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Started by sumner52000, April 30, 2012, 08:12:26 PM

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sumner52000

April 30, 2012, 08:12:26 PM
Is this Billings & Spencer wrench made that way or was it ground out by someone.

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April 30, 2012, 08:14:01 PM
Abused by a PO.
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May 01, 2012, 07:21:02 AM
looks like someone tried to make a ratcheting wrench and did both sides.
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May 01, 2012, 06:36:55 PM Last Edit: May 01, 2012, 06:38:41 PM by rusty
Yeah, abused, badly, it's spread *and* recut. The early style S-wrench had 4 straight sides 2 parallel...

Looks like someone spread it, then tried to fix it by cutting 2 new parallel sides and the angled back sides, and then spread it again...uggg

These wrenches were only carbon steel, not all that hard to spread if over torqued....
(But the brighter mechanics just hammered them back , or perhaps only the blacksmiths had that much sense...-P)

nb, cracks are also common on those wrenches...
Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.
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