Monkey wrench for sale

[rrrr]

Spotted this at the pawn shop today.

@monkeyswrench

 

[clark]

Spotted this at the pawn shop today.

@monkeyswrench



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That's a stilson wrench

 

[monkeyswrench]

I may have a few...the smooth jaw, old school ones are useful for weird stuff, bending steel without marking it up, same with brass fittings, when a wrench may have too narrow a face. Old tools always have a purpose...I'm kind of like a retirement home for that stuff.

 

[Morehart]

New version. the smooth jaws are nice for not scaring up unions. Used this more than any pipe wrench working on smaller boilers

 

[timstoy]

I have some Model T tools from my grampa and have a smooth jaw monkey wrench with the Ford name cast in the handle. My Dad told me what it was for but I forgot what he said. Someday I will take pictures of all the tools and show them to the Model T club in town to identify what the tools were for and document the information.

 

[Rajobigguy]

I bet mine is bigger than yours

 

[Riverbottom]

I have a Ford wrench in my tool box.

 

[spectras only]

I may have a few...the smooth jaw, old school ones are useful for weird stuff, bending steel without marking it up, same with brass fittings, when a wrench may have too narrow a face. Old tools always have a purpose...I'm kind of like a retirement home for that stuff.

Get a helper with those wrenches. An old friend had a Douglas MC, he didn't have a monkey. You need a monkey with old british motorcycles.

 

[500bbc]

Spotted this at the pawn shop today.

@monkeyswrench



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I have the same wrench in metric...

 

[Rennsport]

I have a left handed metric version

 

[rivermobster]

I have the same wrench in metric...

Those adjustable metric wrenches are super bad azz.

 

[wallnutz]

I have the same wrench in metric...

I have the hammer addition.

 

[rrrr]

View attachment 1457552 New version. the smooth jaws are nice for not scaring up unions. Used this more than any pipe wrench working on smaller boilers

I have two of these. Lazy ass plumbers and maintenance men routinely use Channelocks on chrome plated devices like flush valves, causing deep gouges in the union nuts and shutoff valves of the device.

If someone is going to work in the trades, they should use the correct tools.

 

[HNL2LHC]

Under priced he is worth much more than $10.

 

[monkeyswrench]

I have some Model T tools from my grampa and have a smooth jaw monkey wrench with the Ford name cast in the handle. My Dad told me what it was for but I forgot what he said. Someday I will take pictures of all the tools and show them to the Model T club in town to identify what the tools were for and document the information.

The model T hubcap was a threaded grease cap. Ford used a stamped steel one with outside threads late into the 30's for the front drums. I think this was the most common use for those wrenches in the tool bag, those and then tightening axle and spindle nuts.

 

[timstoy]

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The model T hubcap was a threaded grease cap. Ford used a stamped steel one with outside threads late into the 30's for the front drums. I think this was the most common use for those wrenches in the tool bag, those and then tightening axle and spindle nuts.

You are probably right! I have a manual tire pump with a brass tube with the Ford logo cast into foot base. They were built to last!

 

[Gelcoater]

I have a Ford wrench in my tool box.

Is it broken too?

 

[Morehart]

The original Ford model a jack?

1/2 inch rachet works perfectly

 

[JB in so cal]

I used to have a Langstrom

seven inch gangley wrench that I used on the Finley sprocket, back in the day...

 

[Willie B]

…My father had a small stash of model T tools… I thought they were in a drawer in his old workbench…which is mine now… just went out and looked… as I was pretty sure there was a monkey wrench in there… There is an eighth inch of dust on whatever is in that drawer….Maybe I can get a better look tomorrow…

 

[17 10 Flat]

Under priced he is worth much more than $10.

Comes with a spare 10mm socket though.