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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: bigpapa128 on March 27, 2015, 03:33:07 PM
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Hello everyone. I found a double-ended wrench that has a crescent wrench on one end and a pipe wrench on the other. I've never seen one like it before. The overall length of the tool is about 9 inches. On one side it says drop forged jaws 8" and the other side says heavy duty. There is no name of the maker anywhere. It's very cool and I think I've got a rare find as there really is almost nothing I've found online giving info on it. Any and all feedback appreciated. I'm trying to add a pic of the wrench but having trouble.
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We see the picture from an auction. That was Don Ervin's Antique Wrench Auction
April 18 and 19, 2008 - York, Nebraska, and the item was decribed as
"0702. DROP FORGED JAWS 8" / 8" HEAVY DUTY - - 9" Crescent type wrench on one end with an adjustable pipe wrench on the other. Never seen this configuration before. Excellent. (not listed, no info.) "
Might still be a mystery. Bus Haury might know.
Do you actually have one of these wrenches?
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I found that pic online which at least told me that my wrench wasn't homemade. I believe it came from a site called the wrenching news. I can't seem to post my own pic because it says the file is too large and I can't seem to figure it out yet. I'm frustrated.
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We welcome you to Tool Talk.
Posting pictures is covered here- http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=61.0 (http://www.papawswrench.com/vboard/index.php?topic=61.0)
If you need to resize your images, the easiest software I have found is freeware from www.irfanview.com .
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Thanks bigpapa for posting the picture.
I have wondered why nobody ever made one of these since it always seemed like a good idea to me.
I'd been giving some thought for a while about how to do it and what to use to make it.
Then I happened to wind up with an 8" Stillson pipe wrench without a handle and an 8" Proto adjustable that I didn't need, and some xtra time.
I cut the tang, where the handle would normally go, off the pipe wrench and about an inch and a quarter off the end of the Proto. I Then cut the web out of the Proto with a Dremel cut off wheel and ground the interior to fit over the remains of the pipe wrench handle.
A trip to a friend with a welder got the two married together. I wasn't real happy with the way the welding turned out, so I pressed the Dremel back into service and smoothed everything up as good as I could. I still wasn't totally happy with the way it looked, so I mixed up some Marine-Tex and used it to fill in some rough spots and smooth things up.
Another bout with the Dremel and I was done. Interestingly I haven't had occasion to use it, although part of the reason may be that I put it in a drawer and kind of forgot about it.
Mike
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Interesting, Mike! :grin:
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Ok thank you for the advice on downloading a resizing program. I installed resize me app on my note 3 so here goes what I got. My actual tool and a neat ad I found I believe taken from a popular science ad.
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Kool Tool!!
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Heck yeah it is! I hope there are more of them out there, because now I want one.
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I'm Have never come across one of those but if I do I'm quite sure (no!!! I'm positive!!!!) they are going home with me.
bill
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Heck yeah it is! I hope there are more of them out there, because now I want one.
+1
Chilly