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Title: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: rustyric on August 09, 2018, 10:57:26 AM: One of my recent car boot sale finds, is this long and skinny 3/4" x 3/4" Cornwell 1452 spanner. Can anyone tell me does it have a special use ?

(https://i.imgur.com/cL6gjMs.jpg)
Title: Re: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: Northwoods on August 09, 2018, 12:36:57 PM: Scroll down to Figure 78. Looks like some version of it: a specialty wrench.

http://alloy-artifacts.org/cornwell-quality-tools.html#tappet-wrenches
Title: Re: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: rustyric on August 09, 2018, 02:04:25 PM: you guys are amazing ! I need to find some more difficult things !
Title: Re: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: Bill Houghton on August 09, 2018, 02:08:44 PM: Jaws look a little thick for a tappet wrench.
Title: Re: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: lauver on August 09, 2018, 03:45:52 PM: rustyric,

I agree with Bill H. above. Not a tappet wrench.. too thick.

More likely a longish angle wrench. The wrench number in the photo does not show the alpha prefix... if it is an angle wrench it should start with an "AW" followed by a number. Also, if it is an angle wrench both open ends will be the same size (which it has, i.e. 3/4" x 3/4").

Hope this helps...
Title: Re: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: bird on October 23, 2018, 01:42:10 AM: Quote from: rustyric on August 09, 2018, 02:04:25 PM
you guys are amazing ! I need to find some more difficult things !

Amazing or annoying, these guys know EVERYTHING :)
Title: Re: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: Bill Houghton on October 23, 2018, 09:11:59 PM: Quote from: bird on October 23, 2018, 01:42:10 AM
Quote from: rustyric on August 09, 2018, 02:04:25 PM
you guys are amazing ! I need to find some more difficult things !

Amazing or annoying, these guys know EVERYTHING :)
One of the interesting things about online forums and the communities that build up around them is that each such forum and community winds up attracting a particular mix of folks with knowledge often related only vaguely to the official topic of the forum (wrenches and Perfect Handle items here, woodworking somewhere else). There's a lot more people with telecom experience here, for instance, than I find other places.
Title: Re: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: Papaw on October 23, 2018, 09:50:34 PM: Quote from: Bill Houghton on October 23, 2018, 09:11:59 PM
Quote from: bird on October 23, 2018, 01:42:10 AM
Quote from: rustyric on August 09, 2018, 02:04:25 PM
you guys are amazing ! I need to find some more difficult things !

Amazing or annoying, these guys know EVERYTHING :)
One of the interesting things about online forums and the communities that build up around them is that each such forum and community winds up attracting a particular mix of folks with knowledge often related only vaguely to the official topic of the forum (wrenches and Perfect Handle items here, woodworking somewhere else). There's a lot more people with telecom experience here, for instance, than I find other places.

This is exactly why I started Tool Talk ! I am no expert on any one subject , but hoped to draw a membership that collectively could address most subjects.

In that I think I have succeeded.
Title: Re: Long Skinny 3/4" Cornwell 1452 Spanner Does It Have A Special Use ?
Post by: d42jeep on October 24, 2018, 07:43:21 PM: My Craftsman tappet wrenches get significantly thicker as they get larger. That still doesn’t address why the Cornwell is so thin, though.
-Don