Settle this debate- Name this tool

[txvwnut]

Sounds like another debate I run across as I travel through the country.
Is the attached a:
Soda
Soft Drink
Pop
Coke

Last place I was a Coke was the winning option.

Around here it's called Mountain Dew, the others are just cokes. Unless it's Dr. Pepper.

 

[tarbellb]

If you enjoy strange looks and using extra words, sure.

Team ratchet

 

[Squankum]

Is this the crowd at your "work" in the middle of the debate???

It's Ratched, not ratchet.

 

[mrb1]

It's Ratched, not ratchet.

Great, love it. Figured 50% wouldn't even have a clue as to the pict. I first posted.

 

[DAustin]

Talking about working on something I would say I used a Socket Wrench. But asking for one I would say hand me the 1/4" (or 3/8" or 1/2") ratchet.

 

[Squankum]

Great, love it. Figured 50% wouldn't even have a clue as to the pict. I first posted.

That movie was... 47 years ago! I didn't see until the 80's but it seemed like something "everybody" knew they should see. But that was... 37 years ago!

On the other hand, there's now a new series about Nurse Ratched, so that might boost popularity of the old movie.

Ratched (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb

Ratched: Created by Ryan Murphy, Evan Romansky. With Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, Cynthia Nixon, Judy Davis. In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.

www.imdb.com

 

[ATC]

Ratchet.

When I hear "socket wrench", I think of some Brit saying it in their English accent...

 

[Al Borland]

It's Ratched, not ratchet.

She was a miserable biotch as "Kai Wynn" on "Deep Space 9" as well.

 

[Old Man Roger]

She was a miserable biotch as "Kai Winn" on "Deep Space 9" as well.

Yes she was..lol

 

[toolenthusiast]

This is probably a regional thing. I can say that in the Midwestern United States, calling that a “socket wrench” would get you instantly labelled as a goof. Everyone in the shop would ask you for a “socket wrench” randomly throughout the day for a month, guffawing heartily.

 

[Meursault74]

Seeing the image. I think Ratchet.

I don't think I've ever heard it called a socket wrench until now.

here for your reading enjoyment and to settle it once and for all

Socket wrench - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[richfinn]

Ratchet.

When I hear "socket wrench", I think of some Brit saying it in their English accent...

We would always use the word "Spanner" instead of "wrench"

It's a Ratchet

 

[darkzero]

We would always use the word "Spanner" instead of "wrench"

It's a Ratchet

I've always heard you guys say "spanner" instead of "wrench" for most things where we only call certain types of tools spanners. But how about for torque wrenches? I don't think I've ever heard someone say torque spanner before. Just wondered is all.

 

[DAustin]

So, it would be hand me the Monkey Spanner?

 

[richfinn]

I've always heard you guys say "spanner" instead of "wrench" for most things where we only call certain types of tools spanners. But how about for torque wrenches? I don't think I've ever heard someone say torque spanner before. Just wondered is all.

Yep we use Torque Wrench and Impact Wrench, but regular wrenches are always spanners

 

[richfinn]

So, it would be hand me the Monkey Spanner?

"Oi Charlie, pass us them Stilsons, this track rod is as tight as a nuns crotch"

"Stilsons" is what I've always used in the motor trade, which I guess is an old brand name, In the same way we use "Mole grips" as an alternative to vice grips to describe any brand of self locking pliers or "Hoover" for any kind of vacuum cleaner

 

[Meursault74]

Yep we use Torque Wrench and Impact Wrench, but regular wrenches are always spanners

When I use the word "spanner" it with a "pin spanner" or a "hook spanner". I encountered those first with bicycle tools long before I heard the British use the term spanner for what we call a wrench. No worries we can still communicate.

Funny enough a young Indian lady (From India) started working with us. She asked me for a pocket torch. Took me a second to figure out she wanted a flashlight, as we can't have any flames in the lab.

 

[anndel]

Socket wrench is the correct terminology though I call it a ratchet.

 

[richfinn]

When I use the word "spanner" it with a "pin spanner" or a "hook spanner". I encountered those first with bicycle tools long before I heard the British use the term spanner for what we call a wrench. No worries we can still communicate.

Funny enough a young Indian lady (From India) started working with us. She asked me for a pocket torch. Took me a second to figure out she wanted a flashlight, as we can't have any flames in the lab.

Yep, we still use "Torch" in England, My Mrs lived in the USA for a long time and she still has to correct herself with certain words when she drops an "Americanism".

"Diapers" for the grandkids (nappies)

"Soda" (pop)

 

[Ton ton]

I have heard it called a socket wrench and was a bit clueless about what was being asked for. Thank you for the poll.

 

[Old Man Roger]

Technically it’s a ratcheting socket wrench, ratchet for short.

 

[sz0k30]

Its both.

Its both what???

 

[DAustin]