Shoddy Hardware (Was: Re: WW fixtures (was Re: "New" PDP-8))

From: Doc <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
Date: Thu Apr 4 18:04:35 2002

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Merle K. Peirce wrote:

> That's because you had the wrong wrenches. I've always wanted to have
> someone ask me for a half-inch wrench and hand him a Whitworth
> half-inch. I think there's a set in the Rover.

  I had the _right_ wrenches. A 4-inch Snap-On crescent, erm (here we
go again), adjustable. Seriously, it wasn't the wrenches so much as
keeping the thread patterns straight when I was rebuilding it toasted.

        Doc
Received on Thu Apr 04 2002 - 18:04:35 BST