On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:45:53 -0400, Bob Engelhardt
wrote the following:

John Doe wrote:
... An old friend said that
open end wrenches tend to spread with a lot of torque.

It's never been a problem for me. I've had a HF open-end break, but not
spread. Even if true, your Snappy isn't going to require a lot of
torque. Well, not enough to spread or break even the cheapest wrench.

Not true. My new set of Snappy collets need a massive torque session
to keep the included bits from spinning. I've never broken a HF
wrench, though, but I avoid their cheapest sets, relying on Pittsburgh
brand exclusively. They're lifetime guaranteed but I don't have to
bandage my hand and return their tools several times a week like I did
with Crapsman tools in the late '70s and early '80s, when I bailed
from Searz for good.

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Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels,
throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions,
without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act
with cheerfulness. -- Joseph Addison, The Spectator, July 12, 1711