What is an end wrench

[four.cycle]

socket made from pipe?

a socket wrench made from a pipe is still a

Clé à pipe​

not sure if there IS an English term for that wrench, to be honest.....

one company calls it a "Pipe Perforation Elbow Wrench"

That one IS somewhat challenging in that I do not believe there is an established term for that style of wrench that is universally used - they're not made by that many companies.

 

[Hohn]

It’s a useless term, nonsensical in the same way that “ink pen” is when referring to a fountain pen. What do you think is in a pen for writing if not ink?

 

[four.cycle]

Now, if you're speaking of that tinny little piece of garbage that came with your consumer-grade chainsaw:


"chainsaw wrench" is probably the correct term, but I've called them all kinds of things.
The ONLY redeeming quality they have is that they are dirt cheap, so you're not out money when you leave it behind on a job site.

 

[four.cycle]

“ink pen” is when referring to a fountain pen

"ink pen" is pretty loose and can include not only fountain pens but also the older type "handle and nib" affairs - or little things like the "Hunt Crow Quill".
The "Speedball" company made nibs for "ink pens" Speedball pens
Couldn't begin to even tell you how many B-3 nibs I wore out.

 

[neophyte]

Tube wrenches were the cheapest and nastiest tools from low priced car tool kits .....they inevitably returned to the round tube when any force was put on them.

There are actually gorged versions of tube wrenches made by respectable manufacturers.

 

[four.cycle]

^ Facom also manufactures that "L-shaped" model as well. I'm sure they call them "Cle a pipe" - because they're in France!

 

[zendriver]

AI sometimes *****.

Wiss manufactured “Special Hardness” snips, up until at least the early 2000s, and started manufacturing the “Special Hardness” snips as far back as at least the 1960s, and Wiss specified the “Special Hardness” snips for titanium, stainless steel, and inconel even back during the 1960s, so a period of 50 years or more.
Wiss no longer seems to manufacture snips designated as “special hardness”, although there seem to be some more recent Wiss snips without the “special hardness” designation that do mention titanium and stainless steel cutting in the specs.
Somehow, Google’s “AI” can’t seem to realize that the Wiss snips existed, thinking the “special hardness” designation only applies to the Midwest version, even though the Wiss did exist, and were available for sale, while Google was indexing the internet.

OK, but I thought we were discussing wrenches.

 

[whateg01]

There are actually gorged versions of tube wrenches made by respectable manufacturers.

Those don't look like what was initially described as a tube wrench, a socket made from, presumably, thin walled tubing. Those look to be made like regular sockets, forged from a billet.

 

[neophyte]

Those don't look like what was initially described as a tube wrench, a socket made from, presumably, thin walled tubing. Those look to be made like regular sockets, forged from a billet.

I suspect most of the forged versions are made similar to sockets, using either a hot or cold forging process.
The forged versions are meant to be a higher quality version of the older “Tube” wrenches, which were made from tube formed at both ends to socket dimensions, with the “Tube wrenches” simply being cheaper, more easily mass produced versions of older “Socket Wrenches” with ends that were forged or broached to size.
I don’t know whether the double ended design with the bar handle that gets stuck thru the hole in the wrench originated with the original forged version, or whether that originated with the tube version.

 

[four.cycle]

I don’t know whether the double ended design with the bar handle that gets stuck thru the hole in the wrench originated with the original forged version, or whether that originated with the tube version.

See @Private Lugnutz's examples and text in the Braunsdorf-Mueller thread

 

[yatg]

It’s a useless term, nonsensical in the same way that “ink pen” is when referring to a fountain pen. What do you think is in a pen for writing if not ink?

blood?

 

[Rusted Nut]

To me, an end wrench is a like a spud wrench without the taper. The wrench part of an end wrench is offset from the axis of the handle.

 

[whateg01]

To me, an end wrench is a like a spud wrench without the taper. The wrench part of an end wrench is offset from the axis of the handle.

I've always used a fork to eat potatoes.

 

[cherrybomb]

Growing up, my dad had a set of what we call double box wrenches and a set of double open end wrenches. No combination wrenches at all. That was what he knew and how he used wrenches to fix everything. Having two wrenches, box and open in the same size allowed you to hold the bolt or nut with one and tighten or loosen with the other. This gave more options before everybody had a drawer full of specialty wrenches. The open ends were shorter which allows access in tighter spaces and the box end were longer for leverage and nicely offset for knuckle clearance.

Sometimes I wonder if this approach is superior to just combination wrenches.

My Dad's set was exactly like you described, so growing up helping Dad's that's the terminology we used and learned.Now combos have kind of changed often these terms are used

 

[amgent57]

"flare nut wrench"

I always called them fuel line wrenches, but I see that they're called flare nut wrenches.

Drives me nutz when I see these guys on YouTube using ordinary open end wrenches to loosen old crusty brake and fuel fittings.

Butchers.

Did I mention popular YouTuber SimonFordman still uses only a carpenter hammer on his auto repair videos?

 

[SteveCh]

Thanks everyone for the answer to my question re: socket wrench. Interesting stuff.

As to "ink pen," think how many would tell you they have a "hot water heater" in their home.

 

[Beerhippie]

"hot water heater"

Drives me nuts. Why heat the hot water?

Almost as bad as all the folks who use "unthaw" to mean "thaw". Wouldn't "to unthaw" be "to freeze"?

But then, corporate ads encourage us to "shop local". Local is an adjective--it modifies a verb. The adverb that should go with "shop"--a verb--is "locally".

It's a hard time to be a grammar pendant pedant.

 

[Private Lugnutz]

It's a hard time to be a grammar pendant.

Even harder to be a spelling medallion.

 

[Beerhippie]

Even harder to be a spelling medallion.

Fixed!

First cuppa' Joe mistake.