Yup, funky little wrench and everything!
http://galootcentral.com/components/cpgalbums/userpics/10071/ArmstrongPipe.jpg

Good to know about the bolt threading dies, thanks. If I can make the bolt
I can make a tap, what was what I was thinking when I picked the set up.
The pipe cutter the seller handed me tipped me off.


On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 10:38 AM, John Ruth  wrote:

> Michael,
> > What I thought was a box with large scale threading dies
> > turned out to be pipe threading gear, along with a huge pipe cutter. Not
> > much use but it was cheap and cool...
>
> Armstrong die stocks can accept bolt-threading dies in addition to the
> more common pipe-threading dies.
>
> My father left me a partial Armstrong set that had belonged to his
> father.  This started me "sort of collecting" [(TM) Todd Hughes] Armstrong
> die set parts.
>
> Did you get the funny little single-end wrench for the square headed
> screws on the set? Marked "Armstrong" on the handle.
>
> These OEM wrenches are all sort of defective.  The jaw faces aren't
> parallel.  They are quite common and every one I've ever seen is like that:
> they appear to be "sprung", but were apparently made like that!
>
> The saw nuts would have caused a drop in barometric pressure if the box
> had been full.
>
> John R.




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Michael Suwczinsky