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Offline Papaw

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Tools-Large wrench on my shop
« on: May 01, 2011, 09:37:58 AM »
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I have a long Hibbard Wrench as a sign on my shop.
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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2011, 10:27:21 AM »
How large is the wrench on your shop? You know you gotta add a dollar bill for reference  :)

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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2011, 10:29:21 AM »
Maybe I don't have a dollar!  :D

The wrench is about 34" long, but the openings are 3/4" and 5/8" only.
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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2011, 12:36:14 PM »
Thats pretty cool. One day i gotta get something like that for mine.
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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2011, 01:22:20 PM »
My largest wrench, so far: 49 inches long. This QuikWerk brand behemoth, made by the Warren Tool and Forge Company, came from the Pennsylvania Railroad a.k.a. the World's Railroad. It has 1 3/4" and 1 7/8" openings, although they are marked 1 5/8" and 1 13/16". Found leaning against the back of a pickup truck at a local flea market.
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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2011, 01:26:58 PM »
sooo we talking about length or opening ? cause largest wrench i have is this 3 1/4 opening

i love sk tools/boxes and indestro super/select tools if you have any for sale or want to part with let me know.  also need a  7/8 williams superench

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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2011, 05:13:06 PM »
Here is my shop door
 Not a wrench, an infill jointer plane sign.

 Funny thing, a guy once worte and asked if I was really hanging a $3000 infill, heehehe
 

 
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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2011, 11:06:21 PM »
How come you guys display steel tools outdoors all year long?  Doesn't it rain where you live?

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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2011, 11:18:56 PM »
Mine is painted black and the lettering is an exterior house paint. Been up there for about four years.
I am on the Gulf Coast of Texas, less than 10 miles from the bay as the crow flies. It certainly does rain, and when it is not raining, the humidity is high enough to make you feel like it is.
That wrench is no collector's item, I don't think, so there it is.
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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2011, 02:56:48 AM »
Here's my sign. a friend had a chain saw artist make it for me a couple years ago. It's over 5' long and made of Osage Orange wood.


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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2011, 03:14:21 AM »
I like that, Bus!
Maybe I can do something like that ( or have it done, I always have trouble getting my chainsaw to start!)
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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #11 on: May 03, 2011, 04:23:02 AM »
I always have trouble getting my chainsaw to start!)
Do you keep getting flat tires on your chainsaw too??
If all else fails use a bigger hammer…
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Re: Tools-Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2011, 10:06:18 AM »
Bus.

I planted 28 Osage Orange trees across the back of our property this spring.  In 50 years, I'll be making my wrench sign.  Seriously, your chainsaw artist friend did a great job carving out that pair of pliers!

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Re: Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2011, 04:08:50 AM »
How large is the wrench on your shop? You know you gotta add a dollar bill for reference  :)


One of those got to be counterfeit!!!!
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Re: Tools-Large wrench on my shop
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2011, 05:27:47 PM »

I don't have a large wrench, I have a very very large quarter.....

Just a weathered light rust/WD40 mix patina.