Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Where can I get a wrench like this?
http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? Thanx, plh -- I keep hitting "Esc" -- but I'm still here! |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
plh wrote:
http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? The proper name for this is "ugly completely unusable image" and what I suggest is you work a little harder at getting something that doesn't look like an image off a broken radar screen .. GWE |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Looked like a reasonable image to me, perhaps the problem is on your end. Grant Erwin wrote: plh wrote: http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? The proper name for this is "ugly completely unusable image" and what I suggest is you work a little harder at getting something that doesn't look like an image off a broken radar screen .. GWE jk |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
"plh" wrote in message
... http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? Are you sure that it's a wrench and not a hand vise? |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Grant Erwin wrote:
plh wrote: http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? The proper name for this is "ugly completely unusable image" and what I suggest is you work a little harder at getting something that doesn't look like an image off a broken radar screen .. GWE It looked rather clear to me. Not a great scan, but legible nevertheless. Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
Might not be a wrench - but a clamp.
Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH, NRA Life NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder plh wrote: http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? Thanx, plh ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
plh wrote:
The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Micrometers? Are you nuts? This is more for the brutal job. But also, there might be smaller variants. We call it "Franzose" (Frenchman), the French call it "Clee Anglais" (English wrench) and the English call it "French key". Does that help? Nick -- Motor Modelle // Engine Models http://www.motor-manufaktur.de |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Nick Müller wrote:
and the English call it "French key". I found another name: Adjustable spanner. Here is a better picture (in German) http://www.yatego.com/kalmartools-we...e,41dea170717c d9_5,rollgabelschl%DCssel-franzose-?sid=5Y1125992019Y56e1ab82ff2e781299e The name "Rollgabelschlüssel" they used for is not right. But, the also named it "Franzose". Nick -- Motor Modelle // Engine Models http://www.motor-manufaktur.de |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
In article ,
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nick_M=FCller?= says... plh wrote: The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Micrometers? Are you nuts? This is more for the brutal job. But also, there might be smaller variants. Believe it or not, yes. It's used to straighten the frame. You have to be pretty brutal to bend a micrometer frame, but it happens. When it is close enough you lap in the carbide contacts. We call it "Franzose" (Frenchman), the French call it "Clee Anglais" (English wrench) and the English call it "French key". Does that help? Nothing turned up on Google, but thanks, it's a start. -plh -- I keep hitting "Esc" -- but I'm still here! |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
plh wrote:
Believe it or not, yes. It's used to straighten the frame. Ah! That's what I use the wrench for. Straigten or bend weldings, flat iron, etc. _Very_ good for the job. I love the tool for to do things like that. Mine is quite old (I guess at least 50 years). I thought you want to do turn some screws on the micrometer. :-) Nick -- Motor Modelle // Engine Models http://www.motor-manufaktur.de |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
Nope! It's on my end as well.
Bob Swinney "jk" wrote in message ... Looked like a reasonable image to me, perhaps the problem is on your end. Grant Erwin wrote: plh wrote: http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? The proper name for this is "ugly completely unusable image" and what I suggest is you work a little harder at getting something that doesn't look like an image off a broken radar screen .. GWE jk |
#12
|
|||
|
|||
The right side seems to black and non-descript - might be jaws or who knows what.
Seems to me it appeared to be a Jewel makers gripping vice just maybe. Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH, NRA Life NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder Abrasha wrote: Grant Erwin wrote: plh wrote: http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? The proper name for this is "ugly completely unusable image" and what I suggest is you work a little harder at getting something that doesn't look like an image off a broken radar screen .. GWE It looked rather clear to me. Not a great scan, but legible nevertheless. Abrasha http://www.abrasha.com ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
#13
|
|||
|
|||
In article , plh
wrote: http://member.newsguy.com/~robustus/images/Wrench.pdf The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Does anyone know what the proper name for this puppy is? Where to buy one? Thanx, plh I have one. They are eastern european. My sister got me one in Checkoslovakia about 12 years ago. In Prague they use it as the symbol for a car repair shop. After trying to use it I can tell you it is the single most useless wrench I have ever owned. It barely fits anywhere under a car and tends to slip off and bark your knuckles at any opportunity. -- "I love deadlines, especially the wooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams |
#14
|
|||
|
|||
In article , plh
wrote: In article , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nick_M=FCller?= says... plh wrote: The thing with the circle drawn around it was being used in Germany to straighten Micrometers as part of the repair process. Micrometers? Are you nuts? This is more for the brutal job. But also, there might be smaller variants. Believe it or not, yes. It's used to straighten the frame. You have to be pretty brutal to bend a micrometer frame, but it happens. When it is close enough you lap in the carbide contacts. We call it "Franzose" (Frenchman), the French call it "Clee Anglais" (English wrench) and the English call it "French key". Does that help? I just posted a pile of photos of the wrench I have. Go to the www.Metalworking.com dropbox and look for the files that start with Czech_wrench -- "I love deadlines, especially the wooshing sound they make as they fly by" - Douglas Adams |
