Tekkie© writes:

On Fri, 05 Feb 2021 09:16:54 -0600, Vic Smith posted for all of us to digest...


On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 23:11:39 -0500, alan wrote:

It's just wrong to use channel locks, pipe wrenches, and pliers when a
plumbing fixture has hex sides for a reason.

You should tell that to many generations of professional plumbers, who typically carry
monkey and strap wrenches to avoid marring what shouldn't be marred.
Otherwise a pipe wrench is their go to wrench.


+1 I really have an issue with this poster being a shop teacher.

And you don't even know the poster at all. That's pretty sad.


If he want to
know the size of his ball valves why does he go measure them? Measure several
because different manufacturers can have different size hexes. I don't know
where one would use a box wrench on plumbing.

How about on any angle stop, especially in a confined
space like a lav cabinet? Or a flex gas line?

Granted, a crescent-style wrench works just as well as a
box-end wrench for that application.