The angle of the fixed jaw looks square to the rack slider. The
moveable jaw is definitly a few ° off, and it's not deformed that way
from stress. The quality of machining and finish on the tool
(discounting wear and tear) suggests poor factory work as the culprit.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:03:20 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote:

The jaws on this wrench are not parallel:

http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/wrench.jpg

Specifically, the face of the movable jaw is perpendicular to the
"ways", but the fixed face is not. But they aren't sprung or worn that
way. It seems that it was made like that. But why? Just plain poor
quality? But that's *really* bad. It's an old wrench, not Chiwandian.
It says drop forged, if that helps.

Bob
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