Antique Mini Wrench [Resurrection]

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  • Опубліковано 30 січ 2019
  • These mini wrenches are for sale here:
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    In this video I reproduce a 3in version of an antique wrench / spanner that was originally patented in 1879 by Charles Billings. These style wrenches were first used mainly on bicycles, but eventually made their way into the glove compartment of very early cars.
    This style wrench was also commonly made by apprentice machinists as part of a test, since multiple skills are needed to produce it.
    The wrenches were originally made of "Norway Iron", which is a type of steel that has a slightly higher carbon content than wrought iron. I decided to go with 44W/A36 steel for this recreation, for this reason.
    The wrench blanks were cut out of 3/8in thick steel and then machined. I thought adding a brass adjuster would make a neat addition as well.
    I had a lot of fun getting this wrench made, but it was also a tremendous amount of work.
    I would like to that the patrons on Patreon for supporting this adventure as well as Colonel & Sons Machine Works for their incredible efforts machining these wrenches. You can contact them at yxecnc@gmail.com.
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  • @jmaclaren4147
    @jmaclaren4147 4 роки тому +1

    I got my wrench today. I love it, very good filing and finish... Anyone who is thinking of getting one, you will not be disappointed. I will pass this on to my grand children and more.

  • @belfastmafia
    @belfastmafia 5 років тому +227

    "and that's why you use coolant" - continues to mill without coolant

    • @dizzolve
      @dizzolve 5 років тому +29

      for everyone's viewing pleasure

    • @jaswats9645
      @jaswats9645 5 років тому +1

      I know, he's going to use coolant later when it's not so cold.

    • @francyszz3
      @francyszz3 5 років тому +2

      That can be used as a good meme

    • @More_Row
      @More_Row 5 років тому

      Why did that sound dirty in my head.

    • @yeagerxp
      @yeagerxp 5 років тому

      dude it is -21 in Manitoba, give him a break LOL

  • @muellermade4857
    @muellermade4857 5 років тому +4

    Best restoration yet, I couldn't even recognise what it was at the start.

  • @jimbilton1956
    @jimbilton1956 4 роки тому

    Completely engrossing to watch those machines at work. Wonderful. And thanks for not adding music!

  • @Grumskiz
    @Grumskiz 5 років тому

    Love the fact that it can be used to securely grab and dispose waste!

  • @WolfHolloway
    @WolfHolloway 5 років тому +2

    Honestly, I have nothing profound to say; I’ve been watching these videos for about 18 months and I just genuinely love them. I hope that you keep this up, absolutely some of my favorite content to see!

  • @michaeladdington7596
    @michaeladdington7596 5 років тому +38

    I gave myself face cramps from safety squinting for so long. Won't someone please think of the endmills?

  • @umdsupreme
    @umdsupreme 4 роки тому

    My little Hand Tool Rescue wrench arrived today and I'm already using it. I love it, well done. Now, I need to buy the big one. 🙂

  • @theropesofrenovation9352
    @theropesofrenovation9352 5 років тому

    Incredibly cute wrench!

  • @d1gardner
    @d1gardner 5 років тому +2

    I ordered and received the large version and this version. Great quality and definitely worth the wait. They are genuine heirloom tools!!!!

  • @samaker4
    @samaker4 5 років тому +1

    I love that little wrench. I love hearing you talk about it in your FitZall podcast

  • @thuglincoln7699
    @thuglincoln7699 3 роки тому

    I have one of each of these wrenches and I'll say they are both fantastic, and well worth the price.

  • @mauriziofigini
    @mauriziofigini 5 років тому +37

    I'd like the one with the Tbit embedded

  • @freshlysquosen
    @freshlysquosen 5 років тому +6

    These wrenches are now available in metric, imperial, and reverse thread versions. Collect all three! ;)

  • @user-px4mn3qp2q
    @user-px4mn3qp2q Рік тому

    Got mine today and can't help but play with it constantly. Thanks for the work on the channel and the wrench.

  • @NOWThatsRichy
    @NOWThatsRichy 5 років тому +1

    Great piece of engineering, & the bottle opener function is a useful addition too!

  • @lanawilson6263
    @lanawilson6263 5 років тому

    Fantastic work all! Outstanding job Colonel & Sons as always

  • @twh1168
    @twh1168 5 років тому

    Very cool to watch! I enjoy watching all your videos.

  • @webchimp
    @webchimp 5 років тому +43

    Imagine showing this video to the people who used to make these wrenches originally.
    "Turn on the damn coolant" would probably be the first thing they'd say.

