For the last 15 years I have always groaned when having to remove a bit from my P-C 690 router. I always put one wrench in my left hand on the bottom nut and the other wrench in my right hand on the collet nut. To tighten was easy - simply squeeze the two wrenches together as if they were pliers. Worked very well, but loosening was always a challenge because I had to pull the two wrenches in opposite directions which exercised muscles I used infrequently and really did not care to bulk up on.Lo and behold this weekend I made an amazing discovery. Simply reverse the wrenches making the top wrench in my left hand and the bottom wrench in my right and squeeze just as if I was tightening and the collet would open like a dream. Where have I been and why was this not so obvious to me?? Talk about a lack of brain power ...

handles closer together (you may have to flip one over) so that you cancomfortably squeeze them together with _one_ hand only.You can actually exert more pressure that way than you can with two handsand the wrench handles further apart.

"Chris Richmond - MD6-FDC ~" wrote inmessage news:cpa74l$tjr$ Yep, way too old for Meccano. Meccano is for 8yrs to 13yrs, then from 47till you die :)

I believe that Gilbert started it all with Erector sets.John Thomas wrote:

What a stoopid I am!

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patrick conroy 21 years ago

I also saw the 1 1/8" ?Husky? wrenches on clearance at Home Depot for under $10. I like them better than the pressed steel ones. Also, an 8" Crescent (TM) just barely opens to 1 1/8" too.

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Battleax 21 years ago

Yep, way too old for Meccano. Meccano is for 8yrs to 13yrs, then from 47 till you die :)

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Battleax 21 years ago

Meccano fetches very big bucks on ebay. A set that cost $35 in the mid 70s will, in excellent shape, fetch $200 easily.

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njf>badge 21 years ago

No way, never stopped, some might be labelled Bosch, but its just big boys meccano!

Niel.

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Grant P. Beagles 21 years ago

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Prometheus 21 years ago

Never saw a Meccano set, but Lego makes a pretty nifty product with that "mindstorms" set. They're kind of hard to find, but they sure are cool. Aut inveniam viam aut faciam

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