Show your pipe wrenches

[jeffmoss26]

Let the madness continue!
Ridgid, 6" up to 18", 14" RapidGrip, USB flash drive (my favorite!!) The 14" on the left side I got last week at a garage sale and cleaned it up, I think it is 1950s vintage.

Dunlap 10, Fuller 10, Unmarked 18, Companion 18, Pexto 8 that I got today.

 

[Outlawmws]

Oh shoot here we go again...

Metaldad and Bigcaddy are going to duke this one out...

 

[jeffmoss26]

Can't wait!!

 

[cowboy73]

Here's my modest collection. I have 4 Ridgid ones and a few imports.

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[WQ59B]

What's the purpose of this offset job?

 

[jeffmoss26]

Fittings or pipes that are hard to get to.

 

[Charles (in GA)]

Again? Ok, here goes.

 

[bigcaddy]

So, does anybody here have any large pipe wrenches? I've looked at the pictures posted and the all seem kinda small to me.

 

[blue dog]

Willl just post an interesting one. Marked plomb on one side, proto on the other.

 

[mikew13]

14" Stanley (older USA, probably 70s or 80s), 18" unknown, and 8" Challenger

 

[Lost Road]

Willl just post an interesting one. Marked plomb on one side, proto on the other.

That is just awesome!

 

[djjsr]

I like my aluminum 2 footer. The Chinese were smart enough to make it so I can fit a 24" wrench in an 18" drawer. Pure genius.

 

[metaldad]

here we go. i hope youse guys know I had to move 4 trucks to gather these tools of ignorance. only go up to 48''. anything bigger gets gas axed coming apart or welded going in.
Steel wrenches) (1) 6'', (2) 8. (1) 10, 2 14. 4 18, 1 24, 1 36

aluminum; 2 8, 1 10, 2 14, 3 18, 2 24, 1 48, 1 24 offset (1 18 got kinda cut out)

specialty:1 basin, 1 12'' crapsman chain, 1 10 end, 1 14 end, 1 E110, 1 #2 strap, 1 24 chain w/ extra chain

one of my finds, 18'' 'little giant, made in Greenfield, Ma, dated 1913. what's neat is that the jaw is removable and can be set into any direction, as shown:

well that makes 32, not counting the half dozen or so in the gang box at work.
this was good, i found that several specialty that were loaned out and not returned.

 

[jeffmoss26]

Yeah but you don't have a Ridgid USB drive

 

[Outlawmws]

Only a few here:

The Rigid from 8 to 18 inches,; two need replacement nuts, so I need to remember that when I'm at a real hardware store...:

My older stuff; a couple of real Stillsons in there, and my dad's old 14" Dunlap. I used to have two of the 14's not sure where the second one got off to?

And lastly the Chain wrench. my most recent addition to the stable.

Off to block and an estate sales, maybe I'll add another!

 

[jeffmoss26]

The 14" Ridgid I have looks to be similar vintage to the black one in the top right corner of your pic.

 

[Outlawmws]

The 14" Ridgid I have looks to be similar vintage to the black one in the top right corner of your pic.

You may e right. IIR someone was saying the black painted Rigid PW were WWII or older?

They both lack the swell at the tip of the handle the newer ones have...

 

[jeffmoss26]

The movable jaw is also flat on the end, not rounded.

 

[Outlawmws]

The movable jaw is also flat on the end, not rounded.

Good Eye, I hadn't noticed that...

 

[lowendrider]

I only have one. Picked this one up on ebay a while back since I've needed one a couple of times. Trimo 18", not sure how old...patent date '18.

 

[lbgradwell]

Trimo 18", not sure how old...patent date '18.

That is balls-out awesome! That model was introduced ~1934...

Don't EVER throw out that tag!!!

 

[BD1]

ok, here's some of the old and specialty ones. I have a couple of RIDGID Alum sets 10" to 24" and one 36"alum. Then the RIDGID red iron ones from 6" to 36"with all sizes in between . Yea, I have a lot. If I get ambitious, I'll take more. Since I was pulling on these for 40 years being a pipefitter I'm glad JEFFMOSS26 brought it up.

 

[lbgradwell]

And lastly the Chain wrench. my most recent addition to the stable.

Nice. Is there a manufacturer code on it?

 

[lbgradwell]

IIR someone was saying the black painted Rigid PW were WWII or older?

1949 or older.

 

[bigcaddy]

Here is my submission for the pipe wrench contest. I don't get any points for brand variety but i have quite a few laying around.

The pics are a bit dark but they are all in out tool room and not exactly easy to move around. Most of them are from the 50s or 60s and made of cast iron.

