[Public-List] Stuffing Box Wrenched

[Gordon Laco]

Haha not ‘scat’…. Scar.  


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> On Jul 27, 2024, at 1:44 PM, Gordon Laco <mainstay at csolve.net> wrote:
> 
> 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:
>> 
>> 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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