Pipe wrench question

[bweb]

I bought a small toolbox awhile back and these two wrenches were in it. What is the purpose of a wrench with no teeth to grab onto anything? The larger one is about nine inches and the smaller is about five. Little one must be old, has a patent date of Nov 18 1900 and March 11 1902. Thanks

 

[joeysmith]

Nuts an bolts use to be square headed

 

[Jim.ME]

Early adjustable wrenches, not pipe wrenches. Sometimes called monkey wrenches

 

[504]

Square nuts and bolts

 

[GChief]

"Ford" wrenchs. In my industry you can still find one in just about everyone's tool bag. My new one is a Cresent, and I have a set I bought in Japan that are metric.

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

Pipe wrenches have teeth , monkey wrenches don't...














pipe wrenches have teeth

 

[Gambles]

Early adjustable wrenches, not pipe wrenches. Sometimes called monkey wrenches

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When I was growing up, we had one that was about 3 feet long. We called it a monkey wrench. Now…..anybody want to research how the wrench got to be called “monkey”?

 

[GChief]

Google Search

 

[gregm]

I bought a small toolbox awhile back and these two wrenches were in it. What is the purpose of a wrench with no teeth to grab onto anything? The larger one is about nine inches and the smaller is about five. Little one must be old, has a patent date of Nov 18 1900 and March 11 1902. ThanksView attachment 159681

The bottom monkey wrench is commonly known as a bicycle wrench, since that is what they were commonly used on or sold with. If the large one has ford stamped on it, it was sold with early ford vehicles. If not then it is just a generic copy but still intended for mechanical use. I have quite a few of them and do come in handy from time to time. They can fit in places where modern cresant/adjustable wrench will no fit.

 

[MM-TX]

I bought a small toolbox awhile back and these two wrenches were in it. What is the purpose of a wrench with no teeth to grab onto anything? The larger one is about nine inches and the smaller is about five. Little one must be old, has a patent date of Nov 18 1900 and March 11 1902. ThanksView attachment 159681

Nice. Those go in my “cool old tools” boxes. Leads me to collect cool old tool boxes

 

[Stephen Newell]

Early version of a crescent wrench.

 

[Ray,IN]

NIck-named, Knuckle-buster.

 

[gblj]

I bought a small toolbox awhile back and these two wrenches were in it. What is the purpose of a wrench with no teeth to grab onto anything? The larger one is about nine inches and the smaller is about five. Little one must be old, has a patent date of Nov 18 1900 and March 11 1902. ThanksView attachment 159681

I have a small one like that.

 

[olddavid]

Dad had one about 2 feet long we called a Trimo. I believe that was the manufacturer's name. It was very handy.

 

[drsportster]

Still handy for use on large nuts

 

[rScottie]

I inherited a wrench like the larger one in your photo. Some History....: It used to be common to repack wheel bearings on cars. We did it annually on our 1954 Ford and used a wrench like that on the wheel bearing nuts. It was also handy to reach a recessed nut on the water pump. Dad called it a "Ford Wrench".

 

[560Dennis]

Have not seen the smaller one .