On Fri, 01 Apr 2016 18:11:33 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 04/01/2016 4:48 PM, Oren wrote:
On Fri, 1 Apr 2016 14:31:31 -0700, Art
wrote:

I'm always pleased to find a tool on the road, and doubly so if it's a
primo brand such as Snap-On.

I just found a Snap-On V520B 5/8" open-end angle wrench, as their web
site calls it. It looks like a typical open end wrench but with a more
°extreme angle on the "jaw" portion - looks like about 45° rather than
the typical 30°.

Can anyone explain why such an item exists? What purpose does it serve
beyond that of the more familiar open end wrench?

Let me guess. An offset wrench for tight places?

Like the cylinder-block jug lower bolts on a Wisconsin air-cooled VH4D,
maybe...had to manufacture a couple to get to 'em to torque. (It's the
engine in the old JLG manlift that blew a head gasket and burned up one
side a few years ago is the "don't ask how I know that!" story... )

I still have a piece of an open end wrench I cut in half decades ago.
It worked that day but not needed since. Cut a hex (Allen wrench) in
half I still have. Only needed a short piece of the Allen wrench to
git er done.