Originally posted by AstroDave
I think Not a Number might be envisioning something like this.
I conjured this up when I had to remove the nut from my toilet tank to toilet bowl connection. The span is more than 2 inches, and I had no wrench large enough. The metal pieces are aluminum bar stock about 1/8" thick and 1/2" wide. (The holes in the block of wood are from another project - but drilling something like that to hold your screwdrivers might be just the ticket.)
(Sorry 'bout the Canon picture!)
That's an interesting approach.
I'll have to see if I can find something that can get all the way in there, be thin enough to fit the slots, and be strong enough to not bend...
I may have to find some metal and cut it to size instead.
I tried the credit card (thanks, Visa, for the new card this month...) method, but the plastic isn't rigid enough and just bends until it falls out of the slot.
But the card may be perfect as a template...
---------- Post added 08-17-19 at 08:25 AM ----------
Originally posted by AstroDave
Have you got a friend with a machine shop? You could have something fashioned out of a piece of metal - rather like the credit card you are imagining, but a lot stiffer & stronger. Or, try to find a thicker piece of plastic from which to fashion it.
"Have you got a friend with a machine shop" is like the engineer's version of "hey, hold my beer while I..."
Though I guess the real engineer's version is "do you like this new $3,000 machine? I needed it to make this $3 tool..."
I don't, but my mother has a bench grinder, and I have a dremel, so if I can find the right piece of metal stock to turn into a tool...
-Eric