    • @nickh.3315
      @nickh.3315 5 років тому +1

      “Coolant is helluva lot cheaper than a bit”

    • @HandToolRescue
      @HandToolRescue  5 років тому +24

      They probably had to make the wrench uphill, both ways.

    • @MisterRorschach90
      @MisterRorschach90 4 роки тому

      Hand Tool Rescue are you trying to tell me the earth is a ladder?

    • @Njazmo
      @Njazmo Рік тому

      @@MisterRorschach90 vertical pancake.

  • @jerryjohnsonii4181
    @jerryjohnsonii4181 5 років тому

    Very Cool process on how one of those wrenches are made.

  • @philanna38
    @philanna38 5 років тому

    This machine is so amazing! Love watching it! Thanks!

  • @robertgemski7728
    @robertgemski7728 5 років тому +1

    Amazing how much work goes into that wrench. You are a true craftsman. Thank you for making interesting videos great content man!

  • @sailingmaster
    @sailingmaster 5 років тому

    Bought both today. Lovely design.

  • @patrickdewaele
    @patrickdewaele 4 роки тому

    Hi Hand Tool Rescue, I received yesterday my "Mini Wrench", it's a gorgeous piece.
    Thanks for the quick shipping,
    with kind regards,
    Patrick - Belgium - Europe :-)

  • @socialghost4400
    @socialghost4400 5 років тому

    This was super satisfying to watch

  • @ShamblerDK
    @ShamblerDK 5 років тому

    I am very impressed, with your extremely cool machinery.

  • @byronspade1633
    @byronspade1633 4 роки тому

    Awesome looking tools. Will order in near future

  • @Madlintelf
    @Madlintelf 5 років тому

    I love those wrenches, thanks for sacrificing the bit so we could see it without the coolant, felt bad but it was still nice to see clearly.

  • @mtrcycls
    @mtrcycls 5 років тому

    thank god for these reminder videos.... I ordered my wrench 3 months ago and keep forgetting about it.

  • @bottlesandblisters
    @bottlesandblisters 5 років тому

    Ive got one the same as that I found and restored to working order never thought I'd see another one thanks for the upload

  • @CMDJerZboi
    @CMDJerZboi 5 років тому

    I watched the video and went to like it, and I had already liked it before I started watching!

  • @Madein515
    @Madein515 3 роки тому

    I love mine! Carry it everywhere with me. So handy! Thanks!

  • @miatafan
    @miatafan 5 років тому

    Love the shape of those wrenches, I have to get one at some point, those were some pretty harsh cuts at times. I really liked watching the brass knob get turned

  • @ArifKamaruzaman
    @ArifKamaruzaman 5 років тому

    That's a hot wrench. Literally.

  • @monkeyart813
    @monkeyart813 5 років тому

    Looks awesome!

  • @nealwalden3543
    @nealwalden3543 4 роки тому

    Just watched Essential Craftsman open their mail and spied your brilliant reproduction. Just ordered my own. What a nice bit of work. Appreciate you doing this.

  • @tonywitherspoon6844
    @tonywitherspoon6844 3 роки тому +1

    I like Thros my Grand Paw had a set for working on 1909 to 1929 Ford's he owned a Gas station from 1920 up to 1954.

  • @FredMcIntyre
    @FredMcIntyre 5 років тому

    Awesome work! 👍🏻👊🏻

  • @Sugarkraft
    @Sugarkraft 5 років тому

    Wonderful video! 👍👍

  • @mertcnar1648
    @mertcnar1648 5 років тому

    Thanks for sharing the stories

  • @TheBackyardHappens
    @TheBackyardHappens 5 років тому

    Very awesome to watch.

  • @abdel8147
    @abdel8147 5 років тому

    Nice a as element in an EDC kit.
    Good job.

  • @t3rminallychi11
    @t3rminallychi11 4 роки тому

    Hi @handtoolrescue! Love your videos, I could (and often do) watch them for hours. I don't immediately have a use for the mini wrench, but I had to order one. If nothing else it will make a great bottle opener :)
    Keep up the great work! Glad to give a little support to a channel I get so much entertainment from.

  • @matthewharry2803
    @matthewharry2803 5 років тому +22

    I love how much this sounds like the old school transformer soundwave

  • @FriedRys
    @FriedRys 5 років тому

    Just placed my order for both wrenches, can't wait to get my grubby paws on them!

