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Posted by SteveB on June 11, 2008, 3:51 am
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> The jaws on this wrench are not parallel:
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> http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/wrench.jpg
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> Specifically, the face of the movable jaw is perpendicular to the "ways",
> but the fixed face is not. But they aren't sprung or worn that way. It
> seems that it was made like that. But why? Just plain poor quality? But
> that's *really* bad. It's an old wrench, not Chiwandian. It says drop
> forged, if that helps.
>
> Bob
The wrench looks so old that I would think it was made during a time when
metal and craftsmanship were higher than what they are today. But that
being said, they did make cheap crappy wrenches way back when, too. How
long is the wrench? If it's long, there's more of a chance it's been
overtorqued. Or it could have been bad from the get go, but that would not
explain why it got used for that long a period of time.
Puzzling.
Steve
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Posted by SteveB on June 11, 2008, 3:53 am
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> The jaws on this wrench are not parallel:
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> http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/wrench.jpg
>
> Specifically, the face of the movable jaw is perpendicular to the "ways",
> but the fixed face is not. But they aren't sprung or worn that way. It
> seems that it was made like that. But why? Just plain poor quality? But
> that's *really* bad. It's an old wrench, not Chiwandian. It says drop
> forged, if that helps.
>
> Bob
Another thought ........ that slider is pretty long, indicating that it
could be used for larger heads, hence more chance of tweaking.
Steve
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Posted by Martin H. Eastburn on June 11, 2008, 11:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options I bet Steve has the thought.
If a wrench is used 'backwards' - the weak side might break.
So the jaw was taken from a larger wrench - the long thread bar hangs out...
Maybe the larger wrench had a broken handle from a pipe assist!
Martin
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SteveB wrote:
>> The jaws on this wrench are not parallel:
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/wrench.jpg
>>
>> Specifically, the face of the movable jaw is perpendicular to the "ways",
>> but the fixed face is not. But they aren't sprung or worn that way. It
>> seems that it was made like that. But why? Just plain poor quality? But
>> that's *really* bad. It's an old wrench, not Chiwandian. It says drop
>> forged, if that helps.
>>
>> Bob
>
> Another thought ........ that slider is pretty long, indicating that it
> could be used for larger heads, hence more chance of tweaking.
>
> Steve
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Posted by John Martin on June 12, 2008, 10:34 am
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> If a wrench is used 'backwards' - the weak side might break.
> So the jaw was taken from a larger wrench - the long thread bar hangs out.=
..
> Maybe the larger wrench had a broken handle from a pipe assist!
>
> Martin
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> - Show quoted text -
I'll bite, Martin. Which way do most people consider is backwards,
and which correct?
John Martin
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Posted by Ned Simmons on June 12, 2008, 11:58 am
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:34:05 -0700 (PDT), John Martin
>wrote:
>>>
>> If a wrench is used 'backwards' - the weak side might break.
>> So the jaw was taken from a larger wrench - the long thread bar hangs out...
>> Maybe the larger wrench had a broken handle from a pipe assist!
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>I'll bite, Martin. Which way do most people consider is backwards,
>and which correct?
Now you've done it, John. <g> (Just keep repeating to yourself, "The
sum of the forces is is zero; the sum of the moments is zero; you
can't push a string.")
--
Ned Simmons
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>
> http://home.comcast.net/~bobengelhardt/wrench.jpg
>
> Specifically, the face of the movable jaw is perpendicular to the "ways",
> but the fixed face is not. But they aren't sprung or worn that way. It
> seems that it was made like that. But why? Just plain poor quality? But
> that's *really* bad. It's an old wrench, not Chiwandian. It says drop
> forged, if that helps.
>
> Bob