Still used extensively in aviation. Thinking being you cannot screw it up
too bad using a speed handle and gives you time to think about why the
screw/bolt is not going on/coming off smoothly as opposed to being able to
inflict a lot of damage with a power tool in the matter of a second or two
and then stopping to think about why after the fact and many $$$ later.
Robin Giesbrecht
>From: "Kerry Pinkerton" <pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: IML: re: tool question
>Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 13:02:51 -0500
>
>A speed wrench is a crank handle for sockets. Looks like a brace as in
>brace and bit hand drill if you know what that is.
>
>Anyway shaped like a |__
> |
> ----
> |
> |
>
>Hold one hand on the knob at the top and crank the other to rotate the
>socket at the end. Really handy for spinning things down fast. Can't get
>much leverage though and air ratchets have pretty much replaced them
>KerryP
>Patch panels fabricated
>Pinkertonk@xxxxxxxxx
>dte.net/57imperial
>Imperials -- 50 Limo, 57 roadster, 61's, 62, 68 Convert, 73, a 66 300 and a
>bunch of lesser marques
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Dan M Wing <imp1983@xxxxxxxx>
>To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 12:35 PM
>Subject: IML: Car show attendance and a tool question
>
>
> > Chris Lynch asked about attending a car
> > show as a "Newbie".
> >
> > Chris, we were all Newbies at one time. Just
> > do it. Never mind the condition of your Imp.
> >
> > I have seen rust buckets and hand painted cars
> > all the way to better than factory trailer queens.
> >
> > My 83 certainly isn't perfect. If your area is like
> > mine, you will find a few people who will like
> > your car. Many have no idea what an Imp is.
> >
> > I have never seen another 80s Imp at any car
> > show I have attended, and the only other Imp
> > I have seen at a show is a 30s(?) in immaculate
> > shape.
> >
> > It's fun to listen to people talk about your car
> > and listen for guesses as what year Mercury
> > it is. (He he he!)
> >
> > My tool question: What is a speed wrench?
> >
> > Dan Wing
> > Marcy, NY USA
> >
> > imp1983@xxxxxxxx
> >
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