Spanner Wrench

[brYan]

I've been looking at buying a spanner wrench. I have seen two sizes on Ebay: 1/32" tips and 3/32" tips.

Would I be correct in buying the 3/32" tips?

Thanks,
Bryan

[bdial]

It depends on what you are using it on. Have you seen the sets from Micro-tools.com?

[Ian David]

1/32 is not far off just a pair of points. 3/32 is more like a pair of very short screwdriver heads. Depending on what you want it for, the latter is probably more generally useful.
Ian

[Fotoguy20d]

I bought a set on ebay - it's not great - a little difficult to get the spacing set perfectly and sometimes they try to twist up a bit if the nut is really tight, but it's beter than not having them. I usually use the larger one and the sharp tip one. I rarely need the one in the middle. And, like most Chinese tools (ever shop at Harbor Freight?), they come heavily slathered in oil.

Dan

[bsdunek]

I bought a set on ebay - it's not great - a little difficult to get the spacing set perfectly and sometimes they try to twist up a bit if the nut is really tight, but it's beter than not having them. I usually use the larger one and the sharp tip one. I rarely need the one in the middle. And, like most Chinese tools (ever shop at Harbor Freight?), they come heavily slathered in oil.

Dan

Well, better than rusty!

[Willie Jan]

I bought the same (I thing the middle one) for my large format lenses.
Good enough for the 2 times a year i need it...

[jfdupuis]

I like my set from Micro-tool. However, the one I have is not long enough to reach the lens from the inside of my TLR Autocord. So, beware of spanner length dimension too if you expect to work on TLR.

[FilmSprocket]

I purchased a Fotoman spanner wrench. The tips measure in at 2mm or 5/64". They've worked great for LF lenses and folders. Probably not good for TLRs or anything deeper than 40mm (1 9/16").

Marc

[pgomena]

I bought a wrench some years back from Edmund Scientific that has three sets of interchangeable points. Sharp, small, medium.
Handles are very heavy-duty and of good steel.
Peter Gomena

[Greg Davis]

For an adjustable wrench, the Chinese ones are terrible. For the same price as that set on eBay you can get a really good one from SK Grimes. If you use standard modern Copal shutters, Rodenstock/Linos lens wrenches are excellent.