The man at his bench felt distraught, with his wrench not as strong as he thought. The wife had the spare in the bedroom with care for a business-end thicker she sought.
There once was a man from Saskatchewan For crusty tools he did lust upon He found just the thing, a wrench fit for a king And indeed, in it's name it did say soFor the thrill of the peanut gallery He sent his fine tool to AvE With less than a moment of awe It was straight in the torque'matic's jawsBut upon such a rigorous test And against the worthy Wright's wrench The old wrench fought well, but in battle it fell And blew it's one nut prematurely
Important Technique Information: A forgotten trick (unless you were taught by a grandfather who used these a hundred years ago) for increasing the strength of the wrench: Place a nut of the same size as the one you are removing into the "opposite-side-jaw", that will transfer much of the force directly to the frame and not through the threaded post. That back overhang is there for important reasons, including right angle turning.
TheRazzeus There is a ledge on the back end of the wrench that can accept nuts as well he is saying place a nut there of the same size as the nut you are clamping down on and it will decrease side load on the frame basically not allowing it to spring open as easily
Actually kind of clever the way that one failed. By selecting a material for the nut to be a metal softer than the thread, the tool can fail and the only cost in repairing it is another nut, and a few minutes filing the metal out of the threads. Also not really worth welding one of those tools back together, they're drop forged, so it'll never be that strong again.
bur1t0 agreed. It’s designed to fail at a certain point and be easily mended after. Yes the other tool failed at a higher point but it also destroyed the tool to the point where welding it back together is both a higher skill task and kinda pointless because you’re rejoining the weakest part of the tool with a weaker joint. Realistically how often is a tool gonna be under that much strain anyways? Much better to have to replace a nut and refile, than weld a tool back together.
I just adopted my grandfather's old tools (He's still alive, but at 94 and selling his home, he's not using them anymore) There's a lot of old hard american made tools from the era before chinese imports and I couldn't be happier!
Oh, and I suppose I should say I'm throwing my hat into the ring as well! It would nice to have something to give to my grandkids in some far flung weird cyberfuture.
You lucky bastard!!! I got just a few of my dad's tools when he passed away. My elder brother got the wooden custom made carpenters tool chest with inserts made for hand saws, brace and bit, chisels, hammers, etc. And he doesn't even get hard when he drives by a hardware store, like I do. Life ain't skookum
My Stash of Handed down Grandfather tools were stolen out of my garage while I was at work by a crackhead a few years ago. I really miss the old, all metal Porter Cable Circular saw I cherished and still used...
I would love to have it. My dad is retired Ford Tractor/Agricultural Mechanic witch I learned the trade just as he did. When I was out of High School there was no calling for Ag Mech. I side tracked and went Automotive. He would just love it. It has a lot of resemblance to the old ford tools in the tool boxes on some of the 1950-1960 era tractors. Love your channel.
Back in the day, those were referred to as a "monkey wrench", not a spanner wrench. I have a vintage one that belonged to my great grandpa. My grandma has told me that she remembers him using it to repair things. I think it is dated 1890 or close. They were designed to hang onto a square nut or bolt head. Hex wasn't even a twinkle in their eye back then. I think Jody at "Welding Tips and Tricks" can weld water to water.
You're "supposed" to use a full box end of the appropriate size which puts even amounts of pressure on all 6 sides/corners of a hex head, and allows for more angles of engagement. Square nuts have advantages that don't necessarily come up often, like being able to put a square nut in a slot so it doesn't turn but is replaceable if the thing strips or wears out, and keeping more of the meat of the flats of an adjustable or open ended wrench on for better leverage. As well they are easier to manufacture.
I think the biggest reason we don't use the square nuts anymore is machine automation. Square nuts don't have as many flats and therefore are harder to line up in automated machines. For the HAND JOB they would work fine
Thats what I was thinking. Want to buy another and test it oriented the other way? The outside corner of the square test chunk was bearing against the tip of the moveable jaw and the base of the fixed. The top jaw then acts like a lever increasing the strain on the nut.
I've had a set of Hazet ratchets, not sure which model they were, but they were the absolute worst shite I've ever used... Apart from that 1/4" kamasa ratchet. Anyway, the sockets and regular spanner/wrenches are nice. Hazet makes a lot of junk.
I started a new job at a machine shop a few weeks ago, and I bet I could find a use for it there! You and Abom79 both inspired me to start a new career, and I am very grateful for the time you guys spend making videos. Thanks!
