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Burt Alcantara
01-24-2011, 5:33 PM
I'm using my socket/rachet wrench to raise and lower my Freud FT3000 in my router table. Works pretty good and is fast. However, it would be even better if I didn't have to change the turn direction. Is such a thing made?
I have a T-handle hex wrench I use to engage the lock but that does not allow me to spin the wrench the way I can with the socket wrench.
Thanks,
Burt
Tim Orr
01-24-2011, 7:15 PM
You need a "speed wrench" aka "speeder" like this:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00944271000P?prdNo=5&blockNo=5&blockType=G5
You can really crank it, hence the name.....
Tim
Burt Alcantara
01-24-2011, 8:10 PM
I tried one but I like the ratchet better as I have more control over it.
Cyrus Brewster 7
01-24-2011, 8:28 PM
Try a breaker bar:
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM2156897903P?prdNo=5&blockNo=5&blockType=G5
Cyrus
Lex Boegen
01-25-2011, 8:41 AM
If you want the ultimate in speed, cut off the female end of your socket extension and chuck it in a drill. Vroooom!
steven c newman
01-25-2011, 10:26 AM
They also make adapters that you can put in the chuck. One end is a hex sided shaft, the other has the square drive for a socket. 1/4', 3/8", and 1/2" drives. I also have a set of 3/8" drive allens, with very long shafts. About 6" overall length. If you have the room, maybe a set of crow-feet wrenches? Looks like a wrench, but has a place to put a socket extension right behind the open end wrench head.
Burt Alcantara
01-25-2011, 10:39 AM
A drill is not a good idea. I've ruined one router already with that technique. I keep hoping that I'll find an existing router crank handle that will fit the Freud.
steven c newman
01-25-2011, 10:49 AM
Cut, fit, and adapt one. Is it a matter of a socket, open-end wrench, or an allen headed wrench?
Tom Esh
01-25-2011, 11:54 AM
Perhaps someone will know what it's called, but there was/is a type of drive handle with a sliding head. The bar has detents on both ends plus one in the middle which allows it to serve as a t-handle of sorts.
steven c newman
01-25-2011, 4:41 PM
Ah, a Sliding "T" bar. Add an extentsion, and the socket of choice. Some sockets even have an allen wrench stuck in them. Or just a crow-foot wrench. These goup to 1" ( SAE) and also come in metric.
Tom Esh
01-25-2011, 5:21 PM
Ah, a Sliding "T" bar....
Yup, that's it. My father (who never owned a torque wrench) could shear off bolts like butta' with one of those.:D
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