#15
|
|||
|
|||
Ernie Leimkuhler wrote:
They are eastern european. Is this to express they are rubbish? ;-) They are known and used in Europe. Call it "old europe", if you want. In Prague they use it as the symbol for a car repair shop. Not just there. I remember to have seen it in Austria, Germany and I would not wonder in many more central europe countries. It was (or is) used by the local variants of AMA to signal where you can get help for your car. But, that tools is going out of use. You already learned why. :-) It barely fits anywhere under a car and tends to slip off and bark your knuckles at any opportunity. No use there. But do you remember the times when there was plenty of room under the hood of any car? I use the spanner for plumbing work sometimes, and most for the kind of jobs the OP needs it for. For that, it really is excellent. Also as an hammer. Oh, and if it slips off, you are using it in the wrong direction. Nick -- Motor Modelle // Engine Models http://www.motor-manufaktur.de |
#16
|
|||
|
|||
On 6 Sep 2005 05:23:25 -0700, plh wrote:
Believe it or not, yes. It's used to straighten the frame. You have to be pretty brutal to bend a micrometer frame, but it happens. When it is close enough you lap in the carbide contacts. As a child I thought my grandfather's micrometer looked much like a child-sized C-clamp. Needless to say, it required some repair, and I required some fast education about which tools were for generating force and which were for measuring. (My grandfather had incredible anger control.) I believe it only required lapping to return it to accuracy, but the lesson was learned. I believe that it was about this time (maybe 8 years old) that I was set to making one-inch cubes from bar stock with a hacksaw, files, micrometer and try-square -- no light under the try-square and closer to the zero-tenth vernier than to either the .0001 or .0009 mark. I also learned that both files and hacksaws (if new and sharp) were effective metal working tools -- lessons I try to pass along to new generations. -- --Pete "Peter W. Meek" http://www.msen.com/~pwmeek/ |
#17
|
|||
|
|||
Hello Nick,
Thanks so much for that information. I found that site, and a related site for Kalmar Tools, but unfortunately they are all in German (Ich onhe eine kleine verstanden kann!) and they don't seem to be going for an international presence. If anyone knows of a site where I can order online in English, I'd appreciate it! But I bet if I just call them up, someone on that end will speak English (after being amused by my halting German). We had a German exchange student who said that in Germany if you can't speak English everyone considers you uneducated. Thanks Again! -plh In article , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Nick_M=FCller?= says... Nick Müller wrote: and the English call it "French key". I found another name: Adjustable spanner. Here is a better picture (in German) http://www.yatego.com/kalmartools-we...e,41dea170717c d9_5,rollgabelschl%DCssel-franzose-?sid=5Y1125992019Y56e1ab82ff2e781299e The name "Rollgabelschlüssel" they used for is not right. But, the also named it "Franzose". Nick -- I keep hitting "Esc" -- but I'm still here! |
#18
|
|||
|
|||
A friend in Wales had a wrench similar to this (basically what we call a
"Monkey Wrench" in the US, but you turn the handle to close it up, not a separate knurled roller. His was made by a company called "King Dick" (I'm serious). He inherited it from his father, and had not seen one like it in years. It was a great tool, because you can continually tighten it while you apply torque, so it's less likely to round off the corners of a fastener. His was around 10" long. I've always wanted one. -- Bob (Chief Pilot, White Knuckle Airways) ""Nick Müller"" wrote in message ... Nick Müller wrote: and the English call it "French key". I found another name: Adjustable spanner. Here is a better picture (in German) http://www.yatego.com/kalmartools-we...e,41dea170717c d9_5,rollgabelschl%DCssel-franzose-?sid=5Y1125992019Y56e1ab82ff2e781299e The name "Rollgabelschlüssel" they used for is not right. But, the also named it "Franzose". Nick -- Motor Modelle // Engine Models http://www.motor-manufaktur.de |
#19
|
|||
|
|||
Bob Chilcoat wrote:
A friend in Wales had a wrench similar to this (basically what we call a "Monkey Wrench" in the US, but you turn the handle to close it up, not a separate knurled roller. His was made by a company called "King Dick" (I'm serious). He inherited it from his father, and had not seen one like it in years. It was a great tool, because you can continually tighten it while you apply torque, so it's less likely to round off the corners of a fastener. His was around 10" long. I've always wanted one. King Dick are still in business (http://www.kingdicktools.co.uk/). I have quite a few King Dick tools. A lot of people laugh the first time they see them. Most of the King Dick range are very good. Their only product I have a slight complaint about is the adjustable wrench - the tolerances aren't quite tight enough. Chris |
#20
|
|||
|
|||
Bob Chilcoat wrote:
A friend in Wales had a wrench similar to this (basically what we call a "Monkey Wrench" in the US, but you turn the handle to close it up, not a separate knurled roller. His was made by a company called "King Dick" (I'm serious). He inherited it from his father, and had not seen one like it in years. It was a great tool, because you can continually tighten it while you apply torque, so it's less likely to round off the corners of a fastener. His was around 10" long. I've always wanted one. King Dick are still in business (http://www.kingdicktools.co.uk/). I have quite a few King Dick tools. A lot of people laugh the first time they see them. Most of the King Dick range are very good. Their only product I have a slight complaint about is the adjustable wrench - the tolerances aren't quite tight enough. Chris |
#21
|
|||
|
|||
According to Bob Chilcoat :
A friend in Wales had a wrench similar to this (basically what we call a "Monkey Wrench" in the US, but you turn the handle to close it up, not a separate knurled roller. His was made by a company called "King Dick" (I'm serious). I believe you. That was the brand of the screw jack which came with the MGA (and probably other UK cars of the time.) Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
wrench to drive adjustable reamer? | Metalworking | |||
WTB/B/T ARBOR WRENCH | Metalworking | |||
Hardinge Miller Spanner Wrench? | Metalworking | |||
Seeking source for torque wrench extensions | Metalworking | |||
crack open a rusted nut with an impact wrench, from one tankof air? | Metalworking |