[Public-List] Stuffing Box Wrenched

[Gordon Laco]

I use a pair of channel lock pliers I keep aboard for the purpose of adjusting the stuffing box nuts.  

They seem to grip quite well enough not to scat the bronze and they jaws are slender enough getting them on is not difficult 

Gord
#426 Surprise at anchor in the Lee of Christian Island 
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> On Jul 27, 2024, at 12:49 PM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
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> I do, Mike. They're a little heavy and clunky, but they work. They're the open-end part of some Harbor Freight big wrenches.
> 
> https://alberg30.org/maintenance/MechanicalPropulsion/StuffingBoxWrenches/adaptedWrenches.html
> 
> - George
> 
>> On 7/27/24 9:02 AM, Mike Meinhold via Public-List wrote:
>> Dies anyone in the Annapolis area have a set of stuffing box wrenches I can
>> borrow?  I can’t recall the dimensions but I know they are large and
>> different.
>> I think I gave mine away when I sold my Atomic 4
>> Mike
>> Rinn Duin 272
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