I've had an ancient British made version of one those in my toolbox for years. It works terrifically well as a wrench, clamp, hammer, or even as a small handheld vise!
Surely replacing the nut, should you manage to break it without massive abuse, be a piece of piss compared to replacing the clampy bit? That seems like good design, making the easiest bit to replace the weakest.
First Last With an attitude like that, I guess you're ready for marriage and hang up pick pocketing for a backup career option. It'll work out somehow and don't feel slighted ,having never popped a cherry. 😂😂
There's no bigger compliment than writing a joke or a saying that becomes part of someones vernacular. Maybe an eyes, ears, move your beers t-shirt should be in the works? lol
I want that for my kid. I watch regularly, but just found out he's been secretly watching your channel too. The language doesn't offset the content. He's 12, has helped on 6 engine swaps (always runs the cherry picker), and can do a bit of welding. To much to mention here.
Regarding AvE' s language, I've heard people complain that he's using too much language. Not too much FOUL language, just over-all too much language. Let that sink in, as the faucet said after giving the door a light tappi-tap-tap. I wonder if not much of the complaints actually come from people who just can't navigate their way through the intricate puns mixed with sprinkles of Canuckistani French.
I personally dig all of the enginenerding and the depths he goes to explain things. Those who complain are those who cant comprehend that which he spews. I definitely don't understand everything he says, hes got a doctorate for fucks sake, but I do constantly learn something from uncle bumblefuck
@@Gameboygenius i like how He mixes the languages, as well as how good He pronounces german words for a canadian :D i love canadians, they excuse themselves if they robb someone xD
Do you by chance know the deaf welder dude that was on Hoonigans channel not long ago? He apparently works at NASA as well, although not sure if Langley. Dudes a boss.
@Robert Sand: Aren't you too busy at STZ to be trolling on Ave's? Seems the d00bie haters drove your companies stock down to just a few points off its 52 week low. You need to work harder, YT less.
You've got me curious now. I'm going to figure out the clamping pressure of those vise-grip style clamps :D EDIT: I tried two different clamps. One with a 3.25" throat and the other with a 10" throat. The max clamping force I could get (while squeezing it shut with my hand) was: 3.25" Throat: 619.2lbf 10" Throat: 173.3lbf SSSSCIENCE!!!
@@jonWilk8156 hi Jon. I just saw your comment a year later. At the time, I worked at a mechanics of materials lab so I had a calibrated and verified load cell at my disposal
A custom wrench so fine, I wish there's one that's mine. At first I was amped, But then noticed it's stamped. Ich will dieses Schwein (nicht). Keep the crappy one that's got your initials on it, send me the new one you ordered instead, untainted by your shop smegma.
I, being a young machinist and learning more each day, and one of our engineers (they ain’t all so bad, in fact it was he that introduced me to the channel!) are both big fans, and would thoroughly enjoy that fancy antique nut clamp. ❤️
So since I still owe my old man a christmas present for last year this would be great. 60+ years and still going. Metal worker and hella fond of old style wrenches. So ill trust my luck and if it comes hard on hard my legal tender. Consider my name on that list.
I love watching his channel I usually set it at 1.5 speed and let er rip... He gets so detailed ... I wish O could have afforded his power hammer... would absolutely love to have one of his wrenches Many Blessings , SMR
Would an ACME thread be stronger? I'm curious what thread the original wrench had. I'm gonna go buy one from HTR anyway. At the very least it will be useful for removing unwanted knuckle skin.
I have a couple old ones which use ACME or similar threads, mine also appear to be cast steel as they have a bead running around the perimeter of the tool. Not used them to anywhere near their strength limit, in theory, it should be a stronger design. The main advantage is that ACME has a very aggressive thread pitch so the wrench is quick to adjust. I rarely use them on fasteners, where they shine is bending steel while welding.
There is a video.. lol I think it did more than it was ever intended to do though! Not bad for and old style wrench that was intended for square nuts. And look at it this way, the tool didn’t fail, the thumb screw did. You could remake that in no time and be back in business.
That's what I was thinking too. Control the failure mode with the nut threads. I know it was lower energy at breaking, but also prevents catastrophic failure with shrapnel flying everywhere. Oh, sell it for $40 and the nuts for $10. Don't sell the printer, sell the toner....
Look at that Boba Fett Slave1 bespoke cosplay paint job vice grip! Also, I ordered my own from HTR last week, but I wouldn’t cry if you wanted to send the extra one to NH.
