Square 6mm nuts

[underdog]

The cheap square nuts that come with roofing nuts!

Is there such a tool that fits them, a socket or spanner would be nice!

I'm fed up of tightening them with pliers especially with 1000s in some on the trays and ladders on big jobs!

 

[The Ranger]

spanners fit them so do sockets dependant on the quality of the nut!

 

[SparkyLee2008]

11mm spanner

 

[GLENNSPARK]

yep...11mm open spanner fits em.......or i think a 14mm ring does em n all....but thats an not so easy size to get.....i`v got loads of em...and 16mm and 18mm n all...iveco truck chassis use em a lot......mercedes n all i think.....thats what i got em for when i was truckbody building.......

 

[telectrix]

7/16" open ender. think that's 11mm in foreign.

 

[jumpin jax]

or a 3/16 Whitworth in old money

 

[GLENNSPARK]

i see were all trying to "be british" about things this evening ..lol....what next...brandys in the smoking room and a "stiff upper lip".......

 

[Deleted member 26818]

As with just about everything electricall apart from the price of course, things appear to be getting smaller and thinner.
I frequently find that the nuts are now 10mm.

 

[The Ranger]

As with just about everything electricall apart from the price of course, things appear to be getting smaller and thinner.
I frequently find that the nuts are now 10mm.

yeah i've noticed this and don't get me started on brass bushes and the crap insulation tape that is supplied these days!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I wonder how much they save by shaving off a mil each side?

 

[SafetyFirst]

Just use your fingers man! Press firm with the slotted screwdriver, sometimes you get the one's that bite by themselves! Bonus!!!

 

[Engineer54]

yep...11mm open spanner fits em.......or i think a 14mm ring does em n all....but thats an not so easy size to get.....i`v got loads of em...and 16mm and 18mm n all...iveco truck chassis use em a lot......mercedes n all i think.....thats what i got em for when i was truckbody building.......

What about 17mm?? I think that and 19mm are the one's that are the most common sizes we tend to use on our projects, especially when it comes to installing/building connecting up our Switchboards etc..lol!!!