what kind of tool is needed for this?
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The tool has 2 pins on the end. You can make a tool by drilling 2 holes in a piece of flat steel and drive in snug fitting steel dowels.
We used needle nose pliers lol
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This, along with a brace, is the best bet. It is not at all uncommon for a table to have bolts with different spacing between the holes.
This might work, they should be available at your local NAPA or other auto parts store for $10 or less. Its a rear disc brake caliper piston retracting tool.
What temp do you need to adjust the span??
LOL. I know not ideal but I used a junk pair of pliers.
Flip it around, it has several different sizes.
My piston re tractor kit has several sizes, from 3/4" to around 2" but I am guessing he doesnt want to spend a few hundred bucks.
I know the tool I suggested is not the best tool for the job but if the span is correct its the proper tool, its cheap, and readily available to where he should have it in his hands in less than an hour. The 3-5 business day wait is usually the worst part when trying to do something, it sounds like he is trying to work on his table today, not next week.
Yeah we recovered the table but in the future I would like to use the right tool.
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JC
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That has the right idea but is too large/wide for the application of those table bolts.
JC
Was just kidding around. But you'd have to be lucky to find a side that would work. If it did it'd be better than the adjustable fork tool mentioned from Classic with a bit brace? The fork tool is easier to find that the bit brace. Also mentioned was a spanner wrench. Adjustable Face Spanner I'd call it and they work too but much slower working and makes my hands ache just thinking about it.
I like to use these, I always struggled using the fork bit inside a socket.
http://www.harborfreight.com/adjustable-pin-wrench-36554.html
http://www.harborfreight.com/adjustable-pin-wrench-36554.html
JC
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Snap-On also has some sockets like this.
JC
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Only one
I owned a Brunswick 20th century which is the only one I have worked on.
I do however own an auto repair business and know very well the lost productivity doing things "by hand" that can be done with a power tool. It adds up to seconds, minutes, hours, weeks and months of wasted time over the course of a career. I know the average person in almost every field has no concept of this but it's very real. Scoff if you like. I have worked my entire life with do it by hand types who are not productive.
JC
I owned a Brunswick 20th century which is the only one I have worked on.
I do however own an auto repair business and know very well the lost productivity doing things "by hand" that can be done with a power tool. It adds up to seconds, minutes, hours, weeks and months of wasted time over the course of a career. I know the average person in almost every field has no concept of this but it's very real. Scoff if you like. I have worked my entire life with do it by hand types who are not productive.
JC