The "crescent" wrench was made by Western Forge, note the small "W F" on the handle. They make them for lots of other tool brands like Martin, Wright, Wilde, Ideal.. and more. They're very good wrenches.
The engraving is also done with the laser. Reduced power, reduced gas, or laser out of focus, so that it won't cut, just melt the metal on the surface.
I recently saw a vidjeo that NYCNC is a shill for Tormach. Apparently Tormach refers their customers to his videos when they have questions or need help. From my understanding they don’t have official support videos because they got NYCNC to do so.
Many years on now from buying my own first one and you would not think it has been used as a hammer, bludgeon, impromptu vice for hammering, I use it when I need something to hold a watch case steady and is still my "go to" wrench. Dunno what Eric did to the steel but its just impervious to anything I can throw at it, best tool investment for years and no joke I have written it in my will that it goes with me to the next world when I croak. Right now its sitting here holding a massive Zlatoust Soviet deep sea diver watch case as I drill in two 1mm holes, super all rounder and kudos to Eric for taking a British icon and making it way better :D Now my big one I used to wrench off a lathe chuck from my 1930's Portass lathe, chuck hasn't been off in 90 years or more, locked the shaft, engaged the girder wrench on the chuck jaws and bit o' rizz and off it come.
Not sure if someone else has commented about the slotted mod, but I was thinking offset through holes in the bottom of the nut might get super connection and wouldn’t be able to slip off as a flat tip screwdriver didn’t. Would it compromise the tension nut integrity? Then to be able to use say a bit, hardened wire an Allen/hex drive to torque it down?
Hurm0s Y'all must be new here. He's already proven, with the torquestructomatic, that it doesn't matter one lick of the dogs cobblers which up way ya mount it.
Because the video was mostly how he designed it... not production. Once he had the final product figured out the process was very likely made a lot more efficient.
Hey AVE, my name is Gabe. I am only 17 and I'm an up and coming Machinist and future engineer. I go to Erie County Technical School for Precision Machining Technology. I have shown my class some of your videos and my instructor (who is an amazing guy) likes them a lot. He understands some of the jokes and jargon that other people in my class don't understand. I also am a CNC Machinist at PHB in Erie, PA! The same PHB that you mentioned in your video where you disassembled the KitchenAID Mixer! If you go on the PHB CNC machining website, you can see at the top of the page, the machine that I operate as my job! It is a MAZAK Pallettech. I love watching your videos and learning from you whenever I am able to. It would be awesome to display the wrench on my wall in my display case along with my other Machined parts that I personally have made! Love your content! Keep on chooching partner!
I mean, with a cresent wrench, some of the load is offput to the threaded jaw wanting to rotate, which creates a HELL of a lot of friction. That's why the worm shaft isn't even bent on the damn thing, it only takes a fraction of a fraction of the load, while the old style's nut takes all of the load.
A tool for a tool. At least you would still be mobile when using it as a vise/vice, It could still detect thumbs but would definitely be a nut fecker. P.S tell HTR to get a cushion for his sandblaster.
Are these not easy to source in the US? I’m just wondering why you had some made. In the UK these old style wrenches are ten a penny, (although some eBay sellers seem to think they’re worth a small fortune. I picked up an extra three of them in a box full of rusty tools I bought for £17 GBP, including a kreigsmarine badge which I sold on eBay for £60. Got mit uns.
Great trip down memory lane with this one... Reminded me of the King Dick my brother found on the side of the road as kids. Was pretty beat up, but still worked a treat. Thanks heaps for sharing once again.
A friend eventually found one he's lost a few years earlier up in the house guttering. A bit of work with a wire brush and some oil had working fine, if a little rust pitted on the bits that didn't matter.
Now on the old tool about the milling of the letters, if it’s vintage wouldn’t you want it to look a little more beat up and rustic looking instead of super clean lettering?
You can pick me and display it on your wall. 😁
Fantastic idea! Unfortunately, I'm not an elected official.
AvE well in that case I would totally display it 😎.
You can pick me and I'll reference it when I design tools (design student). I appreciate the videos!
Crush more rocks.
Oh, I sure would like to have one o those. I could wreck my thumb good and proper. Not that I would use it for anything practical mind you...
I love how he speaks, Canadian, English,French, and Tool speak all mixed together
Big facts
And Spanish
Lose the french and I'm 1000% onboard.
