Engineers Wrenches

[tonydanzah]

This may sound silly but I bought a set of Williams "Engineers wrenches" a few years ago. I just use them as a shortie open end wrench. The bigger sizes have a very thick open end and i have put a pipe on them before. What occupation is there original application for?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/12-N...tZMotors_Automotive_Tools?hash=item438a730959

mine look just like that only i have a standard size set

 

[alex71]

If I'm not mistaken the reference is to a locomotive operator (Engineer).

I like those wrenches a lot. I pick them up whenever I see them for cheap.

 

[Mickey O]

Also called service wrenches and pump wrenches, usually used on hydraulic fittings.

 

[snapmom]

 

[MotoDave]

I've always called them Line or Service wrenches, we have quite a few at my work for hydraulic tubing fittings, typically in larger sizes. They tend to have shorter handles, and are a lot easier to use than a 2" combination wrench would be.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/1GF10?Pid=search

 

[Danglerb]

Are slug wrenches the same thing?

Why the short handles? To whack with a hammer?

I've also seen them as a set of very thin wrenches.

 

[Mickey O]

Are slug wrenches the same thing?

Not even close.

Why the short handles? To whack with a hammer?

I've also seen them as a set of very thin wrenches.

Yes.

 

[MotoDave]

Slug wrenches are intended to be used with a hammer. Engineers/Line/Service wrenches are not.

Hydraulic fittings have large hex sizes due to the size of line used, 1" for example, but require a lot less torque than a bolt with a 1" hex head would.

 

[snapmom]

The old so cats called them waterpump wrenches.

 

[blazemaster83]

i love those wrenches. i have been looking for a 1-1/8 for a while

 

[caper]

I've slowly been building a set.I use them regularly for hydraulic hoses in tight spots and they are really nice when you have to adjust a set of bucket leveling chains inside a boom.

 

[chad s]

The engineers wrenches are great for machine tool work. I keep them for the sizes I need to do setups and change things on my lathe. You can never grab the wrong end of the wrench. Other than next to me lathe though, I dont think they are as versitile/economical as just having doubler end or combo wrenches.

 

[Mickey O]

Here's a variety of them, I ran across the pic in my photobucket account, they're in my box that I'm working on getting to to clean out and organize, don't really use them anymore, but I'll hang on to them, you never know. I know I used them on spindle nuts for some saws as well.

 

[dankeenan]

Those look line "line wrenches". Mostly used on AN fittings in tight spaces.

 

[X1 Mike]

This place *****!!!!

I've had a few of those over the years and thought nothing of them, now I'm thinking it would be sweet to own a complete set.