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275583 Mike Rock <mikerock@m...> 2022‑05‑16 Re: Kennedy Tool Boxes
I have my dad's Dzus wrench, it says Vultee on it.  Cool!

> My dad was a machinist working for Consolidated-Vultee Aircraft up till 1943 (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_Aircraft ). After his slog thru
France and Germany in 1944-45 he found other employment. Circa 1975 he gave me a
Kennedy tool box and a few machinist tools. I
The Dzus fastener, also known as a turnlock fastener or quick-action 
panel fastener, is a type of proprietary quarter-turn spiral cam lock 
fastener often used to secure skin panels on aircraft and other 
high-performance vehicles. It is named after its inventor William Dzus.

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