Recommendation for place to get decent spanner wrenches

[eng1er]

Anybody got recommendations for good places to get decent quality spanners? Reviews of the spanners available on Amazon are pretty mediocre and micro-tools seems to be out of stock of most everything.

 

[winger]

I have the flat-tipped one from SKGrimes - http://www.skgrimes.com/products/spanner-wrench Is that what you're looking for?

 

[removed account4]

http://www.skgrimes.com/products/spanner-wrench

beautifully made, by an apug sponsor even

 

[eng1er]

Hmm. Those look good. Has anyone found the thickness of the rods to be an issue in tight spaces?

Also, I should clarify that Micro-tools is out of stock of their higher-end wrenches. If anyone has experience with their "economy" line, please advise.

 

[shutterfinger]

I have one of the SKGrimes round tip spanners. I have to wrench tighten it to get it to hold a setting but other wise OK but too bulky to get into some tight places in older cameras I work on.
I recently picked up one of these off ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Spanner...467?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3f50f453
Seems well made and sturdy although I managed to bend one of the pointed tips but was able to straighten it.

 

[gorbas]

I just bought round tipped ones from Ebay seller seagull2014
Very well made, I was surprised with quality. Quick and free shipping too. Way better than flat tipped I bought a few years back.

 

[Tom1956]

After having bought a set and using it a year or so, I concluded that just 1 spanner wrench set is not a cure-all. You need several different ones. I got mine of fleabay. Read a little bit on Sover Wong's site and you will begin to appreciate having enough of the correct-fitting tools. With just the 1 set, sooner or later, and probably sooner; you will press it into use on something because it's all you had at the time, and end up with chewed-looking marks on the job, or worse.
I've been known to "make" spanners by filing and/or grinding metal things to trap between pieces of wood that I clamped together with C-clamps. Sometimes making or modifying a tool make take hours to do the final 2-second job.

 

[John Koehrer]

I've got the better Micro tools unit they too, can be too wide or even too short for the occasional job. Sometimes a small pair of needle nose pliers ground to fit can be your friend.

 

[Sirius Glass]

I have the flat-tipped one from SKGrimes - http://www.skgrimes.com/products/spanner-wrench Is that what you're looking for?

That is what I did and I am happy with them.

 

[c.d.ewen]

I have both flat and round Grimes spanners, and have never needed anything else. I have, on occasion, lightly ground the ends for a better fit.

The individual points are set at an angle, and can be mounted straight, angled in or angled out, and are easily tightened with an Allen wrench.

Charley

 

[jcc]

I have these. Dead Link Removed
Used them quite a few times, and never had a problem. There are similar ones with round or double rails, which don't seem logical to me. I like the single flat rail to minimize torquing (which can lead to slipping).