 

[bigcaddy]

Here are some of the bigger pipe wrenches we have laying around the shop. Most of the ones standing up in the corner are all 48" plus. Some of the chain tongs are well over 56" but its what you need to tighten up a 8" threaded fitting on a piece of pipe.

We have plenty more laying around other parts of the shop and near the threader/make-on machines. The final number i got was 68 and that doesn't include whats on the trucks and the jobsite toolboxes. Most of those will have at least 6 wrenches and we have 6 of them in the shop right now.

I told you guys, i have a ton of pipe wrenches

 

[jeffmoss26]

what, no 60" LOL
we have one in the shop at work!

 

[bigcaddy]

what, no 60" LOL
we have one in the shop at work!

I'm sure we do but i didn't feel like moving 40 wrenches to satisfy my curiosity. There are more on the upper mezz storage area but again, i didn't want to crawl around to track down every single one.


Jeff, what do use a 60" pipe wrench for at your office?

 

[jeffmoss26]

I don't use it, I am just an IT guy LOL, they use it for taking apart some of the products we make (screw jacks) for RMAs.

 

[bigcaddy]

Okay, that's what i thought. I could of sworn that you did something with IT and i was thinking, "what the hell does he need a 60" wrench for?"

Our family shop is a fire sprinkler fab shop and we have been open for 45+ years so we are going to have a few pipe wrenches laying around.

Since the aluminum wrenches won the field guys over due to weight reduction, the cast iron ones have been semi retired unless they encounter a problematic piece of pipe that really needs its *** kicked.

We can't just toss the cast iron ones so they get put in the tool room and occasionally see the light of day when they are called upon for something special

 

[jeffmoss26]

I do get mad at computers from time to time!! That pipe wrench would come in handy haha
This one is more suited to my needs though...

 

[Outlawmws]

Nice. Is there a manufacturer code on it?

-V- so its right in line with my other Craftsman tools.

 

[metaldad]

I do get mad at computers from time to time!! That pipe wrench would come in handy haha
This one is more suited to my needs though...

sweet................. now i unnerstand your previous post.
now i need one, or four

 

[BD1]

I'm sure we do but i didn't feel like moving 40 wrenches to satisfy my curiosity. There are more on the upper mezz storage area but again, i didn't want to crawl around to track down every single one.


Jeff, what do use a 60" pipe wrench for at your office?

To hold the desk down during earthquake !!!

 

[4x4gearhead]

You may e right. IIR someone was saying the black painted Rigid PW were WWII or older?

They both lack the swell at the tip of the handle the newer ones have...

I think its sweet that other than that there isnt much difference between them.

 

[jeffmoss26]

I think the one I have was painted red, though most of it is worn off. I'd guess it's not AS old.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Cool thread.

Regarding the wartime provenance of RIDGID 14...

Here is a page out of an Army Technical Manual (ORD 6 SNL 6-27) dated 1 July 1944, created by the Raritan Arsenal Photographic Department (RAPD), who produced all the figures for all the Ordnance Department equipment and tools manuals.

As you can see, the actual tool used by RAPD to represent Federal Stock # 41-W-1663 – which the Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) (not posted) describes as “WRENCH, pipe, adjustable, 14 in” – is easily identified by its unique shape and construction characteristics as a RIDGID.

Note that there was also a 6” pipe wrench in the 1944 GMTK – FSN 41-W-1660, described in the SNL as, “WRENCH, pipe, adj., type II, hv-duty, pipe cap. 1/2 in., length 6 in”. It is far less certain what mfgr and model RAPD used to represent it in Figure 12, although it is clearly a Stilson type construction.

 

[mikew13]

Cool thread.

Regarding the wartime provenance of RIDGID 14...

Here is a page out of an Army Technical Manual (ORD 6 SNL 6-27) dated 1 July 1944, created by the Raritan Arsenal Photographic Department (RAPD), who produced all the figures for all the Ordnance Department equipment and tools manuals.

As you can see, the actual tool used by RAPD to represent Federal Stock # 41-W-1663 – which the Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) (not posted) describes as “WRENCH, pipe, adjustable, 14 in” – is easily identified by its unique shape and construction characteristics as a RIDGID.

Note that there was also a 6” pipe wrench in the 1944 GMTK – FSN 41-W-1660, described in the SNL as, “WRENCH, pipe, adj., type II, hv-duty, pipe cap. 1/2 in., length 6 in”. It is far less certain what mfgr and model RAPD used to represent it in Figure 12, although it is clearly a Stilson type construction.

Would the ratchet "H" be Snap On or Plomb?

 

[sberry]

Pair of 48's.

 

[BD1]

Pair of 48's.

Nice, that takes all the fun out of it !

Nothing better than making it up or taking it apart on ground. You learn real quick to open your hand up. I had a apprentice that I showed best way to use wrenches on ground. Unfortunately, he was't a quick learner .