adjustable differnce.

[sberry]

For the over **** types I just happen to notice from 2 wrenches that happened to find their way to my desk a difference and will get a better pic later if I can.
I have an Olympia wrench bought at TSC some time ago. The wrenches worked great but this gem is about the last of the real cheapies. I have used it under stress and its not as good under extreme but noticed a detail in the thumb screw engineering that ruins it. The finish is beautiful and with another shot of chrome could pass anywhere but the slot isn't as wide as a good one and not all three thread of the thumbwheel are engaged in one position.
I looked in stores and thru my own and its about the only noticeable sub par one I have.
I had looked for differences and knew something was wrong with it but coudnt figure out what.
I guess its not in the pic,,, has came home since but I was comparing to the Gray. The Pittsburg one doesn't have the flaw.

 

[Cope]

Cary, you have at least four good wrenches there.

 

[sberry]

The thumbscrew is just less than 3 full turns and the good ones are 3.5 in this size. I am not sure how much it contributes to overall, its only apparent at 13/16. It seems one of these cheap ones didn't actually work good and sometimes they get mixed back up before they get sorted. I thought it was the HF on but might not be. I have 3 or 4 brands not in the pic. The Super wrench is a Williams. Some other one a proprietary made for some co was a Proto. I have a Cman or 2 in 8 inch, a Diamond, Crecent.
I happened to see these 2 and a pic and realize it was a whole different crop in the same location. They kind of circulate.

 

[Erampu]

The one on the left is a left handed adjustable. Pretty rare...

 

[sberry]

I looked thru a few tools at Menards and Lowes. The China 9 pliers were a dollar better at Menards and they had the/a good adjustable under the master something brand.

 

[Adam.C]

I think adjustable wrenches are done. The Knipex Plier wrench is what every normal adjustable wants to be when it grows up. If I had an adjustable wrench, I think I'd throw it away. Ditto for arc joint channel locks. I am by no means a Knipex fan. I much prefer my Snap On pliers to everything else I've used. But the plier wrench and the cobra are just terrific tools. Only possible hesitation with the cobra is that their jaws are thin and have some side to side play.

 

[Gmonkee]

Adam, it depends a lot on the job each of us do. A millwright may use an adjustable all day long where a mechanic or machinist wouldn't.
Plumbers love adjustables as a lot of pipe fittings aren't sized well to regular wrenches.

For you they are done, to the average farmer they are a staple in every toolkit. The picture is wider than your needs.

 

[doan]

Adam, it depends a lot on the job each of us do. A millwright may use an adjustable all day long where a mechanic or machinist wouldn't.
Plumbers love adjustables as a lot of pipe fittings aren't sized well to regular wrenches.

For you they are done, to the average farmer they are a staple in every toolkit. The picture is wider than your needs.

agreed plumbing stuff is never a normal wrench size, even if it was, you often wouldn't have room to swing a big wrench.

I try to never use adjustables to turn fasteners, they are great for bending thin metal.

 

[PT Doc]

Knipex plier wrench is do nice. I do have a bunch of adjustables just wish that they would stay put where you want them to be.

 

[dr_clyde]

Sometimes, you just need a big wrench. If Knipex ever comes out with a 24" pliers wrench...

Seriously though the pliers wrench is very good, but there are applications where a plain Jane adjustable is the right tool. Hint, it's almost never turning a fastener.

 

[sberry]

I use them on fasteners all the time.

 

[ADSR]

The one on the left is a left handed adjustable. Pretty rare...

hahah!!!

I see a canadian one in there too!

 

[sberry]

There might be a metric one in there, have to flip them over to see and if its a leftie it makes it super rare.