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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. I suppose there are jobs where being able to tighten or loosen two different size bolt heads or nuts to get the job over with exist. and a double ended adjustable wrench made your tool bag lighter than carrying two separate wrenches. (Don't bother telling me that one end is for English and the other for metric, I've heard that one already.) See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust That site http://alloy-artifacts.org/ has a lot of interesting tools on it. Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust Sure that isn't a fake/joke? -- "I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." Dr Leonard McCoy "I'm a mechanic, not a doctor." Volker Borchert |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
On Sunday, January 22, 2017 at 7:01:50 PM UTC-5, Volker Borchert wrote:
Jeff Wisnia wrote: Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust Sure that isn't a fake/joke? One end is smaller and thinner, possibly for places where the other end won't fit. John -- "I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." Dr Leonard McCoy "I'm a mechanic, not a doctor." Volker Borchert |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
I have one that my father gave to me. It was most likely from the 30's.
I think they were not much more than gimmicks. CP |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
Think of working on nuts and bolts. One might have two or more sizes to
get a couch out of a wood crate or any thing you might come up with. Consider the 'two drill chuck' drill - drill and screw or drill and countersink.... Same sort of thing. Martin On 1/22/2017 1:41 PM, Jeff Wisnia wrote: Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. I suppose there are jobs where being able to tighten or loosen two different size bolt heads or nuts to get the job over with exist. and a double ended adjustable wrench made your tool bag lighter than carrying two separate wrenches. (Don't bother telling me that one end is for English and the other for metric, I've heard that one already.) See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust That site http://alloy-artifacts.org/ has a lot of interesting tools on it. Jeff |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
On 22 Jan 2017 23:52:12 GMT, (Volker
Borchert) wrote: Jeff Wisnia wrote: Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust Sure that isn't a fake/joke? I think it's probably real. The ones I like are the ironworker's spud wrench, with the tapered end to line up I-beam brackets for bolting. https://www.amazon.com/Hawk-BAWS-Adj.../dp/B005LVVHDC -- There is s no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American.* The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.* We are a nation, not a hodge-podge of foreign nationalities.* We are a people, and not a polyglot boarding house. --Theodore Roosevelt |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
Larry Jaques wrote:
On 22 Jan 2017 23:52:12 GMT, (Volker Borchert) wrote: Jeff Wisnia wrote: Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust Sure that isn't a fake/joke? I think it's probably real. The ones I like are the ironworker's spud wrench, with the tapered end to line up I-beam brackets for bolting. https://www.amazon.com/Hawk-BAWS-Adj.../dp/B005LVVHDC They are real and still being sold. It was in Tractor Supply I believe that I saw one just a couple weeks ago. Length wise it was about the same as an 11" but had a smaller set of jaws on the opposite end. -- Steve W. |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
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Jeff Wisnia wrote: Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. I suppose there are jobs where being able to tighten or loosen two different size bolt heads or nuts to get the job over with exist. and a double ended adjustable wrench made your tool bag lighter than carrying two separate wrenches. (Don't bother telling me that one end is for English and the other for metric, I've heard that one already.) One side is for left handed threads. |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
On 2017-01-23, Martin Eastburn wrote:
Think of working on nuts and bolts. One might have two or more sizes to get a couch out of a wood crate or any thing you might come up with. Consider the 'two drill chuck' drill - drill and screw or drill and countersink.... Same sort of thing. How about the combination drill and tap versions? Really convenient for through holes with a tapping head in a drill press. Enjoy, DoN. -- Remove oil spill source from e-mail Email: | (KV4PH) 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 --- |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
On 1/22/2017 1:41 PM, Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. I suppose there are jobs where being able to tighten or loosen two different size bolt heads or nuts to get the job over with exist. and a double ended adjustable wrench made your tool bag lighter than carrying two separate wrenches. (Don't bother telling me that one end is for English and the other for metric, I've heard that one already.) See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust That site http://alloy-artifacts.org/ has a lot of interesting tools on it. Jeff Obviously one end is for inch sizes and the other is metric! David |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
David R. Birch wrote: On 1/22/2017 1:41 PM, Jeff Wisnia wrote: Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. I suppose there are jobs where being able to tighten or loosen two different size bolt heads or nuts to get the job over with exist. and a double ended adjustable wrench made your tool bag lighter than carrying two separate wrenches. (Don't bother telling me that one end is for English and the other for metric, I've heard that one already.) See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust That site http://alloy-artifacts.org/ has a lot of interesting tools on it. Jeff Obviously one end is for inch sizes and the other is metric! David And just as obviously you didn't read my post very well did you? Jeff -- Jeffry Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE) The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight. |
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Double ended adjustable wrenches. What for?
On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:31:02 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote: David R. Birch wrote: On 1/22/2017 1:41 PM, Jeff Wisnia wrote: Until recently I'd never known that double ended adjustable wrenches existed and are now collectors items. I suppose there are jobs where being able to tighten or loosen two different size bolt heads or nuts to get the job over with exist. and a double ended adjustable wrench made your tool bag lighter than carrying two separate wrenches. (Don't bother telling me that one end is for English and the other for metric, I've heard that one already.) See a double ended adjustable wrench made by Crescent Tool Company he http://alloy-artifacts.org/crescent-...l#early-adjust That site http://alloy-artifacts.org/ has a lot of interesting tools on it. Jeff Obviously one end is for inch sizes and the other is metric! David And just as obviously you didn't read my post very well did you? Jeff Maybe one end is for Whitworth? I spoke with my neighbor, who has used every type of wrench I have ever heard of, and many I haven't, about this type of wrench. He knew exactly what they were, had used them in the past, and they weren't considered a gimmick at the places he used them. One wrench he used had big end and a smaller end while another just had thinner jaws on one end. That one had jaw openings similar to what an 8 inch wrench would have but was about 11 inches long. Eric |
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