[SEL] Aussie Translators?

[Germoamer at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/19/2005 8:55:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
peter at loud-n-clear.net writes:

Pete

<< On a (un)related note, engineering apprentices in factories here were often
 sent to the stores to draw such tools as a sky-hook, a can of spotted paint,
 a box of holes, or, the perennial favourite, a long stand (or long weight). 
>>


How about a box of scribe lines?   

<<Open, ring and box spanners are all spanners.>>

So what is a "ring" versus "box"  spanner?

Tom Schmutz
Concord, Va. USA
Germoamer at aol.com