I already have a cheap crow foot set, but I need one that has a particularly thin profile for fitting into certain places. Does anyone know where I could find such a set? It would also be ideal for this set to be for 1/2" drive.
Thin Profile Crow Foot Set
What one size do you need, and how thick can it be exactly? Might be worth it to just buy one thin profile one for that exact use case scenario, or buy a chonky one and then modify it. Or even make your own from scratch.
Take the one you have to the bench grinder.
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If nobody readily sells them, this is probably the way to go. That way you could keep the square end a little thicker and cut the jaws down just enough to fit without compromising it too much.
Or get a cheap set of think wrenches, chop them in half, and punch a 3/8” or 1/2” square in the handle. There are some cheap sets of thin wrenches because they might just be stamped from sheet metal.
>Or get a cheap set of think wrenches, chop them in half
To maximize productivity, I might just get a set of normal ones, and do this to all of them. What is your idea of chopping them in half, though? Before I started this thread, one of my first ideas was literally to put the one I need to a bench grinder, as this anon mentioned.
>What is your idea of chopping them in half, though?
Pretty sure he meant chop the open end off of the rest of the wrench to end up with the crow foot wrench you desire.
What are you working on? Have you tried some angled head double ended hydraulic wrenches? Or some short handled hydraulic wrenches? Those two can get into tight crowded spots and make working on stuff a breeze.
The only thing that would be a pain with that idea is you probably need to make a square hole in the handle end of the wrench you cut in half, right? If they were cheap thin wrenches that are stamped from sheet metal, I’m sure you could figure it out without too much of a hassle, like drill a 3/8” or 1/2” hole and then make 4 corners with some small carbide burrs? That becomes a lot more work with regular wrenches where the handle will be 1/4”+ thick of forged metal, but in that case you have a lot more strength once you figure out the square hole.
Find a cheap cr- v socket, grind away the “socket nut” side so you only have the square drive side left
Grind off chrome, drill hole in wrench
Cut hole in half
Profile wrench to thin diameter by sweeping a fly cutter over and over it
Gmclean up naked socket, clean up and grind and profile wrench as much as possible
Weld half socket to half wrench
Cold blue your weld after you clean and polish your GOOD welds
True dat. Forged wrenches are usually a pita to drill even. I have filed square holes in mild steel many times but in the kind of steel wrenches are made of that would not be a fun task. Could torch a hole and weld in a busted socket or something along those lines too.
Flood coolant, peck it, it’s not tungsten
Most the time a cordless drill and cobalt bit will drill it, sometimes you gotta break out a masonry bit and sharpen up the carbide tip. Why would you even throw something like that on a machine tool when you could get it done in a vise outside the shop and not have a mess to clean up afterwards?
>mess
Blow off chip’s when the hole is done
>Blow off chip’s when the hole is done
I prefer to brush the chip crumbs off your mom's back... blowing seems so impersonal.
Harbor freight sand it down
Everyone has a drawer full of modified harbor freight tools
Cut wrenches, turned sockets for thinness etc
>Everyone has a drawer full of modified harbor freight tools
That's quite a claim you're making there sonny boy