Show your adjustable wrenches!

[eschoendorff]

Esch, The red handled one (Often sold by Sears) makes a better chisel holder than a wrench

You’re quite right. As a wrench it really kinda *****.

 

[Tylermorris]

Some of my adjustable wrenches and pipe wrenches

 

[Elsinore13]

These are the US made ones other than Craftsman that are in my main tool box at home. Some of these were freebies and brought back from the grave. 15 inch Diamalloy and Williams Superjustable, 12 inch TRW, 10 inch Proto with a ratchet lug welded in by someone, 8 inch Wizard and Crestoloy, 6 inch Crescent, Williams and Blue point and 4 inch Wards Master Quality and new Blue point.

 

[EOC_Jason]

A nice little 6" Diamond with the original green dip...

 

[jeffmoss26]

got this today

 

[Y00PER]

A nice little 6" Diamond with the original green dip...

I have the 4" one just like that!

 

[Tylermorris]

Anybody seen one of these?

 

[rockinacummins]

Anybody seen one of these?

No, but it’s very interesting!

 

[Outlawmws]

Some additions from a month or so back:

 

[mrspeed]

Here is my adjustable wrench collection. The first picture is mostly the Irega 99 series, also rebranded as Elora and Channellock, from 4" up to 24" long, with a Facom 18" thrown in there. I like the black phosphate finish the best. I'm not sure why, they just feel the best in hand.

Then we have the fine adjustment wrenches from Irega, also rebraned as Bahco and Channellock.

The two VDE adjustable wrenches on the top of the third picture are Elora and Gedore, made in Germany. The rest are Irega, except for the bottom one which is a Gedore 62P series 4" adjustable made in South Africa.

Then we have the cheaper adjustable wrenches including the made in China Crescent wrenches, and the somewhat gimmicky Craftsman locking adjustable wrenches. These are interesting not just because of the locking mechanism which can be helpful, but also from the toothed jaws for gripping into the surface. There's also a Proto 8" at the bottom, which is made in the USA, but still feels a bit cheap.

It was hard to get all of these adjustable wrenches in one picture, but that's just what I did in the last picture by stacking the different styles.



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[rockinacummins]

Here is my adjustable wrench collection.

Awesome collection!

 

[koenbro]

The two ones on the left are my adjustable wrenches.


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[oak_park]

That 30in channellock is a beast! Wow.

 

[mrspeed]

That 30in channellock is a beast! Wow.

Yes I was pretty excited to pick that one up when I found it for sale. I have yet to actually use it on anything, but when the day comes, I'll be prepared.

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[visionguru]

The two ones on the left are my adjustable wrenches.


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Those pliers don't count.

 

[koenbro]

Interesting to hear. While I also have the typical ones shown, where you adjust with a screw, I find that they almost never stay tight and then they tend to strip the nuts. The Knipex are VASTLY better.

Ready to give my screw-adjusted wrenches to goodwill.


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[jimmyin3D]

TOP 8” Exact Wrench has been the best adjustable wrench I’ve ever used. It has a two piece worm screw that keeps the jaw tight/precise without any movement. The thin bent jaw is also helpful for hard to reach areas.

The TOP mini adjustable also has tight movement coming in only second to the Exact wrench. Both are built very strong. I usually hate adjustables but these are quite different to regular stuff out there. Both are Made in Japan.




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[CrazyTools]

By far one of my favorite tools is my ADHWT8A which Snap-on has chosen poorly to no longer make.

8" Super Wide THIN JAW Adjustable wrench opens to 42mm.

Extremely useful to hold just about anything in a tight space.

 

[HRNTK]

I use them occasionally, i prefer wrenches or multigrip pliers.

Facom 113A.C

 

[Dibiase77]

I use them occasionally, i prefer wrenches or multigrip pliers.

Facom 113A.C

I like the look of those. Are they made by Facom or are they rebranded? Apologies if it's a stupid question. Just have never actually seen any Facom tool in person and they interest me.

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[Dibiase77]

Here's something to ponder. Why don't they put a bottle opener at the bottom of the handle instead of a hole? At least while we're taking pictures of the adjustable wrenches we could be enjoying a cold one.

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[Onefastgsx]

Paid $1 a piece for these at a garage sale this morning. Dont really know what I'll do with such a huge wrench but I couldnt pass it up for that price

 

[jimmyin3D]

By far one of my favorite tools is my ADHWT8A which Snap-on has chosen poorly to no longer make.



8" Super Wide THIN JAW Adjustable wrench opens to 42mm.



