"Chee Pass" wrenches.

[Ultradog MN]

Sometimes you love the things.
You don't cry to chop one up to make it work like you would if it was your good one.
Got new oil lines under the saddle of my old lathe today. There's a pump in the apron that supplies oil through 7 metering valves that oil critical locations on the ways and cross slide. Two of them weren't getting proper oil. I replaced them all.
3/8" wrench.
5/32" copper tubing. Compression fittings. I did kink one tube and had to re do it.
There is a day and a half of work here - minus a nap this afternoon.

 

[Ray,IN]

A DIY refrigeration wrench! Good job. I have a drawer full of modified wrenches, most I have no clue why.

 

[Steve in VA]

A DIY refrigeration wrench! Good job. I have a drawer full of modified wrenches, most I have no clue why.

I also modify tools and keep them even though most will never be used again. When I worked for money, we had a formal process to modify tools but they required an engineering paper trail.

 

[MarkB_MI]

I've done that, but I've found the cut box-end wrenches aren't nearly as strong as a real flare nut wrench. They tend to slip. A little heat helps loosen stuck flare nuts.

 

[WI Dan]

Sometimes you love the things.
You don't cry to chop one up to make it work like you would if it was your good one.
Got new oil lines under the saddle of my old lathe today. There's a pump in the apron that supplies oil through 7 metering valves that oil critical locations on the ways and cross slide. Two of them weren't getting proper oil. I replaced them all.
3/8" wrench.
5/32" copper tubing. Compression fittings. I did kink one tube and had to re do it.
There is a day and a half of work here - minus a nap this afternoon.

You just convinced me to keep that cheap set of wrenches I was going to discard.
I'm working towards having two of each size, in good quality. Almost there.

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

Sometimes you love the things.
You don't cry to chop one up to make it work like you would if it was your good one.
Got new oil lines under the saddle of my old lathe today. There's a pump in the apron that supplies oil through 7 metering valves that oil critical locations on the ways and cross slide. Two of them weren't getting proper oil. I replaced them all.
3/8" wrench.
5/32" copper tubing. Compression fittings. I did kink one tube and had to re do it.
There is a day and a half of work here - minus a nap this afternoon.

What have you got for a lathe?

 

[Ultradog MN]

I've done that, but I've found the cut box-end wrenches aren't nearly as strong as a real flare nut wrench. They tend to slip. A little heat helps loosen stuck flare nuts.

Compression not flare.. Little ones.
5 foot pounds maybe?
The wrench did good.