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Cksam
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Username: Cksam
Post Number: 8
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 05:01 am: | 
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Does anybody know where it is possible to find angled nut drivers? Do such things exist? I can't seem to find them on micro-tools. I need one to adjust a mirror in an old Minolta 9000 (the nut in question is inside the mirror chamber.
Many thanks, Sam. |
Charlie
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Username: Charlie
Post Number: 44
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, January 08, 2007 - 08:08 am: |
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Would an offset wrench do the job? |
Cksam
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Username: Cksam
Post Number: 9
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 03:27 am: |
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Possibly, but it would have to be quite deep set as the nut is slightly recessed inside the camera. Do you have any links for some good small ones? |
Charlie
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Username: Charlie
Post Number: 46
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 10:51 am: |
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Have you checked Sears? |
Glenn
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Username: Glenn
Post Number: 116
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 08:29 pm: |
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The simple way is to modify a cheap tubular socket by welding/brazing on a handle, at 80/90 degrees. Here in the UK, the Draper brand used to market a set of straight nut runners. These looked like jewellers screwdrivers with a socket on the end, instead of the screw tip. With the use of a small propane torch, it was possible to bend the shanks just below the handles. This is how I obtained mine, for similar mirror chamber adjustments. |
Cksam
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Username: Cksam
Post Number: 10
Registered: 11-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 03:22 pm: |
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Thanks for all the help. It looks like I may end up following Glenn's advice.
Sam. |
Rick_oleson
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Username: Rick_oleson
Post Number: 143
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 08:52 pm: |
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I think Micro-Tools has similar nut drivers that you might be able to heat and bend. Beware of their very cheapest grade, though: they're awful. |
