You _can_ get them in those weird combinations. But if you buy a set, they are normally linear, not overlapping. At least here. I personally would toss such an overlapping set, never had one or never was given one such. YMMV
They are the nicest to touch, the lightest to get and the toughest available. I _love_ them! And you get them in usefull combinations. Like a 18 / 19 mm spanner. :-))
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There ARE 18mm wrenches. They are rare, but they are required for some things like the sway bar links on some jeeps. Mac and Craftsman both make them. NO ISO Metric fastener uses an 18mm head, which is why they are GENERALLY not included in a set.
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john wrote in news:K4ednQJuMa0OOf3YnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@nni.com:
As clare noted, there are no ISO standard fasteners that use a 15 or 16 mm head. The standard hex sizes are: 6 mm (M2.5), 7 mm (M3), 8 mm (M4), 10 mm (M5), 13 mm (M6), 17 mm (M8), 19 mm (M10), 24 mm (M16), 30 mm (M20), 36 mm (M24). For fittings, you additionally need the 9 mm, 12 mm, 14 mm and 22 mm.
On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 14:09:03 -0800, with neither quill nor qualm, "Steve B" quickly quoth:
I found two ways. First, I gave up Crapsman tools during the late 70s, their worst design and manufacture period ever. Second, I started wearing gloves for most all wrenchin' work.
I no longer sacrifice skin and blood to the searz gods.
This is a Good Thing(tm).
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That would be why my fingers had chunks ripped out of them today, eh? I was using a damn crescent wrench, which has no offset. There's blood all over the damn place before you realize you've sprung a leak!
I thought the standard (jap anyway) is8mm(m4) 10mm(m6) 12mm(m8)
14mm(m10) and 17mm(m12) Odd metric sized bolts (3,5,7,9,11,and13) are non standard as are fractional metric size bolts.
You could almost totally rebuild a Toyota car in the '70s and '80s with 8,10,12,14,and 17mm wrenches - with a few of the larger sized required for transmission and differential work.
Speaking of crescent wrenches ... there is a new version which adds a vise-grip kind of tightening. As a final fine-adjustment after the usual coarse adjustment:
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Although I was skeptical, I got one 'cause of some found money that I needed to spend. It works very nicely! It solves the real problem with crescent wrenches not staying tight on the nut/bolt. It grips tight and stays that way. I'd like a couple more in 6 & 8" sizes.
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