Extremely useful to hold just about anything in a tight space.

I believe Bahco is the OEM for those and they still make them.




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[BarryWells]

I have Irega 4 -6-8-10-12-17. no need to show. They're the best made. Period.

 

[HRNTK]

I like the look of those. Are they made by Facom or are they rebranded? Apologies if it's a stupid question. Just have never actually seen any Facom tool in person and they interest me.

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They are made for Facom in China also the recent model 113.C, they produced the ancient N113 models in France, or the only identical models i've seen for the (113A) are the compact adjustables (USAG 294AC) / (Facom 113AS).

 

[OMMP]

Just for the latest post, I would like to know, if possible...
Well, recently I've bought couple (five, to be exact) of Facom adjustable wrenches-spanners (cle a molette?) that are marked with No 113/length in inches, Facom France and on the other side is Vanachrome... That's for the four of the lot...
They are NOS, though they are bad chrome plated; tiny parts of chrome chipped, but then again, it's top tier tool manufacturer so it matters.
Head of wrench is slightly narrower than the latter model, one side is same, other, besides Vanachrome, has B.S.G.O.G. That one is slightly bulkier.
HRNTK, could you provide period when they were manufactured? Some interesting fact? Anything that can be related to these adjustables?

 

[HRNTK]

Just for the latest post, I would like to know, if possible...
Well, recently I've bought couple (five, to be exact) of Facom adjustable wrenches-spanners (cle a molette?) that are marked with No 113/length in inches, Facom France and on the other side is Vanachrome... That's for the four of the lot...
They are NOS, though they are bad chrome plated; tiny parts of chrome chipped, but then again, it's top tier tool manufacturer so it matters.
Head of wrench is slightly narrower than the latter model, one side is same, other, besides Vanachrome, has B.S.G.O.G. That one is slightly bulkier.
HRNTK, could you provide period when they were manufactured? Some interesting fact? Anything that can be related to these adjustables?

According to the 1945 logo this model appears and the two pics are for the oldest ones i say that because of the marking like their old wrenches (from FACOM written normally..... to the nut with three wings near FACOM) , the BSGDG vanachrome are older than the vanachrome one.

The BSGDG means (breveté sans garantie du gouvernement) Patented without gouvernement guarantee(french patent law started in 1842 and finished in 1968), clé à molette is wrench with roll.

 

[OMMP]

Got a soft spot for adjustables. Thanks, HRNTK. These are ones I mentioned - minus one. Gonna post it little later. Example of bad QC.

 

[OMMP]

Jaws aren't aligned. Interesting mechanism - worm isn't fixed by pin, but by two metal balls that are pressed by spring that goes throw worm. Channel in upper jaw throw which slides lower jaw is badly machined.

 

[Y00PER]

I guess I'll add to the thread.... Here's my U.S. made collection

1st pic: 24" Crescent, 15" Crescent, 2 12" Crescents, 12" Craftsman & 12" Channellock
2nd pic: 10" SK, 10" Crescent, 10" SK-Wayne, 10" Craftsman, 2 8" Crescent, 8" Diamond
8" Williams, & 8" PEXTO
3rd pic: 7" Keystone, 6" Crescent, 6" Plomb, 4" Crescent, 4" JP Danielson, 4" Diamond

 

[davethorik]

I picked this up today at the flea market for $2.
12" Owatonna Tool Co. OTC no. DA12.
Looks like a Crescent re-brand.

 

[h~moto]

Adjustable wrenches 8" German, 10" Austria

 

[TjoFrasse]

I have collected some more since last time I posted. Most of my vintage Bahcos:

And also a (incomplete) overview of around 100 years of design changes:

Bahco no 1, 71, 671, 0671, 8071 and 9071
I want to complete it with a 81 and a 9571.

 

[04chase]

New wide mouth 12" snap on in green

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[sberry]

The China generic are clones of that German one, look like they came from yhe same forge. I thought they came from an old American die but maybe not. The China has 4 turns on the screw though.

 

[jeffmoss26]

ooh love that Snappy

 

[jeffmoss26]

Got this today at the Restore

 

[Tylermorris]

Anybody ever seen one of these? Richards mfg “wizard” ratcheting adjustable wrench, pat 1907

 

[Strouty]

That is pretty interesting, old time gimmick wrench?

 

[measuredtwice]

Anybody ever seen one of these? Richards mfg “wizard” ratcheting adjustable wrench, pat 1907

Here's a link to the patent document if you want to read it --> https://patents.google.com/patent/US854174