Show your adjustable wrenches

[I can fix anything]

A few more.



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[2oolhound]

I've posted this before, and since it's a Plier-Wrench and it's adjustable, it qualifies. It's patend date precedes Petersens Vise-Grip application.

Any tool galoots with ANY info about these, sound off. I'm not seeing any other pair like it.

Very neat old wrench!

 

[canuckian]

there is also "Atorn" + "Proxxon". I think there is a "Wurth" version too.

I have a Mastercraft version of that one....all along I was thinking if was chicom! I probably is made in china but it was cheap and works pretty good, for an adjustable. Any idea on COO of this one Monte?

here are the rest of mine with the exception of a couple that I left at the inlaws'. Not as much character as a lot of the older ones posted but it's what I've got.

 

[Monte]

Any idea on COO of this one Monte?

Taiwan www.liontools.com.tw

 

[Alchymist]

Nothin new and shiny, just these old timers (not counting newer Crescent style)

 

[kas_rustndust]

They look like fresh out of a sand casting without having the overburden cleaned off yet. You see them after they have turned over so the overburden is behind the cast part now and not lying on top like when it was poured.

Diamond used / uses forges with die stamps to make their tools. Your point is well taken though. I worked in a foundry, and sometimes the molds would not be tightly closed and come apart just a bit to form what we called a "flash" or "flashing". In this case, the flashing results from the forge dies not cutting off the excess steel. If you look closely at both products, cast tools or forged, you will see a "parting line", unless it is ground off and polished. Most modern tools are finely finished and you see no evidence of how they were made. Thanks for the comment.

 

[kas_rustndust]

Here are my main adjustables. I forgot the pipe wrenches though. The main highlight is the Steinadler with it's sliding center jaw that enables you to quickly switch from toothed jaw to smooth jaw. Pulling the handle out allows it to quickly slide the jaws to the nut and then lock it down. No turning a thumb screw required.

I want the Steinadler!!!! Really Fine example of a beautiful tool. Thanks for posting.

 

[kas_rustndust]

yes they auctioned all the stuff off then later tore the building down
quite a few years ago now diamond is part of apex tool group
they still made stuff in Duluth till early 90s tho

Apex Tools - Super High Quality Tools. Made for day-in and day-out service on assembly lines. Never see them in Consumer stores. Well kept secret. I have a few sockets from an Industrial Surplus auction. Tough Stuff!

 

[ibedayank]

Apex Tools - Super High Quality Tools. Made for day-in and day-out service on assembly lines. Never see them in Consumer stores. Well kept secret. I have a few sockets from an Industrial Surplus auction. Tough Stuff!

apex tools ARE are owned by apex tool group...
apex tool group is danaher and cooper tools joined and made apex tool group

http://apextoolgroup.com/brands/index.cfm

apex tool group is basicly a holding company

lets see how long the quality lasts

 

[sawatch]

Here's some old & new..

 

[demographic]

Here are my main adjustables. I forgot the pipe wrenches though. The main highlight is the Steinadler with it's sliding center jaw that enables you to quickly switch from toothed jaw to smooth jaw. Pulling the handle out allows it to quickly slide the jaws to the nut and then lock it down. No turning a thumb screw required.

Right come on admit it, how many of you lot have now searched Ebay with the name Steinadler?

 

[Boost Creep]

heres mine. they just got a fresh dip of plasticoat. nearest 3 are crescent and the far three are pittsburgh

 

[bob ny]

my 6in and less club is getting more members every week bob w

 

[hultarp]

I use to have a set just like that except they where made by GM goodwrench. I LOVED them! Over the years all three have been lost or stolen and Ive been looking to replace them ever since..

The only composite adjustable like them I can find are the Blue-point's and the Greenlee's. Both are very expensive with the blue-points being the cheapest.

How much did that set run you?

I think I payed around 400/500 SEK for the set ( 50 dollar )

 

[kas_rustndust]

Posting the last of my adjustable farm / monkey wrench types. I kept the smallest two. You probably recognize the Acme with the twisted handle. The International (unmarked) with the 1907 Patent is a little harder to pin down. The Shulz's Wrench book has a similar one on p. 76 (#965). That example shares the open handle and jaws, while mine has the elaborate pattern that was from a time in our industrial history when foundrymen cared more about appearance. I really appreciate the open work casting. The reason I kept it. If anyone who is not as cheap as I am has the Rathbone farm wrench catalogue, you might find an example closer to mine.

 

[2oolhound]

Very interesting old wrenches. Looks like they've twisted a few bolts!

