!

Doug White

Erector set wrenches. They were not THAT small.

On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:46:40 GMT, Doug White
wrote:

Long ago, I had one or two stamped sheet metal "wrenches" that fit on
your finger tip. They looked like a metal guitar pick, but with a small
hex hole punched in the tip. This allowed holding small nuts from
turning when assembling things. I think they might have come as an
assembly aid for some sort of a toy or electronics kit.

I have a bunch of stuff that I will need to assemble with 0-80 nuts, and
thought one of these would be handy. I don't recall if they went down as
small as 5/32" (which is the size of the 0-80 nuts).

However, I can't find ANY info that such a thing ever existed. There is
a multisize 3D printed plastic version that might do the trick, but I
was very surprised I couldn't find any mention of the original metal
ones.

Does anyone remember these or have any info on them?

Just curious as to whether I imagined the whole thing...

Thanks!

Doug White
Check with Lee Valley. I believe they used to carry them??? Just
checked - they now have a plastic multi-fit one.

Also see: https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=24114 - not sure
how small they go.

Also : http://www.wired.com/2008/10/digital-socket/ don't know where
to buy tem --

or: http://www.fingerwrench.com/
Or check ebay- search for hexhold (down to 5mm or 1/4 inch)

On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:14:37 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 17:46:40 GMT, Doug White
wrote:

Long ago, I had one or two stamped sheet metal "wrenches" that fit on
your finger tip. They looked like a metal guitar pick, but with a small
hex hole punched in the tip. This allowed holding small nuts from
turning when assembling things. I think they might have come as an
assembly aid for some sort of a toy or electronics kit.

I have a bunch of stuff that I will need to assemble with 0-80 nuts, and
thought one of these would be handy. I don't recall if they went down as
small as 5/32" (which is the size of the 0-80 nuts).

However, I can't find ANY info that such a thing ever existed. There is
a multisize 3D printed plastic version that might do the trick, but I
was very surprised I couldn't find any mention of the original metal
ones.

Does anyone remember these or have any info on them?

Just curious as to whether I imagined the whole thing...

Thanks!

Doug White
Check with Lee Valley. I believe they used to carry them??? Just
checked - they now have a plastic multi-fit one.

Also see: https://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=24114 - not sure
how small they go.

Also : http://www.wired.com/2008/10/digital-socket/ don't know where
to buy tem --

or: http://www.fingerwrench.com/
Or check ebay- search for hexhold (down to 5mm or 1/4 inch)

For the small stuff like that, I used to put a piece of tape over the
back end of a wrench to keep the nut from falling out. I've also used
a grinder to hack off everything from a 14" crescent wrench (4" end
length) to a 10mm box end wrench (30mm end length) down to usable
length for especially tight spaces radially.

And I used a blue wrench to bend box ends 90 degrees and welded
extensions on to make my own carburetor and distributor wrenches.
(Screw SnapOff w/ their $60 wrench price.)

Other box or combo wrenches got ground to thinner profiles (top and
bottom, removing the radiused edges) to fit into very tight spots
axially.

Since I usually had several of each size, modifying some didn't hurt.
The latter two links show what look to be nylon items which will break
over the course of months to years. Wrenches I hacked off in 1973 are
still perfectly usable by me in 2016 and beyond. shrug

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No greater wrong can ever be done than to put a good man at the mercy
of a bad, while telling him not to defend himself or his fellows;
in no way can the success of evil be made quicker or surer.
--Theodore Roosevelt

On 2016-02-25, Doug White wrote:
Long ago, I had one or two stamped sheet metal "wrenches" that fit on
your finger tip. They looked like a metal guitar pick, but with a small
hex hole punched in the tip. This allowed holding small nuts from
turning when assembling things. I think they might have come as an
assembly aid for some sort of a toy or electronics kit.

I have a bunch of stuff that I will need to assemble with 0-80 nuts, and
thought one of these would be handy. I don't recall if they went down as
small as 5/32" (which is the size of the 0-80 nuts).

However, I can't find ANY info that such a thing ever existed. There is
a multisize 3D printed plastic version that might do the trick, but I
was very surprised I couldn't find any mention of the original metal
ones.

Does anyone remember these or have any info on them?

I have some of them -- but none that small. And no information
on who made them (no packaging, just the wrenches).

Just curious as to whether I imagined the whole thing...

If so -- our imaginations are in sync. :-)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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