He's a pirate that happens to speak machinist
Don’t forget spanish
The man at his bench felt distraught,
with his wrench not as strong as he thought.
The wife had the spare in the bedroom with care
for a business-end thicker she sought.
Thar be some damn fine poetry.
Hijacking a liked comment, ave very nice of you to give it away mate. Pity it'd cost you double the Canadian pesos to send it Down Undah
There once was a man from Saskatchewan
For crusty tools he did lust upon
He found just the thing, a wrench fit for a king
And indeed, in it's name it did say soFor the thrill of the peanut gallery
He sent his fine tool to AvE
With less than a moment of awe
It was straight in the torque'matic's jawsBut upon such a rigorous test
And against the worthy Wright's wrench
The old wrench fought well, but in battle it fell
And blew it's one nut prematurely
Haha, beautiful.
Only on the fukin internet can you find such splendor.
OH LORD, MY HERNIAS!
😂😂😂😂😅😂😂🤣😂😅😂😂
You big bully! Made me spit out my lunch and cry.
Important Technique Information: A forgotten trick (unless you were taught by a grandfather who used these a hundred years ago) for increasing the strength of the wrench: Place a nut of the same size as the one you are removing into the "opposite-side-jaw", that will transfer much of the force directly to the frame and not through the threaded post. That back overhang is there for important reasons, including right angle turning.
it took me a second to pick up what you're putting down, but now that I do: that's damn clever! thank you for posting this!
I'm not entirely sure I follow this. Mind explaining it differently?
TheRazzeus There is a ledge on the back end of the wrench that can accept nuts as well he is saying place a nut there of the same size as the nut you are clamping down on and it will decrease side load on the frame basically not allowing it to spring open as easily
yeah, i think i need a pic. sounds smarter than the rope trick...
nvmnd! i get it. yeah. cool.
Actually kind of clever the way that one failed. By selecting a material for the nut to be a metal softer than the thread, the tool can fail and the only cost in repairing it is another nut, and a few minutes filing the metal out of the threads.
Also not really worth welding one of those tools back together, they're drop forged, so it'll never be that strong again.
bur1t0 agreed. It’s designed to fail at a certain point and be easily mended after. Yes the other tool failed at a higher point but it also destroyed the tool to the point where welding it back together is both a higher skill task and kinda pointless because you’re rejoining the weakest part of the tool with a weaker joint. Realistically how often is a tool gonna be under that much strain anyways? Much better to have to replace a nut and refile, than weld a tool back together.
@@arghjayem the other tool is designed to fail at the replaceable part as well, just cheaper to buy a whole new tool.
Rigid tool forges those adjustable wrenches for Wright Tool. Also for Proto. They are good tools. Used lots when I worked in a pump shop.
I just adopted my grandfather's old tools (He's still alive, but at 94 and selling his home, he's not using them anymore) There's a lot of old hard american made tools from the era before chinese imports and I couldn't be happier!
Oh, and I suppose I should say I'm throwing my hat into the ring as well! It would nice to have something to give to my grandkids in some far flung weird cyberfuture.
You lucky bastard!!! I got just a few of my dad's tools when he passed away. My elder brother got the wooden custom made carpenters tool chest with inserts made for hand saws, brace and bit, chisels, hammers, etc. And he doesn't even get hard when he drives by a hardware store, like I do. Life ain't skookum
My Stash of Handed down Grandfather tools were stolen out of my garage while I was at work by a crackhead a few years ago. I really miss the old, all metal Porter Cable Circular saw I cherished and still used...
Get an 8 inch fine wire wheel because you're gonna become an expert at removing & keeping rust off them all.
Havent heard from my grandfather in about 15 years but i hope he looks out for me one day.
Keep the marked part, swap in the unmarked part. Everyone wins.
I would love to have it. My dad is retired Ford Tractor/Agricultural Mechanic witch I learned the trade just as he did. When I was out of High School there was no calling for Ag Mech. I side tracked and went Automotive. He would just love it. It has a lot of resemblance to the old ford tools in the tool boxes on some of the 1950-1960 era tractors. Love your channel.
Back in the day, those were referred to as a "monkey wrench", not a spanner wrench. I have a vintage one that belonged to my great grandpa. My grandma has told me that she remembers him using it to repair things. I think it is dated 1890 or close. They were designed to hang onto a square nut or bolt head. Hex wasn't even a twinkle in their eye back then. I think Jody at "Welding Tips and Tricks" can weld water to water.
