Can I cut and weld two wrenches to make a longer one?

[sixdogs]

sixdogs, have you seen or used a ratcheting box end wrench?
You would still need to lengthen it.
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I have not seen a ratcheting double box end wrench. Single, yes but no double. That's pretty neat.

 

[California]

Try to imagine the specialized tool used at the factory to build the thing in the first place, then go make one!

 

[motownbrowne]

Two things, one, crows are crazy smart.

Two, depending on how big of a job this is, I might modify two wrenches, a regular box end to break the nuts free, and a ratcheting wrench to get them loose. I just don't like to trust the ratcheting wrenches for breaking reluctant fasteners. Again, just depends on how many you have to do.

 

[LD1]

Two things, one, crows are crazy smart.

Two, depending on how big of a job this is, I might modify two wrenches, a regular box end to break the nuts free, and a ratcheting wrench to get them loose. I just don't like to trust the ratcheting wrenches for breaking reluctant fasteners. Again, just depends on how many you have to do.

Same point I was getting at earlier. Ratchet wrenches are great, but I dont trust them quite the same as I trust a regular wrench. Just the same, I dont trust ratchets that much either. Not like a breaker bar.

 

[IslandTractor]

I cannot quite picture the limited space where the relevant nuts and bolt are but I wonder if a crowfoot wrench might fit? 7 Piece 3/8" Crowfoot SAE Wrench Set

 

[FTG-05]

I do this kind of stuff all the time to make wrenches for special jobs. I wouldn't even use two wrenches for the job you're describing. Cut your wrench as described above and add a piece of 3/16 x 1 or 1/4 x 1 flat bar as long as you need it to be. If you don't need the open end then throw it an a box to be saved for some other custom job at some point in time.

Do you even need to cut up a flat wrench? I have a bunch of cheap sockets that I've collected over the years. Weld one onto the end of a flat bar as described in the above paragraph and there you go. If a socket is too long then just shorten it a bit before welding.

Edit: I'm not totally sure I have the right picture but I would make two wrenched for the job. One as described above and the second being a cheap ratcheting style stubby wrench with a hole drilled into the shank or the open end. Bolt a flat bar onto that leaving it loose enough to swivel and just use the flat bar to operate the ratcheting flat wrench to quickly turn in the bolt. Then use the first wrench to tighten it to the final torque.

Hopefully I described s clear enough word picture.

We should turn this thread into a "custom hand tool pic" thread. Once the OP gets his problem solved, of course!

 

[dieselcrawler]

I have 2 wrench sets at work. Standard box end for high torque, ratchet wrench for high speed once loose.

Good luck... I'm waiting to see the outcome!

 

[sixdogs]

I cannot quite picture the limited space where the relevant nuts and bolt are but I wonder if a crowfoot wrench might fit? 7 Piece 3/8" Crowfoot SAE Wrench Set

Pictures soon.

 

[Xfaxman]

We should turn this thread into a "custom hand tool pic" thread. Once the OP gets his problem solved, of course!

Already have a Show What Tool You Made thread: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/273086-show-what-tool-you-made.html

 

[sixdogs]

Here you go. I think the tines (slitters) are on a 2 3/4" center and the tines themselves are long enough that when the wrench is on them I can only grab the last little bit of it and can't get enough torque to fully tighten. That's why the longer wrench thinking. A ratchet will not fit and the only solution seems to be a pair of extra long 12 point box end wrenches. That's all that will fit.



I'm really trying to stall this job until spring so I'll have time to think about it --plus I don't really want to do it. I'll feel better in the spring.