Show your adjustable wrenches!

[JMLangford]

I thought I'd show my present day adjustable wrench drawer compared to 7 years ago.....


7 years ago.... https://www.garagejournal.com/forum...justable-wrenches.145766/page-13#post-6974593

(It's the little things that make me happy! )


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[AJHD]

This thread makes me want to buy more adjustable wrenches.

 

[humber2]

For many years the crescent wrench has been called “The Kiwi Socket Set”

Here are three sizes of CeeTeeCo adjustables I have found locally and put away so as to not use them.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Also known as a Swedish nut lathe!

 

[AJHD]

Also known as a Swedish nut lathe!

"Thumb detecting nut fucker" - AvE

 

[four.cycle]

Indestro 3578 10-inch adjustable wrench

 

[49tandc]

Here's one of mine...

cheers,

49T&C

 

[darkzero]

"Thumb detecting nut fucker" - AvE

Only if it's got the hammer head part, as per Mr. Bumblefuck (he ain't my uncle ).

I've got a genuine one, already posted in this thread but here it is again.

 

[deezil]

China Crescent set my son gave me for Christmas And some Misc stragglers
USA Proto's collected and given to me by Fellow retired Machinist.

Some USA WF pieces bought for the heck of it


Old Western Auto Wizard USA unit.


Some Fat Head Jamestown Crescents.

Some newer Proto's

 

[deezil]

The rest.


Some EDC units


Milwaukee's I bought with a Gift True value Gift card a buddy gave me


Some China Junkers I bought in MOAB Utah in 2000 to get My Jeep cj6 running again. (Can't get rid of them yaknow)




My Wifes set I put in a tool box I set up for her projects and whatnot.
Some Sears Companions with Buttress threads on top I bought in the 90's when I was rebuilding a Jeep. The Below Japanese Companion I found in a Salvage yard on Christmas eve in the 90's



Last for now and one of my Favorites.. My Dad purchased this 12" for me the first year I started my Job as a Machinist in 1994. He Grabbed it on the way home at a Cummins store. They sold a bunch of low budget offshore Junk...er ....Tools. I was 18yrs old and Flat Broke. He set up a small Sears machinist box and threw Bunch of Old Mic's and stuff in it. I used this Daily from 1994 until 2008 running a 6 foot VTL. When we ditched the older VTL My Work bought me a Proto 712sl and this was sent home with me and serves only to take the buffing and grinding wheel nuts off my 4 Bench Grinders and buffers in my home shop. I love it and will never get of it .

 

[NoahG]

Little 4” diamond I picked up last summer

 

[deezil]

Forgot about these Hobo Freight Doyle wrenches. These are very well made Cheapo Budget Adjustable wrenches. Heavy wide handle, Super tight jaws and big Buttress threaded knurls. These are much nicer than the current China made crescents and open wider to boot.. I wish they made a full set. I'd have them as well.

 

[AJHD]

Forgot about these Hobo Freight Doyle wrenches. These are very well made Cheapo Budget Adjustable wrenches. Heavy wide handle, Super tight jaws and big Buttress threaded knurls. These are much nicer than the current China made crescents and open wider to boot.. I wish they made a full set. I'd have them as well.

Agreed. I had the same experience. Best cheap adjustable on the market. Nothing at Depot or Lowes beyond Milwaukee (which are more expensive) felt anything near the Doyle. I too wish they made more sizes when I still had them.

 

[welder4956]

Here's most of mine:

 

[Jeff]

Japanese diecast stainless steel.

 

[Beerhippie]

The daily-users where they live in the shop:



Spread out for a better look:



The best one of all those is the black ten-incher near center--I found that one looking like a lump of rust in the woods and the only markings on the other side are Chrome Vanadium--but it has jaws that are truly parallel! A very rare and valuable tool. The little four-inch Proto at the bottom is the only other adjustable I own that I can say that about.

I'm cleaning and organizing my road tool box--largely as I realized I no longer own anything that uses SAE tools. These are the two 12" that used to live there:



Which one should go in the new road box? Dunlap or P&C? Unfortunately, neither are metric.

I seem to be missing a few from the road box--8" and 10". They're probably lost in the van somewhere.

 

[Outlawmws]

Dunlap or P&C?

Which is better behaved? All other things being equal I'd vote P&C. It also looks like it opens a bit wider?

Any other marks on the Dunalp? I wonder who made that for Sears back in the day.

 

[Beerhippie]

Which is better behaved? All other things being equal I'd vote P&C. It also looks like it opens a bit wider?

Any other marks on the Dunalp? I wonder who made that for Sears back in the day.

Back side of the Dunlap just says "Chrome Alloy Steel" down the center and "Japan" around the hanging hole.

 

[Outlawmws]

and "Japan" around the hanging hole.

Really? I'd I'd have thought Dunlap branding ended before Sears went to Japan. Most Dunlap ended by 1960 and in the catalogs was over by 1964.

I'll double down on the P&C vote. Does it open wider?

 

[AJHD]

How many of you guys have the Made in Spain Channellock adjustable wrenches?
What's your opinion of them? Have you actually used them?