The oldtimers around here said the proper name was a stillson wrench, also heard them called a ford wrench
Side note , perhaps a test showing new hex nuts vs the old style square nuts , as to why the design changed ect would be a cool vid
Yea ive wonderd why we use hex nuts instead of square. It seems like the less amount of sides you have the less likely it would be to strip.
You're "supposed" to use a full box end of the appropriate size which puts even amounts of pressure on all 6 sides/corners of a hex head, and allows for more angles of engagement.
Square nuts have advantages that don't necessarily come up often, like being able to put a square nut in a slot so it doesn't turn but is replaceable if the thing strips or wears out, and keeping more of the meat of the flats of an adjustable or open ended wrench on for better leverage. As well they are easier to manufacture.
I think the biggest reason we don't use the square nuts anymore is machine automation. Square nuts don't have as many flats and therefore are harder to line up in automated machines. For the HAND JOB they would work fine
I know I would have hated life with square fasteners before I got wrenches with a 5 degree swing.
I've heard also it's hex over square because you need to turn a hex less to expose new flats than a square head. I think 35 vs 90 degrees
The adjustable is being utilized in the correct orientation but the HTR wrench is going weaker orientation.
Thats what I was thinking. Want to buy another and test it oriented the other way? The outside corner of the square test chunk was bearing against the tip of the moveable jaw and the base of the fixed. The top jaw then acts like a lever increasing the strain on the nut.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that picked up on him putting the resent wrench in backwards...
The HTR's lower jaw is fixed, as opposed to the Wright wrench, so he's using them in their strongest orientations, respectively.
We have confirmation of HUMAN elbows!
Steven Brown Fake news! That is the tentacle of the lizard Q!
Please test the Hazet 916HP ratchet. It claims to be twice as strong as a standard 1/2" drive ratchet, with a 1000 NM capacity.
I've had a set of Hazet ratchets, not sure which model they were, but they were the absolute worst shite I've ever used... Apart from that 1/4" kamasa ratchet. Anyway, the sockets and regular spanner/wrenches are nice. Hazet makes a lot of junk.
that would be 737 in derp units if anyone was wondering.
How can they fit 916 horses in something so compact?
M M must be pretty unSTABLE!
I started a new job at a machine shop a few weeks ago, and I bet I could find a use for it there! You and Abom79 both inspired me to start a new career, and I am very grateful for the time you guys spend making videos. Thanks!
Man, I feel sorry for Hand Tool Rescue. He's suddenly going to have a whole lot of orders coming in, right quick in a hurry. Buckle up!
I've had an ancient British made version of one those in my toolbox for years. It works terrifically well as a wrench, clamp, hammer, or even as a small handheld vise!
Also: paper weight, self defense tool, walnut cracker, castration tool(not recommended), butter knife, tennis shoe, mayonnaise, 3-1 shampoo
Surely replacing the nut, should you manage to break it without massive abuse, be a piece of piss compared to replacing the clampy bit?
That seems like good design, making the easiest bit to replace the weakest.
Keep the marked one! I’ll take the one with the striped out nut. I’ll fix it a’la Hand Tool Rescue
An AvE/HTR crossover episode? YES! I have endless nuts what need turning.
they're 45 USD now + shipping. At first i thought 45 CAD, and was like, WHOA that's like 6 USD! but no.
Keep the friggin' thing! It was made for you, I can't take something that don't belong to me!
First Last
With an attitude like that, I guess you're ready for marriage and hang up pick pocketing for a backup career option. It'll work out somehow and don't feel slighted ,having never popped a cherry. 😂😂
Seeing how you always forget about my birthday this would be a great early gift from my illustrious uncle
AvE You channel and video are pure edu-taint-ment. Cereal. I'm happy you have this channel and share all these. Thank you sir!
That c-clamp_micrometer joke is a common thing around the machine shop i work in. LUL
At the shop I work in we call bore mics tailpipe expanders.
There's no bigger compliment than writing a joke or a saying that becomes part of someones vernacular. Maybe an eyes, ears, move your beers t-shirt should be in the works? lol
I'd buy one!
Excellent test. I bought one from him a while back. I will never put that much torque on it by hand. Good to know it will stand the test of spine.
Story of my life in 6 words: Round hole, square peg, big hammer.
I want that for my kid. I watch regularly, but just found out he's been secretly watching your channel too. The language doesn't offset the content. He's 12, has helped on 6 engine swaps (always runs the cherry picker), and can do a bit of welding. To much to mention here.
