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Split Ring Compression Fitting Spanner. Ping Mr Medway
A week or so ago I ordered a Split Ring Compression Fitting spanner like
this from Toolstation: http://tinyurl.com/y9wa57q MWH asked for a report when I got it. Bottom line is that it has much thicker ring walls than I expected and therefore not as useful as anticipated. Having said that nice bit of kit and no regrets. Having a "proper" plumbing spanner certainly is less hassle than continuously adjusting an adjustable. |
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Split Ring Compression Fitting Spanner. Ping Mr Medway
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A week or so ago I ordered a Split Ring Compression Fitting spanner like this from Toolstation: http://tinyurl.com/y9wa57q MWH asked for a report when I got it. Thanks for remembering. I had to make up an order for some fixings to get over the £10 so I took a chance & stuck one on the order. Bottom line is that it has much thicker ring walls than I expected and therefore not as useful as anticipated. What surprised me was the length of it. I expected it to be shorter. Having said that nice bit of kit and no regrets. Having a "proper" plumbing spanner certainly is less hassle than continuously adjusting an adjustable. Haven't used mine in anger yet, but I can see it will be very useful indeed and because of the length great for that final 'graunch'. Do you have one of these BTW - a godsend when plumbing http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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Split Ring Compression Fitting Spanner. Ping Mr Medway
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Vortex5 wrote: A week or so ago I ordered a Split Ring Compression Fitting spanner like this from Toolstation: http://tinyurl.com/y9wa57q MWH asked for a report when I got it. Thanks for remembering. I had to make up an order for some fixings to get over the £10 so I took a chance & stuck one on the order. Bottom line is that it has much thicker ring walls than I expected and therefore not as useful as anticipated. What surprised me was the length of it. I expected it to be shorter. Having said that nice bit of kit and no regrets. Having a "proper" plumbing spanner certainly is less hassle than continuously adjusting an adjustable. Haven't used mine in anger yet, but I can see it will be very useful indeed and because of the length great for that final 'graunch'. Do you have one of these BTW - a godsend when plumbing http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk The most annoying thing is you cannot use the spanner on 22mm fittings on "standard" pipe clips against a wall. The ring is just too thick. It's nice and shiny though! Now that Stanley tool looks handy! D |
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Split Ring Compression Fitting Spanner. Ping Mr Medway
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Vortex5 wrote: A week or so ago I ordered a Split Ring Compression Fitting spanner like this from Toolstation: http://tinyurl.com/y9wa57q MWH asked for a report when I got it. Thanks for remembering. I had to make up an order for some fixings to get over the £10 so I took a chance & stuck one on the order. Bottom line is that it has much thicker ring walls than I expected and therefore not as useful as anticipated. What surprised me was the length of it. I expected it to be shorter. Having said that nice bit of kit and no regrets. Having a "proper" plumbing spanner certainly is less hassle than continuously adjusting an adjustable. Haven't used mine in anger yet, but I can see it will be very useful indeed and because of the length great for that final 'graunch'. Do you have one of these BTW - a godsend when plumbing http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 Check out Ebay item 270515434339 Had one of these for 15 years, it is worth it's weight in Platinum !. I use it now on hydraulic fittings on valve blocks on lorry loaders, gets between all sorts of small spaces and by buggery you can get some torque on it ! On another note a colleague bought one of these Ebay 260539117807, so I got one too. Amazing torque albeit quite slow rev's, but the swivel head and bit holder gets it into some really tight corners, |
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Split Ring Compression Fitting Spanner. Ping Mr Medway
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"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Vortex5 wrote: A week or so ago I ordered a Split Ring Compression Fitting spanner like this from Toolstation: http://tinyurl.com/y9wa57q MWH asked for a report when I got it. Thanks for remembering. I had to make up an order for some fixings to get over the £10 so I took a chance & stuck one on the order. Bottom line is that it has much thicker ring walls than I expected and therefore not as useful as anticipated. What surprised me was the length of it. I expected it to be shorter. Having said that nice bit of kit and no regrets. Having a "proper" plumbing spanner certainly is less hassle than continuously adjusting an adjustable. Haven't used mine in anger yet, but I can see it will be very useful indeed and because of the length great for that final 'graunch'. Do you have one of these BTW - a godsend when plumbing http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 Check out Ebay item 270515434339 Had one of these for 15 years, it is worth it's weight in Platinum !. I use it now on hydraulic fittings on valve blocks on lorry loaders, gets between all sorts of small spaces and by buggery you can get some torque on it ! Looks to be a cut above the normal basin wrench. I've found this to be the (considerably more expensive) answer to those really 'tight for space' corner basins and for general use. http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;js...chbu tton.y=9 -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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Split Ring Compression Fitting Spanner. Ping Mr Medway
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... R wrote: "The Medway Handyman" wrote in message m... Vortex5 wrote: A week or so ago I ordered a Split Ring Compression Fitting spanner like this from Toolstation: http://tinyurl.com/y9wa57q MWH asked for a report when I got it. Thanks for remembering. I had to make up an order for some fixings to get over the £10 so I took a chance & stuck one on the order. Bottom line is that it has much thicker ring walls than I expected and therefore not as useful as anticipated. What surprised me was the length of it. I expected it to be shorter. Having said that nice bit of kit and no regrets. Having a "proper" plumbing spanner certainly is less hassle than continuously adjusting an adjustable. Haven't used mine in anger yet, but I can see it will be very useful indeed and because of the length great for that final 'graunch'. Do you have one of these BTW - a godsend when plumbing http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 Check out Ebay item 270515434339 Had one of these for 15 years, it is worth it's weight in Platinum !. I use it now on hydraulic fittings on valve blocks on lorry loaders, gets between all sorts of small spaces and by buggery you can get some torque on it ! Looks to be a cut above the normal basin wrench. I've found this to be the (considerably more expensive) answer to those really 'tight for space' corner basins and for general use. http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;js...chbu tton.y=9 Good design idea but only fits the sizes mentioned, the one I have seems to do up to 1½" AF nuts and supplied with 2 crows foot pieces for differing sizes. |
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from "The Medway Handyman" contains these words: Do you have one of these BTW - a godsend when plumbing http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.a...sfile=1&jump=0 Had one for years. Good enough to be in my most basic toolkit. Not perfect, but a genuinely useful improvement. |
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