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Originally Posted by kerry
Now you've put my mind in a geometric funk. There has to be 30 degrees of total movement, but can't half the movement be in the nut and half in the wrench?
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Actually, you can get away with 15 degrees of rotation on a hex head (six point) bolt by alternately flipping an open-end wrench with a 15 degree offset. That's not an option with a double hex fastener, unless your box end is also offset.
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Originally Posted by kerry
In other words, you can get increments of 15 degrees with twelve point nut and twelve point wrench...?
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Sure. Provided that the nut and wrench turn
separately in opposite directions.
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Originally Posted by kerry
The intuitive feel of removing those bolts told me I could get much smaller increments of movement than with a 6 point bolt.
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Much like a pound of lead seems heavier than a pound of feathers, I suppose.