Regarding AvE' s language, I've heard people complain that he's using too much language. Not too much FOUL language, just over-all too much language. Let that sink in, as the faucet said after giving the door a light tappi-tap-tap. I wonder if not much of the complaints actually come from people who just can't navigate their way through the intricate puns mixed with sprinkles of Canuckistani French.
I personally dig all of the enginenerding and the depths he goes to explain things. Those who complain are those who cant comprehend that which he spews. I definitely don't understand everything he says, hes got a doctorate for fucks sake, but I do constantly learn something from uncle bumblefuck
@@Gameboygenius i like how He mixes the languages, as well as how good He pronounces german words for a canadian :D i love canadians, they excuse themselves if they robb someone xD
Could you do this same test with the metric versions of these wrenches?
Thanks in advance!
Some pople call me a fool, but I always have my SAE and Metric adjustables with me. What if it's 22mm? Metric. What if its 3/4? SAE.
/s/ :)
all's fine n dandy till ya get a Witwork bolt right froze with a nut on the back side. Then you out comes the multilingual cursing and cutting torch.
@@easycheese6409 ahh, we call ours the Meltin Torch. Bolt can't be tight if its a puddle.
Is this guy for real
Mr5minutemajor - are you? Seriously? Like really really even asking that question?
Hey i actually work mechanical testing at NASA Langley. I got a guy that would test it if you dont already have one.
Do you by chance know the deaf welder dude that was on Hoonigans channel not long ago? He apparently works at NASA as well, although not sure if Langley. Dudes a boss.
Sure ya do
You talking about that facility over by the giant wind tunnel, across from the sketchy-ass short track?
@Robert Sand: Aren't you too busy at STZ to be trolling on Ave's? Seems the d00bie haters drove your companies stock down to just a few points off its 52 week low. You need to work harder, YT less.
Urban legend
AvE and HTR crossover? Hell yeah. I've been using the crap out of my HTR wrench, love it!
Another gold video with all the commentary we look forward to
a wrench marked with my two favorite tool guys? yes.
A Knipex pliers wrench needs a turn.
Ouch spendy, but good call!
You've got me curious now. I'm going to figure out the clamping pressure of those vise-grip style clamps :D
EDIT: I tried two different clamps. One with a 3.25" throat and the other with a 10" throat. The max clamping force I could get (while squeezing it shut with my hand) was:
3.25" Throat: 619.2lbf
10" Throat: 173.3lbf
SSSSCIENCE!!!
@@jonWilk8156 you clamp a scale like the one you would weigh yourself with
I was hoping someone would do just this. Thank you, you've satiated my curiosity.
Thread pitch and oily metal? Grippy emboss? Still viable as early multitool deserving serious respect😀
@@jonWilk8156 hi Jon. I just saw your comment a year later. At the time, I worked at a mechanics of materials lab so I had a calibrated and verified load cell at my disposal
A custom wrench so fine,
I wish there's one that's mine.
At first I was amped,
But then noticed it's stamped.
Ich will dieses Schwein (nicht).
Keep the crappy one that's got your initials on it, send me the new one you ordered instead, untainted by your shop smegma.
Seems that acme threads are much tougher than I thought...great to see the scientific approach to testing...you gained a new subscription.
Are they approved for nipular clampulation? Is that why you got two?
Another top notch BOLTR!
Btw, “release the Schmoo” is not proper language for happy fun time...
well, someone had to try it.
I, being a young machinist and learning more each day, and one of our engineers (they ain’t all so bad, in fact it was he that introduced me to the channel!) are both big fans, and would thoroughly enjoy that fancy antique nut clamp. ❤️
So since I still owe my old man a christmas present for last year this would be great. 60+ years and still going. Metal worker and hella fond of old style wrenches. So ill trust my luck and if it comes hard on hard my legal tender.
Consider my name on that list.
Did you get a spark off your knurled nut at 14:20?
Al Foote III I believe he did! Great catch!
For anything I would use that old skool design is perfectly usable and looks cool with the design
The thread should be cut like a metric thread, with a 60° angle, than it is self - locking, and it wrench won't unscrew itself.
Fer Tom Sachs. Always be canolying?
Thought it was spelt "frog snacks"...anyone?
As HTR and AvE are my 8th and 14th favorite channels, I'd be honored to conduct some shop shenanigans with a co-branded nut-lathe.
