I'm looking to buy a very complete kit for Telephone/Cable
installation and one of the tools it lists as coming with it was a
"can wrench."  I'm trying to decide if I want to buy the kit or the
tools individually, but since I don't know what this is, I have no
idea if I need it.  If someone could explain its use and/or other
tools that are similar (if there is another tool that may not be as
easy to use, but that would do the job) I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

Dear _erin_-ga;

Thank you for allowing me to answer your interesting question. A ?can
wrench? is a deep socket tool that is most frequently used to remove
the nuts to open those telephone panels you see sticking out of the
ground or those mounted on walls of some businesses.

They sometimes have sockets on each end that differ in size to
accommodate two different size nuts. Some of them come with a special
security insert to allow the tool to access panels that have
tamper-proof nuts on them.

JENSEN TOOLS
http://www.jensentools.com/product/group.asp?parent_id=420773

Some can wrenches are sort of multipurpose tools and come complete
with an added wire-stripping feature so you can quickly and
conveniently remove insulation from telephone lines with a single
tool.

JENSEN TOOLS
http://www.jensentools.com/product/group.asp?parent_id=8640

Here are many, many more examples of can wrenches. They are all pretty
much the same, but you can select them and see what each of them are
capable of doing:

FROOGLE
http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%22can%20wrench%22&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&sa=N&tab=wf



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