Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench, and
sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short (6" ±)
and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on one of
the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked Vlchek,
marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the flip side of
the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why are there so
many of them? Was this one of those giveaways 50-60 years ago when you went
to the movies? Seems like every barn or ranch sale has one or more of
these. Special farm tractor wrench?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary

In article MR2yi.1894$dz3.104@trndny01, "Ivan Vegvary" wrote:
Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench, and
sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short (6" ±)
and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on one of
the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked Vlchek,
marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the flip side of
the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why are there so
many of them?

There aren't. There's only one. And it's following you.

Sorry, I don't know what it is either.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench, and
sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short (6" ±)
and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on one of
the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked Vlchek,
marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the flip side of
the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why are there so
many of them? Was this one of those giveaways 50-60 years ago when you went
to the movies? Seems like every barn or ranch sale has one or more of
these. Special farm tractor wrench?

Useful for an Aloris AXA toolpost, a 7/8" wrench is. Also useful for those
ubiquitous Bridgeport milling clamp sets.

My guess would be they came in the tool kit of something like a Ford truck.

Grant

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:45:16 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench, and
sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short (6" ±)
and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on one of
the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked Vlchek,
marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the flip side of
the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why are there so
many of them? Was this one of those giveaways 50-60 years ago when you went
to the movies? Seems like every barn or ranch sale has one or more of
these. Special farm tractor wrench?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary
==========
click on
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artif...hek-story.html
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artif...-story-p2.html

google on vlchek 31 wrench for 306 hits.

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http://www.countrybynet.com/forums/s.../o/all/fpart/1
http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/a...php?t-498.html



Unka' George [George McDuffee]
============
Merchants have no country.
The mere spot they stand on
does not constitute so strong an attachment
as that from which they draw their gains.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826),
U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814.

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
t...
In article MR2yi.1894$dz3.104@trndny01, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:
Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench,
and
sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short (6" ±)
and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on one of
the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked Vlchek,
marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the flip side
of
the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why are there so
many of them?

There aren't. There's only one. And it's following you.

Sorry, I don't know what it is either.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

I like that answer, Doug!!

Ivan

"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...
Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench,
and sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short
(6" ±) and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on
one of the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked
Vlchek, marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the
flip side of the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why
are there so many of them? Was this one of those giveaways 50-60 years
ago when you went to the movies? Seems like every barn or ranch sale has
one or more of these. Special farm tractor wrench?

Useful for an Aloris AXA toolpost, a 7/8" wrench is. Also useful for those
ubiquitous Bridgeport milling clamp sets.

My guess would be they came in the tool kit of something like a Ford
truck.

Grant

Grant, you are probably correct that it was part of a kit. Poster F.
George, right below you, gives a link to the Vlchek company which further
links to "Industry Standard Wrench Sizes". Lo and behold a number 31
wrench is indeed a 25/32 by 7/8 double ended wrench.
The remaining question is "Why is it that this wrench seems to be the only
survivor"? Like I said, it is everywhere.

Ivan Vegvary

"F. George McDuffee" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:45:16 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench,
and
sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short (6" ±)
and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on one of
the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked Vlchek,
marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the flip side
of
the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why are there so
many of them? Was this one of those giveaways 50-60 years ago when you
went
to the movies? Seems like every barn or ranch sale has one or more of
these. Special farm tractor wrench?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary
==========
click on
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artif...hek-story.html
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artif...-story-p2.html

google on vlchek 31 wrench for 306 hits.

also see
http://www.countrybynet.com/forums/s.../o/all/fpart/1
http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/a...php?t-498.html



Unka' George [George McDuffee]
============
Merchants have no country.
The mere spot they stand on
does not constitute so strong an attachment
as that from which they draw their gains.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826),
U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814.

F. George, thank you, thank you for the links. Very interesting. I did
find out that the "31" designation is part of a standard numbering system
for wrenches and conforms to the 25/32 x 7/8 wrench in question. So, Vlchek
and possibly others (remember, this is the first one that I had seen with
markings other than the "31") made these wrenches to be distributed for some
use. I suspect they were a single item and not a set of wrenches, because I
never see a '29' or '30' etc. etc.

Thanks again,

Ivan Vegvary

It's actually the same wrench. Did you know, there are only 15
fruitcakes in existence? They just keep getting 'given' over and over.
JR
Dweller in the cellar

Ivan Vegvary wrote:
Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench, and
sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short (6" ±)
and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on one of
the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked Vlchek,
marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the flip side of
the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why are there so
many of them? Was this one of those giveaways 50-60 years ago when you went
to the movies? Seems like every barn or ranch sale has one or more of
these. Special farm tractor wrench?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary




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Ivan Vegvary wrote:
"Grant Erwin" wrote in message
...
Ivan Vegvary wrote:

Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench,
and sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short
(6" ±) and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on
one of the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked
Vlchek, marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the
flip side of the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why
are there so many of them? Was this one of those giveaways 50-60 years
ago when you went to the movies? Seems like every barn or ranch sale has
one or more of these. Special farm tractor wrench?
Useful for an Aloris AXA toolpost, a 7/8" wrench is. Also useful for those
ubiquitous Bridgeport milling clamp sets.

My guess would be they came in the tool kit of something like a Ford
truck.

Grant

Grant, you are probably correct that it was part of a kit. Poster F.
George, right below you, gives a link to the Vlchek company which further
links to "Industry Standard Wrench Sizes". Lo and behold a number 31
wrench is indeed a 25/32 by 7/8 double ended wrench.
The remaining question is "Why is it that this wrench seems to be the only
survivor"? Like I said, it is everywhere.

Ivan Vegvary


The 25/32" smells like old Ford to me. Maybe a Model "T" spark plug wrench?

Fascinating history and information. Many many thanks George.

I just wandered out to my rollaways and found a goodly number of Vlcek
wrenches, id'd either by name or the sheild.

Way cool.

Gunner



On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:05:20 -0500, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:45:16 GMT, "Ivan Vegvary"
wrote:

Whenever I am at a garage sale or flea market I always look for single
wrenches that I dedicate to my machinery. e.g. toolpost wrench, milling
vise wrench etc.

For years now seems like everywhere I go I seem to find the same wrench, and
sometimes the only wrench. It is a double open ended wrench, short (6" ±)
and heavy. Sometimes the only marking on it is the number "31" on one of
the heads. Today I saw the same wrench. This time it is marked Vlchek,
marked 7/8" on one end and 25/32" on the other. And, yes, the flip side of
the 25/32 head has the number 31. What is this wrench? Why are there so
many of them? Was this one of those giveaways 50-60 years ago when you went
to the movies? Seems like every barn or ranch sale has one or more of
these. Special farm tractor wrench?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Ivan Vegvary
==========
click on
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artif...hek-story.html
http://home.comcast.net/~alloy-artif...-story-p2.html

google on vlchek 31 wrench for 306 hits.

also see
http://www.countrybynet.com/forums/s.../o/all/fpart/1
http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/a...php?t-498.html



Unka' George [George McDuffee]
============
Merchants have no country.
The mere spot they stand on
does not constitute so strong an attachment
as that from which they draw their gains.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826),
U.S. president. Letter, 17 March 1814.