I like the way they look; I've seen them in a local store or two. Maybe it's just me, but they feel cheap. Even the 12" version weighs next to nothing. It's very thin, not a lot of metal on that wrench (handle or jaws). I'm just curious if the design/construction/manufacturing allows them to be made that way and still be just as strong as something much heavier and thicker.

Amazon.com

 

[deezil]

I've got a few Spanish made adjustable wrenches. I for sure don't think the channellock versions are weak in any sense. They are pretty stout wrenches. I think all of the current production made in spain adjustable are really good. The Klein Spanish adjustables are really nice as well. Here's a few pics of the Klein 12" made in spain adjustable I have.

 

[Steven 33]

Fulton 6" adjustable seems to be pretty scarce and another that I don't know much about anyone know about this one?

 

[Outlawmws]

I like the 1875 patent wrench!

 

[Steven 33]

I like the 1875 patent wrench!

Pretty interesting one thats for sure. I found the patent for it. Mine also has the reissue marki by s

 

[jaceq]

something old:



and something new:

 

[deezil]

Wife got me a 5 gallon Ultrasonic cleaner for Christmas. I have been putting it back to work on some of my Random Adjustable wrenches from my collection.

Here's a little Dunlap 8 inch Adjustable wrench made by Mckaig-Hatch. Before and after. I did not re-park or redo the black oxide coating. I do not run the knurls of these through the cleaner. I just brush them up with a Brass brush. Heated it up to 200f deg after the ultrasonic and put it into a oil bath right there.

Nice little addition to my ever growing Adjustable Wrench sickness..

 

[redwrench60]

Haven’t seen this thread in a while but it’s a favorite.
Picked this dude up at a flea a few weeks ago. Can’t tell it’s ever been used.
15” New Britain

 

[YesIHaveAHammer]

May be of interest for the thread.

It does have a minimum opening of 6mm, so no good for bending sheet metal and thin brackets, or turning small odd valve heads. Given the choice again, I'd probably choose a normal design.

Lobster / Lobtex Hybrid Adjustable Wrench 150mm (6") UM24XD

Nicely made with little play in all directions. The jaw makes contact on three faces, away from the corners. I measured rotational play of 1.5mm at the end of the handle when holding an M14/22mm bolt, compared to 3.5mm on a Stanley of the same size. The handle is quite narrow which suits my pouch toolkit, but would be uncomfortable for big tight fasteners. The body (9mm) and jaw (6.5 taper to 4mm) are on the thin side too. That's all relative to other adjustables - probably quite similar to standard combination wrenches.

They have some I believe unique innovations e.g.

 

[deezil]

Getting snowed in. Got bored. Idle hands and all.

Factory Seconds and obliterated 712-S Proto.
35min nickle plate after restification. Had slight bend and bad factory grinding of forge line. I always try to leave previous owners names or initials and if its a factory reject I try to preserve what ever made it that way including whatever the factory did to remove their makers mark.

I've come across and collected factory seconds / reject / obliterated logo adjustables quite a bit over the years. Im starting to cleanup a few and add them to my hoard of show off and users.

Anyway....

 

[Nobody-named-Olli]

VBW









WGB ratcheting adjustable wrench. (Chinese or Taiwanese origin.)





And a Blue-Point AN fitting adjustable wrench. (That I use as intermediate between steel and soft jaw variants.)





Kind regards,
Olli

 

[TheRealZeus]

WGB ratcheting adjustable wrench. (Chinese or Taiwanese origin.)

These are neat once you get used to them. Adjust beak to the hex flats and run it.
Demo 0:25

 

[deezil]

These are neat once you get used to them. Adjust beak to the hex flats and run it.
Demo 0:25

These are Made by the Proxene Tooling Corp in Taiwan. All of the Proxene made Adjustables are really good high quality pieces. They make the Milwaukee, Williams, Proto, Hart, Blackhawk, Teng tools Paramount tools industrial line, Fulco Jonnsway and many others Adjustable wrenches. They have some specialty adjustables like the above and thin jaw variants.

 

[Outlawmws]

Hard to beat the MastRench from the 20's - The harder you pull, the tighter ti grips..

 

[four.cycle]

^ Quite a few using that same principle... not all of them caught on. There are some real oddballs in that mix.

 

[jaceq]

Can anybody recognize this wrench - who and where produced it?

 

[four.cycle]

^ first time I've ever seen that name.

 

[RTM]

So, apparently the name is the French equivalent of the English Excalibur sword in a stone. Story popped up multiple places online, I did not verify it with anyone reputable.

The above made me think it would be French made, but I found this ad for an English tire accessory, from. Company I’m Knightsbridge SW

Motor Cycling and Motoring

books.google.com

Other than that, lots of Fan Fiction, online video games, weapons, wrenches in the works on video games.

 

[Beerhippie]

I'm pretty sure Durandel was forged by Elves in the First Age....

 

[Outlawmws]

AI thinks it's Danielson but most of the AI answers I get are AI delusional...

 

[four.cycle]

^ that @jaceq is in Europe, and that it's "DROP FORGED STEEL" screams "made in Europe for the export market".

that odd hexagonal hanger hole has got to be a tell. wonder if @Eric Brown has any adjustable wrenches with that odd hanger hole?