i like it. I didn't realize that was 1" wrench. That would explain why its so beefy. How small do you guys plan on making them. I work on forklifts and these would be awesome for hydraulic fittings. That's what i bought the cman for but like i said the swing needed on them was just too large. I need 11/16-15/16 mostly for the fittings i work on regularly but still would want some smaller than that as well. Anyways good work and can't wait to get my hands on one
Thanks for the positive response! When you do get your hands on a set in the very near future you will probably be like me and never use a conventional wrench again. I wont even try to break loose a brass, aluminum or mild steel line fitting any more with a conventional wrench because in my mind, turning a nut by the corner is a great way to round it off.
To answer your question, the open end is the same width as the boxed end, but the utility of the mechanism plus the genius of the flex head makes up for it. We were able to take off material around the profile of the head where a standard wrench cannot making it able to fit in much tighter space.
Take a look at this video, the conventional wrench relies on big bulky shoulders so its nut handling surfaces don't spread out allowing the wrench to slip or worse, round off the nut. We don't grab the nut by the fragile corner so we don't have to worry about that.
Here are some of the prototypes we have made over the past few years. We have been experimenting with the different finishes, a few have been polished and they only looked okay. Next we tried the black ox and black chrome because that is what everyone else is doing, but those tools became pretty hard to find in a black tool box. Our favorite finish by popular vote has been the super hard phosphate finish that gives it a semi gloss look which is the one in the video and ultimately the one that will be mass produced.
What do you guys think?
Notice a few of the initial crows-foot designs are mixed in.
3/8, 7/16, 1/2, 9/16, 5/8, 11/16, 3/4 will be available first closely followed by our 11piece set that will add 13/16, 7/8, 15/16 and 1 1/8".
We also have some large size prototype molds being made right now with sizes between 2 1/4 and 4". Since our design is less prone to damage a nut, we wanted to see how it would do in situations where extreme amounts of torque are required. They are huge, but light weight. 30" long wrench anyone?
Did you find this thread and decide to make an account? lol
You should post pictures of the the wrenches in this thread for us, and explain the details of the design more in depth for us!
Have you guys figured out a release date, or when you are going to start mass production? And have you thought of a price?
I did actually, I googled our website and this conversation came up before it did. We are taking the production project to kickstarter in 2 to 3 weeks where we will be trying to raise funds for the production of our 2 7 piece sets. The website will have all that information in the next few days.
I will post up a design description in the morning for you guys, get ready, its going to be technical!
Man, you are fast....do you have an app to tell you when someones talking about you or something lol
Google!
