Adjustable spanner.

[Geo-TH,In]

I have many adjustable spanners. None work as well as this one.

 

[Richard G.]

I used an adjustable spanner as a hammer yesterday.
Worked pretty good.

 

[old]

I always thought they where called crescent hammers or at least that is what I have heard them called many times

 

[dieseldaawg]

I guess everyone is missing the fact that the adjustable wrench is drilled at the jaw tips and has roll pins to use as a spanner to take apart hydraulic cylinders. Looks like a good idea

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

Good idea. now it has 3 uses, spanner, wrench, and hammer, a true multipurpose tool.

 

[Dusty MI]

I've seen those adjustable wrenches ruined, from using them as a hammer.

 

[1954Frank]

I think Crescent is a brand of tool. It has become the generic name for that style of adjustable wrench.

 

[Jim.ME]

(quoted from post at 11:40:13 01/02/22) I guess everyone is missing the fact that the adjustable wrench is drilled at the jaw tips and has roll pins to use as a spanner to take apart hydraulic cylinders. Looks like a good idea

My guess is they aren't missing that fact, they've seen it shown multiple times before and are poking at George.

 

[old]

True

 

[Robin Hood]

Not sure, but that looks metric to me. Maybe the other side is S.A.E.?

 

[muleboss]

Just wondering. Is that metric or standard?]

 

[old]

says right on it 300MM

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Repairing hydraulic cylinders is why I made it.
Have a tool box full of other worthless adjustable spanners,
One cost me $50.
And it is both SAE and metric.
Flip the wrench over and it metric and Then SAE.

 

[shaun wallace]

I have had many cyls that them spring pins would shear off. I have couple of spanners,1/2 drive and 3/4 drive and needed swamp stick on them a few times.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

If you have larger cylinders, I'll bet your pins will have larger holes.


My spanner that connects to 1/2 ratchet requires 3 hands, 1 to hold the spanner, one to hold the ratchet and a third hand to hold the wire.

Mine works best for me.

Always, use what works best for you..

 

[Texasmark]

You make fun but growing up all adjustable wrenches were Crescent Wrenches because Crescent was the brand that was out
there. So fast forward to a few years ago I bought several different sizes at HF. Getting home I noticed that on one side it was
SAE...flip the wrench over and it was Metric on the other side. Only on a couple of rare occasions did I buy said wrenches where
the tumbler was indexed where it couldn't vibrate to a new setting, you had to turn the tumbler.....I think they all should be like
that.

Where I worked management cautioned employees about using company trade names to identify the functional noun describing
products we manufactured whereby company patents might be/could be compromised. Case in point is Crescent for adjustable
(spanner) wrench, Kleenex for facial tissue,