Down belowing in the doobly doo. Sick wrench, have always admired it from handtoolrescue.
I love watching his channel I usually set it at 1.5 speed and let er rip... He gets so detailed ... I wish O could have afforded his power hammer... would absolutely love to have one of his wrenches
Many Blessings , SMR
I love Hand Tool Rescue Channel, it's both funny and awesome.
Would an ACME thread be stronger? I'm curious what thread the original wrench had. I'm gonna go buy one from HTR anyway. At the very least it will be useful for removing unwanted knuckle skin.
I have a couple old ones which use ACME or similar threads, mine also appear to be cast steel as they have a bead running around the perimeter of the tool.
Not used them to anywhere near their strength limit, in theory, it should be a stronger design. The main advantage is that ACME has a very aggressive thread pitch so the wrench is quick to adjust.
I rarely use them on fasteners, where they shine is bending steel while welding.
There is a video.. lol I think it did more than it was ever intended to do though! Not bad for and old style wrench that was intended for square nuts. And look at it this way, the tool didn’t fail, the thumb screw did. You could remake that in no time and be back in business.
That's what I was thinking too. Control the failure mode with the nut threads. I know it was lower energy at breaking, but also prevents catastrophic failure with shrapnel flying everywhere. Oh, sell it for $40 and the nuts for $10. Don't sell the printer, sell the toner....
fine threads are stronger, just use those to begin with
Man, gotta love mr hand tool rescues work, and ave’s desire to torture any device in his vicinity
Look at that Boba Fett Slave1 bespoke cosplay paint job vice grip!
Also, I ordered my own from HTR last week, but I wouldn’t cry if you wanted to send the extra one to NH.
I love watching hand tool rescue’s channel.
Please pick me for the retro-vintage wrench!!
The "crescent" wrench was made by Western Forge, note the small "W F" on the handle. They make them for lots of other tool brands like Martin, Wright, Wilde, Ideal.. and more. They're very good wrenches.
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Anybody else notice the dead fly above the screwdriver?
Ahh. 15:26
You read my mind, AvE
Ray Romano does some bang up restoration videos!
All I can say about the old Rastall is that it appears that replacement parts are available from the manufacturer upon request.
Knuckle busters haven't changed much down through the century's
I get a notification four minutes ago there are comments over a week old. UA-cam is lagging!
Robert Lee this was released for patreons early
If you become a subscriber to his Paternoster account, you get the vjs a week or 2 early..
It's not usually a week or more early. It's usually only 2 days. I think he just messed this one up
The engraving is also done with the laser. Reduced power, reduced gas, or laser out of focus, so that it won't cut, just melt the metal on the surface.
I recently saw a vidjeo that NYCNC is a shill for Tormach. Apparently Tormach refers their customers to his videos when they have questions or need help. From my understanding they don’t have official support videos because they got NYCNC to do so.
Makeup Artist : Hand Tool Rescue.
Nice.
Many years on now from buying my own first one and you would not think it has been used as a hammer, bludgeon, impromptu vice for hammering, I use it when I need something to hold a watch case steady and is still my "go to" wrench. Dunno what Eric did to the steel but its just impervious to anything I can throw at it, best tool investment for years and no joke I have written it in my will that it goes with me to the next world when I croak. Right now its sitting here holding a massive Zlatoust Soviet deep sea diver watch case as I drill in two 1mm holes, super all rounder and kudos to Eric for taking a British icon and making it way better :D Now my big one I used to wrench off a lathe chuck from my 1930's Portass lathe, chuck hasn't been off in 90 years or more, locked the shaft, engaged the girder wrench on the chuck jaws and bit o' rizz and off it come.
Yeah I'd use that sucker. Shipping would be cheap too!
I'm right next door!
Hand Tool Rescue!!! Love your channel!
Come for the tool review, stay for the colorful commentary. You have me laughing from the moment the video started. New subscriber for life!
Not sure if someone else has commented about the slotted mod, but I was thinking offset through holes in the bottom of the nut might get super connection and wouldn’t be able to slip off as a flat tip screwdriver didn’t. Would it compromise the tension nut integrity? Then to be able to use say a bit, hardened wire an Allen/hex drive to torque it down?
Can't you just remake the nut in the boxford and give away the test subject instead
Dude, you had that crescent wrench in wrong way! I bet it takes more torque if you flip it around. Test it again!
I agree, turned the WRONG 5
Hurm0s Y'all must be new here. He's already proven, with the torquestructomatic, that it doesn't matter one lick of the dogs cobblers which up way ya mount it.
