what is this wrench for?

[tommydog35]

I wondered what this wrench is for - note the design of the handle.


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Does anyone know?

 

[davethorik]

Looks like a single open end wrench to me.

 

[The Tool Tyrant]

If this is a sixty-four thousand dollar question...I'll guess it came in a tool kit for some european car.

 

[B_Bimmer]

Looks specially designed for use with a pipe.

 

[j p smith]

That style of wrench came with some tools that required a wrench to change out a drive or adapter of some sort. I know some of the Concrete Core drilling tools came with a wrench similar to that to change the bit adapters.

 

[dadsEH]

Gedore is German. Part of the toolkit supplied for very early Volkswagons.

 

[flushcut]

It is for turning a 22mm fastener.

 

[Trey T]

It is for turning a 22mm fastener.

this mofo got it right!

 

[kd3pc]

the round end is used to "lightly tap" the wrench, I saw a lot of these in servicing Heidelberg printing presses at newspapers.

 

[Gmonkee]

Just a generic German SOE wrench. It could be one of a set or have come with something.

Those are generally quite good tools. I use a few myself.

 

[JJThrasher]

Not uncommon to find tools like that with pieces of equipment. The size fits whatever hex typically needs adjusted or whatever. Similar to the AMMCO wrenches used on brake lathes for the four main sizes.

 

[L.Cheapo]

Gedore is German. Part of the toolkit supplied for very early Volkswagons.

Didn't they come with Hazet tools?

 

[Gmonkee]

And 21mm wrenches. VW didn't use 22mm.

 

[pstemari]

Pretty standard service/pump wrench. Wright, Martin, and Proto make them in the US.

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[neophyte]

It's a standard thick pattern single open end wrench. Wrenches like that are typically supplied with, or purchased for, equipment that needs a few sizes of wrenches, were you want to keep a wrench with the equipment, sort of like the wrenches that come with routers to loosen or tighten the collet, etc.

Most German companies tend to manufacture that type of wrench to DIN 894 standards now, so the design is slightly thinner and usually with a black finish, akthough I've also seen chrome DIN 894 wrenches.

That Gedore wrench is more similar in design to the single open end wrenches still made in Italy, such as the Usag 248 series wrenches, or the Beta 52 series wrenches. The italian wrenches also used to have the round bulge on the end. Martin in the USA in particular, as well as Proto and srmstrong still manufacture thst style of wrench and many other older USA tool companies used to as well. A number of Japanese wrench manufacturers still manufacture that style if wrench as well.

 

[gdocktor3]

I've been trying to think of the name of this wrench for days now and I finally remembered. It's called a check nut wrench. It's used for tightening check nuts or jam nuts used on a particular piece of equipment. https://www.google.com/search?q=che...lJzSAhUDeSYKHbvHAIMQ_AUICCgB&biw=1093&bih=530

 

[turbowoodworker]

Same sort of wrench (but stamped vs. forged) supplied with some routers (Hitachi IIRC)

 

[leg17]

I've been trying to think of the name of this wrench for days now and I finally remembered. It's called a check nut wrench. It's used for tightening check nuts or jam nuts used on a particular piece of equipment.

Check nut wrenches are usually somewhat thinner than the OP wrench.

 

[flathead dave]

22 mm wrench. This type are all over the place.