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Slugging Wrench

This is a specialized thick, short, stocky wrench with a block end to the handle specifically designed for use with a hammer, enabling one to impart great force. Used commonly with large fasteners, especially a nut and stud which both have index marks common in ships engineering plants: the nut is screwed hand-tight, then further tightened with the striking wrench a known number of index marks calculated from the elasticity of the bolt or stud, thus giving precise torque. Striking wrenches also provide shock and high force used to release large and/or stuck nuts and bolts; and when space does not allow room for a large wrench. Slugging wrenches were primarily keep in the Repair Station Five the Englineering Repair Station for emergency repairs to the ships engineering plant.
 



 
 
 
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