I think Tublecain also tested them and decided it didn't matter what direction.
Hurm0s They were BOTH the wrong way. @AvE
Bravo for the very subtle Sachs/10 Bullets ref AVE!
Looks like someone released the shmoo all over a perfectly good vice @11:44
I watched the vid on how it was made...under $40 Idk how its possible
Sell the tool for $40, replacement nuts for $10 a piece (sold only in two packs, purchaser pays shipping).
Because the video was mostly how he designed it... not production. Once he had the final product figured out the process was very likely made a lot more efficient.
Nice work. Love the simplicity of design
So a new nut and it's all good?
Up to 500 lbs and then its bad again.
Disassemble it and the upper part becomes a mini hammer to pair with your mini chainsaw
It also makes for a caliper. Mark the roller, and it's very precise.
Until used for anything else....that is.
Tappy, tap, tap...
Hey AVE, my name is Gabe. I am only 17 and I'm an up and coming Machinist and future engineer. I go to Erie County Technical School for Precision Machining Technology. I have shown my class some of your videos and my instructor (who is an amazing guy) likes them a lot. He understands some of the jokes and jargon that other people in my class don't understand. I also am a CNC Machinist at PHB in Erie, PA! The same PHB that you mentioned in your video where you disassembled the KitchenAID Mixer! If you go on the PHB CNC machining website, you can see at the top of the page, the machine that I operate as my job! It is a MAZAK Pallettech. I love watching your videos and learning from you whenever I am able to. It would be awesome to display the wrench on my wall in my display case along with my other Machined parts that I personally have made! Love your content! Keep on chooching partner!
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•Todd Anderson
The way you talk is amazing
I mean, with a cresent wrench, some of the load is offput to the threaded jaw wanting to rotate, which creates a HELL of a lot of friction.
That's why the worm shaft isn't even bent on the damn thing, it only takes a fraction of a fraction of the load, while the old style's nut takes all of the load.
“Son of a diddly”
No metric thread? Imperial spans only!
preparedDUDE must be the wireless Ethernet cable again...
Jump the cacti
This would be the best prize win ever, two if my fav tool channels collab
A tool for a tool. At least you would still be mobile when using it as a vise/vice, It could still detect thumbs but would definitely be a nut fecker.
P.S tell HTR to get a cushion for his sandblaster.
You got to test the KNipex Plier wrench.
iShootBandits
My thought exactly. Use the big 450mm one.
Are these not easy to source in the US?
I’m just wondering why you had some made.
In the UK these old style wrenches are ten a penny, (although some eBay sellers seem to think they’re worth a small fortune.
I picked up an extra three of them in a box full of rusty tools I bought for £17 GBP, including a kreigsmarine badge which I sold on eBay for £60.
Got mit uns.
It's a French Wrench; call her by her name before you break her.
halnywiatr ,Why do the French have to do everything different?
In France, we call the other one "clé anglaise", why English do everything different ;) ?
Jonathan Muroni, We still like inches and miles. Easier to convert what size hammer 🔨 to use on the foreman.
Wow, what a mouth. Love it! :-)
Great trip down memory lane with this one...
Reminded me of the King Dick my brother found on the side of the road as kids.
Was pretty beat up, but still worked a treat.
Thanks heaps for sharing once again.
A friend eventually found one he's lost a few years earlier up in the house guttering. A bit of work with a wire brush and some oil had working fine, if a little rust pitted on the bits that didn't matter.
you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friends nose
I would love to have anything you’ve touched. Maybe I’ll get your super powers
Eric Long he has to bite you for that to happen.
Surprised that the nut was the weak point but at the same time the most inexpensive part is what failed so good thing?
Gotta go deeeeeeeeeep
It looks useless maybe the mrs wont moan at me anymore
The length of the crescent wrenches moment arm was beyond the stock you were twisting’ with.
That put rescue’s wrench at a disadvantage methinks
Could you put measuring ticks on the slidey bit to see the size of the nut you are strangling?
Now on the old tool about the milling of the letters, if it’s vintage wouldn’t you want it to look a little more beat up and rustic looking instead of super clean lettering?
Neato! Think it would be any more effective if the handle was longer? Feel the stubbyness wouldn’t give me enough length to really wrench it...
I wonder if that working end was too large and you didn't catch enough threads in the hand tool rescue wrench nut for a fair comparison.