    • @FriedRys
      @FriedRys 5 років тому

      Forgot to add, order #04292

  • @RevoBasher
    @RevoBasher 5 років тому

    thanks for sacrificing a tool for our viewing pleasure...great video

  • @Nothingtoya
    @Nothingtoya 5 років тому

    Damn, I dont even have the first one I ordered and now I've ordered the mini! Awesome work man!

  • @CTmoog
    @CTmoog 5 років тому

    Great video man!

  • @gc7439
    @gc7439 5 років тому

    These are neat! I just ordered two. One for me, and one for my dad's upcoming birthday.

  • @vincentrosa9631
    @vincentrosa9631 5 років тому

    Nice job

  • @MrYournamehere4202
    @MrYournamehere4202 5 років тому

    Cool stuff bro!

  • @carlwhite8225
    @carlwhite8225 5 років тому

    Mine is on the after April 2019 order, is going to make a great Birthday gift for my Dad.

  • @BuildSomthingCool
    @BuildSomthingCool 5 років тому +54

    I like the magnet in the vibratory finisher, trick> :-)

    • @HandToolRescue
      @HandToolRescue  5 років тому +7

      They say there are still wrenches down in the finisher to this day...

    • @doctor_voctor
      @doctor_voctor 5 років тому +3

      Vibratory finisher, that's what my wife calls me.

    • @JeremySchoeder
      @JeremySchoeder 4 роки тому

      @@doctor_voctor No she doesn't, but I bet she has one.

    • @doctor_voctor
      @doctor_voctor 4 роки тому +1

      @@JeremySchoeder Oh no you didn't :o

  • @Cactinaes
    @Cactinaes 5 років тому

    Loved video awesome tool.

  • @charleslindberg829
    @charleslindberg829 5 років тому

    Aww. That is one cute tool.

  • @billybannanaman
    @billybannanaman 5 років тому

    I actually inherited one similar, its by far one of my more favorite tools

  • @ZmarleneZ
    @ZmarleneZ 5 років тому

    so excited that i ordered one!! great video, no need to eliminate coolant for me!

  • @williammcguire3rd
    @williammcguire3rd 5 років тому +1

    This was cool as hell!!!👍😌

  • @oneshotme
    @oneshotme 5 років тому

    Enjoyed very much and a Thumbs Up also

  • @oliverlentzen5402
    @oliverlentzen5402 5 років тому

    very nice == I got mine yesterday == thank You

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 5 років тому

    I just realized something: Watching someone do things by hand is much more fun than watching a robot do stuff.

  • @Kremit_the_Forg
    @Kremit_the_Forg 5 років тому

    Someone needs to film this with a high speed camera. Would be really interessting to see the tools and the chips glowing

  • @captainjerk
    @captainjerk 5 років тому

    I love these things! :D

  • @oldhick9047
    @oldhick9047 5 років тому

    I first saw these on AvE channel. They look and seem to work great. Just the fact that you are making cool shit is also great, thanks.

  • @metallicaman0258
    @metallicaman0258 5 років тому

    Bought one as soon as I finished the video! Been following since your second video, please keep up the good work! I'll be getting a larger wrench soon too

    • @HandToolRescue
      @HandToolRescue  5 років тому

      Thank you so much!

    • @metallicaman0258
      @metallicaman0258 5 років тому

      @@HandToolRescue anything to support your channel that I can afford.

  • @saltysteel3996
    @saltysteel3996 5 років тому +2

    The mini is cool, but I can't wait to recieve my full size version!

  • @my520graj
    @my520graj 5 років тому

    I have one of those, I bought it on the flee market, great tool.
    Good luck. I'm waiting for AvE review.

  • @giovanniyorke7455
    @giovanniyorke7455 5 років тому

    Finally I can make my purchase order, fantastic job. You took soo long to make the small one

  • @DustinRogersinMO
    @DustinRogersinMO 5 років тому

    So cool. #4266 coming my way. Ive wanted one since the first time I saw one of your videos.

  • @user-dx6pt9oo6h
    @user-dx6pt9oo6h 5 років тому +1

    Good job 🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍👍

  • @albakhati5529
    @albakhati5529 5 років тому +1

    Brilliant

  • @hene193
    @hene193 5 років тому

    Okay this is awesome. Bought one straight away! Even if the shipping may take up to 3 months to europe. I don't care. That is so awesome.

