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Wrench Forum => Wrench Forum => Topic started by: Mel Larsen on October 27, 2012, 05:22:56 PM

Title: Just when you thought you had see it all
Post by: Mel Larsen on October 27, 2012, 05:22:56 PM

Found a new one for me,  have any of you tried one of these???
http://www.amazon.com/Crescent-RapidSlide-10-Inch-Adjustable-Wrench/dp/B000TDFSHI

Mel

Title: Re: Just when you thought you had see it all
Post by: mikeswrenches on October 27, 2012, 05:55:37 PM

Mel,  Never saw the Crescent, but I think a company named Petersen made one like it back in the '70's.  They are no longer in business.

Mike

Title: Re: Just when you thought you had see it all
Post by: jimwrench on October 27, 2012, 06:18:33 PM

Mel, heres a photo of the Petersen version. It used a helix adjustment and this copy is a little balky. Had it apart twice and it still hangs up some. Maybe thats why he went out of business.

Title: Re: Just when you thought you had see it all
Post by: kxxr on October 27, 2012, 09:45:11 PM

While we're looking at oddballs, there's these two models too:
(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/kxxr/tools/41s-XgSjppL.jpg)
The moveable jaw on this one comes all the way off and flips around for conventional configuration in case the alligator type isn't what you need.
(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn48/kxxr/tools/adj3.jpg)