Little Wrenchy
Matt Gilliland
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So some of you may think we take things to an extreme sometimes... I think that myself.
There's a rumor about some new robot platform or something coming out soon (they don't tell me anything - I'm as much in the dark as you are ;-)
Anyway, I get this secret memo slid under my door a while back asking for a new "wrench" to be included with "the project".
It's a combination wrench made of 1/8" thick delrin and has some pretty cool properties:
a) It's made of delrin, so it's just about indestructible (within reason)
b) The closed end friction fits a 4-40 nylok nut - which means you can pre-load the nut and use the wrench like a dipstick and lower it into tight places- like around high-speed servos, (did I just say that out loud?).
c) The open end works well to a point and then the jaw opens up as you continue to crank on it - then it "slips off" the nut because the nut is tighter to the bolt than the delrin wrench open end - it "opens up". This, at first glance, seemed to be a design.material flaw - but then after further soul-searching - and righteous justification - we realized it operates like a little tiny, preset torque wrench - how cool is that?
d) The niftiest property of all, is that (along with many of our products) it's MADE IN THE USA :-) Surely something this small and insignificant could be made cheaper overseas - but for now - This lowly wrench proudly wears the USA moniker.
-MattG
There's a rumor about some new robot platform or something coming out soon (they don't tell me anything - I'm as much in the dark as you are ;-)
Anyway, I get this secret memo slid under my door a while back asking for a new "wrench" to be included with "the project".
It's a combination wrench made of 1/8" thick delrin and has some pretty cool properties:
a) It's made of delrin, so it's just about indestructible (within reason)
b) The closed end friction fits a 4-40 nylok nut - which means you can pre-load the nut and use the wrench like a dipstick and lower it into tight places- like around high-speed servos, (did I just say that out loud?).
c) The open end works well to a point and then the jaw opens up as you continue to crank on it - then it "slips off" the nut because the nut is tighter to the bolt than the delrin wrench open end - it "opens up". This, at first glance, seemed to be a design.material flaw - but then after further soul-searching - and righteous justification - we realized it operates like a little tiny, preset torque wrench - how cool is that?
d) The niftiest property of all, is that (along with many of our products) it's MADE IN THE USA :-) Surely something this small and insignificant could be made cheaper overseas - but for now - This lowly wrench proudly wears the USA moniker.
-MattG
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Why would anyone have a hobby if you couldn't get carried away with it?
By the way - I think thst part of assemly on a BoeBot is most trying for young users...
-Phil
Any chance it will fit on a nose ring?
You can't fool me.
It is all an optical illusion. Look carefully... it is the same little wrenchy photographed from two angles and then photoshopped together.
And it isn't delrin... it is machinable wax. Can't fool me! IF IT IS DELRIN... where is the LED?
The [redacted]rate is way to [redacted]. It is [redacted]ing the [redacted] plastic.
But I like it:)
Make mine out of gold.
(And put a hole in it to hang my keys from... and an LED so I can see my keyhole... and a GPS so I don't lose my keys.)
Thanks!
-Phil
@Phil - No, Little Wrenchy was Lucy and Desi's son.
Remember when he learned to play the drums?