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Offline lptools

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Flea Market Wrench
« on: September 30, 2018, 10:26:51 AM »
Hello, I found this wrench today. Any ideas? The one end is 1/4" square, and the other is a 1/2" Six Point. I liked the look of it, never seen one before. Thanks, Lou
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2018, 01:46:48 PM »
My guesses would be a bed wrench or a tool post wrench.

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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2018, 03:02:13 PM »
Hello, Both are good guesses,, and I looked at a lot of bed , and, tool post wrenches after reading your post. I could not find a match, and most have only square ends. My guesses were welding tank wrenches, or refrigeration?? I haven't had any luck with those, either.  Bicycle?? Skate key?? Regards, Lou
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2018, 03:35:28 PM »
I like the skate key idea.  If you google that, most of the pressed steel kind have a hex end and a square end.  Do you have any of those where you can measure the size of the openings?

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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2018, 04:23:26 PM »
If it was a skate key it would have to be for professional style skates because that wrench would probably cost as much or more that a kids skate.  I was thinking it might be for an oxygen tank and regulator,  maybe for use in a hospital or doctor office setting.  It is cool looking.
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2018, 07:36:36 PM »
I kinda get a "plumbing" feel from this but I have no solid info to help.

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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2018, 08:12:34 PM »
Hello, Guys. thanks for all the input. I will keep digging along these lines. Regards, Lou
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2018, 02:02:37 PM »
I kinda get a "plumbing" feel from this but I have no solid info to help.

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I think Skipskip is on the right track. I was thinking it was maybe for a hose bib valve one side for the wheel nut and the other for the valve if no wheel is attached.
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2018, 09:33:41 PM »
Maybe a radiator wrench?
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2018, 08:14:57 AM »
I kinda get a "plumbing" feel from this but I have no solid info to help.

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I think Skipskip is on the right track. I was thinking it was maybe for a hose bib valve one side for the wheel nut and the other for the valve if no wheel is attached.

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Facility maintenance guys on commercial buildings use this tyoe of wrench.

No handles on the valve so the water can't be stole.

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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2018, 08:12:33 PM »
Similar wrench in a junk drawer lot on ebay. 
eBay item number:
173357567652
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2018, 08:27:26 PM »
Hmmm! Do you think the seller will get almost $50 for that ?
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2018, 08:34:30 PM »
Yeah.  I'm scanning some of these "lots" and the prices are stupid.  Then you'll see a reasonable price lot but the shipping kills it.

Lou,  what about "refrigeration wrenches"?  They usually have a standard wrench shape but don't they have a square on one end and a hex on the other?
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Re: Flea Market Wrench
« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2018, 06:45:44 AM »
Hello, Al. I think we are all on the right track, plumbing/boiler/gas valve/refrigeration. I will keep looking. Regards, Lou                     
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