 

[kas_rustndust]

If we had been around 100 yrs, we'd look a little twisted too! thanks, kas

 

[AutomatiquE]

Old school Facom (early 80's) :

 

[Pro-Painter]

Here is the GM Goodwrench composite adjustables. Thanks to this thread, I just picked them up for $22 shipped!! After reading this thread I decided to check ebay once again and finally found them.

I use to have this set years ago and have been looking ever since to replace them without having to pay the blue-point/greenlee price.

I will get some good pictures once I receive them. Until then, here is the ebay picture.

 

[kms]

Here is the GM Goodwrench composite adjustables. Luckily, I just picked them up for $22 shipped!!

I use to have this set years ago and have been looking ever since to replace them without having to pay the blue-point/greenlee price.

Where, pray tell?

 

[Busted Bolts]

Nice adjustables guys! The largest I have is a 24", What is the biggest you can buy, and who sells these. Thanks

 

[I can fix anything]

Nice adjustables guys! The largest I have is a 24", What is the biggest you can buy, and who sells these. Thanks

I want this one

 

[Busted Bolts]

now thats a wrench

 

[Pro-Painter]

Where, pray tell?

sorry, it was an ebay deal. They are used.

 

[2oolhound]

I want this one

Wow! a 166LB wrench!

 

[blue dog]

i'll play. all pretty standard, use the channellock a lot in my construction bag. But the nepros is in a league of its own, it is such a piece of industrial art, i have been scared to scratch it and i have had the thing for 10 months now.

 

[dankicksass]

Does the pliers wrench count? I picked this up at Sears this afternoon on the cheap with some propane and propane accessories. I thought I had kept a USA Crescent wrench in my box just in case, but it must have legs. Pictured on my Snap-On hybrid creeper seat:

 

[tinbender 66]

Got this one at a garage sale yesterday for $2. It was a bit rusty but the mechanism worked great

Sorry about this first blurry pic:

A few minutes on the bench grinder with a fine wire wheel and it looked like this:

 

[Monte]

Nice Bahco wrench !! With built in tire lever ? Or hub cap remover ?

 

[Pro-Painter]

here is a better pic of the GM Goodwrench composite adjustables.

 

[Jure]

i have two unior's and i hate them... i dont even use em becouse every time when i used them i fucket up the bolt...

 

[Steven67fr]

i am proud of these diamaond adjustables. most of them were given to me by my father. they may not be knipex but i wouldn't trade them for all of the knipex in the world.

Nothing I'd be ashamed of... Diamond is a great manufacturer of tools. Especially the 20's-80's

 

[ricleh]

Most of my adjustables.

Nepros

Snap-on

Knipex and one NWS plier wrenches

Williams, Proto, Diamond, Truecraft, Craftsman, Vaco & some unknown

VBW and Wiha

 

[Monte]

@ricleh:
nice
do you have some close up pics of the Nepros wrenches

 

[ricleh]

Some closeup pics of the Nepros adjustable wrench as requested by Monte

 

[-Brent-]

I'd love to have some like Ricleh, but this is what I'm working with. The S shaped wrenches are just what I pick up whenever I see them for a buck or two. I have no clue why I'm so fascinated with them. They haven't let me down when I've needed them though.

 

[Monte]

Some closeup pics of the Nepros adjustable wrench as requested by Monte

wow !!! Stunning !!!! Thank you !!!!!!

 

[smallcarguy]

both handed down from my dad.

The large one is a typical 10" Craftsman, says 10" on one side and 250mm on the other.

The little one is kind of interesting, I remember it was one piece in a soft roll up kit, and each piece had a number to designate where it went in the roll up pouch.

It says 46-XCELITE-ALLOY on one side and Orchard Park NY on the other side.

Both good quality and should last forever... again... and then some...

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[madavis]

Here's a few of my more "interesting" (to me) crescent-style wrenches. I left out the newer ones I have, which usually get the most use.

From top to bottom:

10" Crescent (this one is interesting to me because of the sliding lock for the adjustment screw)
10" Blue-Point by Snap-On
8" Crescent
8" J.H. Williams Superjustable

Adrien

Adrien, the 10 inch Crescent may be quite rare. I have a 12" model. It was called the Crestolock and was marketed between 1958 and 1961 (ref. ads in Popular Mechanics). It was model number ACL110. After 1961, the ads only showed the standard Crescent without the slide lock. My mystery is that my 12" model does not have any model number forged into the handle, but was possibly re-issued this way in the late 1960's before Crescent moved from Jamestown to Sumter, South Carolina.

 

[SWT Racing]

Here's one a made as a kind of practical joke. Not really practical, but I'll reshape the nail pulling notch to use as a beer opener.