Decent adjustable spanners

[MichaelW2]

Barcho also doubles up as a hammer. Recommend.

 

[C R]

I think you get what you pay for (or don't). They may look OK, but you will almost certainly find that the jaws aren't held as rigidly in place as they would be with a better set.

If they are for very occasional use, that may be acceptable, but if you are going to be using them regularly, it is better to get a decent one (or set). Your nuts will thank you!

Your knuckles will probably thank you too.

 

[silva]

Not a joke - in some past, bosses at work ordered decent tools and bolts and whatever.
But these days they try to save every penny and pick cheapest items on their screen. A stupid example for washers, new deliveries were boxes with washers half as thick as before. When you tension bolts as before, they deform to conical into the wood, and after a couple fix/defix they just break somewhere.
So what did people do: they put two instead of one. And the boss just keeps on ordering those thin ones, it's just haha.

 

[sevenfourate]

Not a joke - in some past, bosses at work ordered decent tools and bolts and whatever.
But these days they try to save every penny and pick cheapest items on their screen. A stupid example for washers, new deliveries were boxes with washers half as thick as before. When you tension bolts as before, they deform to conical into the wood, and after a couple fix/defix they just break somewhere.
So what did people do: they put two instead of one. And the boss just keeps on ordering those thin ones, it's just haha.

I suspect you previously had ‘Form C’s’….. and your purchaser is now buying Form A or B’s - which would account for not being half as robust…….

 

[Jameshow]

Not a joke - in some past, bosses at work ordered decent tools and bolts and whatever.
But these days they try to save every penny and pick cheapest items on their screen. A stupid example for washers, new deliveries were boxes with washers half as thick as before. When you tension bolts as before, they deform to conical into the wood, and after a couple fix/defix they just break somewhere.
So what did people do: they put two instead of one. And the boss just keeps on ordering those thin ones, it's just haha.

Use two!

 

[Profpointy]

“Adjustable spanner”.

Engineer here Shudders at the thought 😎

Bahco are more than decent enough for rounding off a few nuts though 🤣

There was quite a nice tool list in some article (motor or car repair I think) and it listed "mole grips - for when no one's looking"

 

[Jameshow]

There was quite a nice tool list in some article (motor or car repair I think) and it listed "mole grips - for when no one's looking"

Or for when the wife / children weren't available or willing!!

 

[T4tomo]

There was quite a nice tool list in some article (motor or car repair I think) and it listed "mole grips - for when no one's looking"

Oh yes, my dad was a farmer, mole grips were used a lot. I was also taught that in general "outdoor" woodwork, the screwdriver was only needed to remove screws, as a hammer was much quicker for putting screws in!

 

[C R]

Oh yes, my dad was a farmer, mole grips were used a lot. I was also taught that in general "outdoor" woodwork, the screwdriver was only needed to remove screws, as a hammer was much quicker for putting screws in!

Your dad must have gone to the same training school as mine

 

[sevenfourate]

There was quite a nice tool list in some article (motor or car repair I think) and it listed "mole grips - for when no one's looking"

I’m not a saint. I’d do the same in a heartbeat. Just not on my own ‘vehicles’. And I don’t advertise the fact 🤣

 

[sevenfourate]

Oh yes, my dad was a farmer, mole grips were used a lot. I was also taught that in general "outdoor" woodwork, the screwdriver was only needed to remove screws, as a hammer was much quicker for putting screws in!

Got a lad at work from a small Suffolk Town called Bungay. Not only do we wind him up about having 12 fingers / webbed feet etc - we also call a screw a ‘Bungay Nail’ ! Nuff said…

 

[All uphill]

Got a lad at work from a small Suffolk Town called Bungay. Not only do we wind him up about having 12 fingers / webbed feet etc - we also call a screw a ‘Bungay Nail’ ! Nuff said…

Oi!

I'm from Bungay.

I'll meet you on Beccles Common at dawn, with bicycle pumps, for a duel to the death!

PS I've just checked and I have the normal number of fingers and toes. 13 of each.

 

[sevenfourate]

Oi!

I'm from Bungay.

I'll meet you on Beccles Common at dawn, with bicycle pumps, for a duel to the death!

PS I've just checked and I have the normal number of fingers and toes. 13 of each.

🤣🤣

Small World ! Nothing wrong with Bungay. Plus; I do a lot of work for Clays. So I’d better not say too much…..😉

 

[All uphill]

🤣🤣

Small World ! Nothing wrong with Bungay. Plus; I do a lot of work for Clays. So I’d better not say too much…..😉

No, it's too late now, no point backing down. I'm deeply offended.

There was a reason I left many years ago. Probably too much excitement.

 

[sevenfourate]

No, it's too late now, no point backing down. I'm deeply offended.

There was a reason I left many years ago. Probably too much excitement.

All them late night shenanigans drinking Alco-pops in the Butter-Cross catch up with you ?