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Originally Posted by oldE
Those are great, as long as you have clearance around the nut.
I find myself changing methods of operation from time to time. I get tired of lugging stuff around, try a 'multi use' tool, then it breaks or won't do the job I need to get done and I go back to the tool box with imperial and metric sockets, etc. etc.
Sometimes though, you are reduced to whatever you have at hand. As Milt said, you can do a lot with a set of vice grips and a screwdriver.
Les
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You are correct in that it takes a lot of tools to do every job. Clearance around the nut is a must for a combo tool of many designs.
As a carpenter, I find myself having to deal with mechanics tools all too infrequently. Yet when there's a nut to be tightened, I need a wrench. I just wonder why I carry 30 lbs. of non construction type of tools around every day just to be able to do some ODD JOB UNO.
I'm gonna see if I can assemble the minimum amount of multi use tools and have everything I have in that 30 lb. box. This dog bone wrench looks like a good place to start.