  • @crystalsoulslayer
    @crystalsoulslayer 5 років тому

    Very cool to be able to see exactly what the machines are doing. Also slightly terrifying, watching the tooling glow red with heat... I've never been in the same building as a machine tool, and I _still_ got pucker-by-proxy.

  • @bilalmarir5047
    @bilalmarir5047 5 років тому

    Good job👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @theofontaine5564
    @theofontaine5564 5 років тому

    Eargasms tinged with sadness, then possibilities.

  • @peterwhitejr.9374
    @peterwhitejr.9374 5 років тому

    Just ordered one

  • @brucemorris6319
    @brucemorris6319 5 років тому

    Nice bike wrench.

  • @AntonioClaudioMichael
    @AntonioClaudioMichael 5 років тому

    Nice wrench

  • @Willx1012
    @Willx1012 5 років тому +1

    This is really cool, great work. I'm actually holding an original King Dick English model in hand and the comparison is phenomenal.

    • @londonunderground3609
      @londonunderground3609 2 роки тому +1

      Was just thinking about that as I have a king dick one that was passed down from my grandad (probably 1940's) and it's one of my favourite tools.
      Good to see just how much work goes into the construction, nice job

  • @KillingerUSA
    @KillingerUSA 5 років тому +1

    I need that in my pocket!

  • @aaronchapman1613
    @aaronchapman1613 5 років тому

    That was great i want one.

  • @leksey7870
    @leksey7870 5 років тому

    It was interesting!

  • @abdulazeez.98
    @abdulazeez.98 5 років тому

    This is true meditation...

  • @Mister_Brown
    @Mister_Brown 5 років тому

    i kept expecting at the end for you to plop down a quadruple scale version diagonally across the table.
    it'd be interesting to see the way they made these originally, i'm thinking punching or i guess forging the outside shape of the body and head, then horizontal mill for reducing the tongue thickness, tbit in a vertical for the slot , screw machine for turning the tongue down to round and threading. nut is a standard screw machine process, break the edges somehow and you're done

  • @sikkepossu
    @sikkepossu 5 років тому

    Had to make an order. :P

  • @roadweary5252
    @roadweary5252 5 років тому

    I will own one eventually. I have no use for it but I’m buying one anyways. It will go well with my HTR sticker!

  • @pesterenan
    @pesterenan 5 років тому +92

    I felt bad that our *viewing pleasure* made you lose a drill bit =(

    • @Anonymouspock
      @Anonymouspock 5 років тому +6

      That's not a drill bit, that's a T slot cutter of some sort.

    • @MisterRorschach90
      @MisterRorschach90 4 роки тому +2

      Eh he will make it back next time he sells one of those over priced beautiful wrenches.

    • @midgetman4206
      @midgetman4206 3 роки тому +1

      @@MisterRorschach90 hey, that's what you pay for hand made

    • @SolvietSoundtrack115
      @SolvietSoundtrack115 3 роки тому +1

      @@midgetman4206 true dat

    • @sk8crtn
      @sk8crtn 3 роки тому

      @@Anonymouspock it’s a keyseat.

  • @rushwal
    @rushwal 5 років тому +4

    I got the notification my wrench has shipped!

  • @SrPachaman
    @SrPachaman 5 років тому

    I have to say it: IT'S SO CUTE :D

  • @einufo
    @einufo 5 років тому

    It was a pleasure to watch this video, thank you.
    Greetings TinoPS: The next time WITH coolant please!

  • @hamidsalman2476
    @hamidsalman2476 5 років тому

    Awesome. Awesome. ..Awesome

  • @Holammer
    @Holammer 5 років тому

    Each wrench is made with 10% more love than the next leading brand.

  • @1992djg
    @1992djg 5 років тому

    I got mine ordered woooooooo

  • @stokeburner6730
    @stokeburner6730 5 років тому

    Thats cool.

  • @RavenTheRebel
    @RavenTheRebel 5 років тому

    Thanks for saving me during another night of insomnia. Nothin bettet

  • @orangmakan
    @orangmakan 5 років тому

    Mine came with a small, curved piece of steel acting as a spring below the knurled wheel to help handle the back leash.

  • @radiodjungli9096
    @radiodjungli9096 5 років тому

    Super!

  • @jadenpeterson4881
    @jadenpeterson4881 5 років тому +1

    I want one! :)

  • @marinatraviati6418
    @marinatraviati6418 5 років тому

    Bravissimo

  • @THISisglmicle
    @THISisglmicle 5 років тому

    That was hard to watch, but I watched it anyway, very cool.