I'm amused by some of the ship dates;
"Usually ships in 1-2 months"
Marc
Dave wrote:
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st/102-3965673-8186563?page=1&rh=n%3A468240%2Cp_4%3AAMPCO&sort=-price&x=4&y=6
>
>
> Dana, if above doesn't come through as a link, then cut and paste to the
> web page and go to this site. And I never want too hear bitching about
> cost when we need tools
This is a good clue to why they are so expensive. They probably aren't stock
items. Likely they make one when you order it.
"marc rosen" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm amused by some of the ship dates;
> "Usually ships in 1-2 months"
>
> Marc
>
>
> Dave wrote:
> >
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st/102-3965673-8186563?page=1&rh=n%3A468240%2Cp_4%3AAMPCO&sort=-price&x=4&y=6
> >
> >
> > Dana, if above doesn't come through as a link, then cut and paste to the
> > web page and go to this site. And I never want too hear bitching about
> > cost when we need tools
>
"Leuf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 26 Jul 2006 21:26:30 -0400, DJ Delorie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> writes:
> >> That's why he gets the big bucks.
> >
> >Yup.
> >
> >> Bet it is a fun time when they have to remove it.
> >
> >Same procedure, but reversed.
>
> The wrench beats on the strapping young men with sledgehammers until
> your dad says "enough"?
>
No, until he says "hguone".
B.
DJ Delorie wrote:
> After the nut cools and contracts on the threads, it just doesn't come
> off. Making sure it *doesn't* fall off is my dad's responsibility as
> the chief engineer on the tug, that's why *he* is the one that says
> "enough" when they're beating on the wrench.
That's why he gets the big bucks.
Figured they didn't use one, but just had to ask.
Bet it is a fun time when they have to remove it.
Lew
DJ Delorie wrote:
> My dad works on a tugboat. The tug's propellor is 12 feet in
> diameter, held on by a huge hex nut. To install the prop, they have a
> crane hoist it in place, the nut is fitted, and a giant propane torch
> (think "jet engine") heats the nut cherry red. Then a huge wrench is
> put on, and a "team of strapping young men" beat on the wrench with
> sledgehammers until my dad says "enough".
After all that, who puts in the cotter pin?
Lew
In article <[email protected]>,
Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
>DJ Delorie wrote:
>
> > My dad works on a tugboat. The tug's propellor is 12 feet in
> > diameter, held on by a huge hex nut. To install the prop, they have a
> > crane hoist it in place, the nut is fitted, and a giant propane torch
> > (think "jet engine") heats the nut cherry red. Then a huge wrench is
> > put on, and a "team of strapping young men" beat on the wrench with
> > sledgehammers until my dad says "enough".
>
>After all that, who puts in the cotter pin?
>
>Lew
I never worked on anything that large but in a previous life I wasa
construction and heaby equipment mechanic. I had my own combination
wrenches up to 2 1/2 inches and sockets up to 3. When we needed
anything bigger, we would take a piece of 3/4 or 1" steel plate, T8,
and burn a wrench from it with an oxy-acetylene rig.
--
Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland
[email protected]
"Gift wrapping not available for this item".
FORGET IT THEN. I want bows.
-Zz
On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 22:26:35 GMT, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st/102-3965673-8186563?page=1&rh=n%3A468240%2Cp_4%3AAMPCO&sort=-price&x=4&y=6
>
>
>Dana, if above doesn't come through as a link, then cut and paste to the
>web page and go to this site. And I never want too hear bitching about
>cost when we need tools
On 26 Jul 2006 21:26:30 -0400, DJ Delorie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> writes:
>> That's why he gets the big bucks.
>
>Yup.
>
>> Bet it is a fun time when they have to remove it.
>
>Same procedure, but reversed.
The wrench beats on the strapping young men with sledgehammers until
your dad says "enough"?
-Leuf
Leuf <[email protected]> writes:
> The wrench beats on the strapping young men with sledgehammers until
> your dad says "enough"?
They heat up the nut and beat on it until it comes loose.
There are probably days when my dad would prefer your procedure though :-)
Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> writes:
> That's why he gets the big bucks.
Yup.
> Bet it is a fun time when they have to remove it.
Same procedure, but reversed.
Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> writes:
> After all that, who puts in the cotter pin?
After the nut cools and contracts on the threads, it just doesn't come
off. Making sure it *doesn't* fall off is my dad's responsibility as
the chief engineer on the tug, that's why *he* is the one that says
"enough" when they're beating on the wrench.
Dave <[email protected]> writes:
> http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st/102-3965673-8186563?page=1&rh=n%3A468240%2Cp_4%3AAMPCO&sort=-price&x=4&y=6
That wrench is about four feet long and weighs 86 lbs.
My dad works on a tugboat. The tug's propellor is 12 feet in
diameter, held on by a huge hex nut. To install the prop, they have a
crane hoist it in place, the nut is fitted, and a giant propane torch
(think "jet engine") heats the nut cherry red. Then a huge wrench is
put on, and a "team of strapping young men" beat on the wrench with
sledgehammers until my dad says "enough".
Makes the Ampco wrenches seem a little small.