TheRecklessOne

A friend of mine who I'm doing a built-in for spends a lot of time in and out of Europe and Asia. Last week he went to Georgia and Croatia and a few other places. While there he picked up a set of old wrenches because he knows how much of a tool geek I am.
This is the only one he could find tonight, but has a whole set for me apparently.

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TheRecklessOne That is way cool. I love old tool. Do you collect them and used them or just collect them?

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TheRecklessOne

Handy...I use all the antique planes and power tools that I have, but tools that are easily lost or hard to find like this one will be displayed.

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TheRecklessOne

Handy...I took a picture so you can see the size difference. If I remember right 18 mm is the closest metric "equivalent" to 3/4. So for the USSR wrench to have a 17 mm end the wrench is actually kind of weeny. Way cool, but weeny. It would be hard to use for anything that was torqued on I think, but it will be proudly displayed!

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firehawkmph

RO,
Pretty cool. It'd be way cool if he has a whole set for you.
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Handyman

TheRecklessOne Yep I see what you are talking about. It is small. That would only tell me that the guy that used that wrench every day must have had some big arms.

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Gene Howe

Just curious, were these made for export? English instead of Cryllic (sp?).

TheRecklessOne

Good question Gene. He found it in Georgia which used to be in the USSR I believe, but I didn't even think about it being stamped in English.

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bigredc

I found this wrench in a box of stuff I got this weekend. It's got something very unusual about it.


Don't read this if your still guessing what it is.
The 5/16 end measures 1/2" and the 3/8" end is 9/16" If you know bolts you'll know that the measurments corrispond to the size of the bolt not the head. A 5/16" bolt uses a 1/2" wrench, and 3/8" uses 9/16".
I have never seen this before.

woodnthings

I'm always guessing at the 1/2" or 9/16th socket or wrench, and usually am wrong. You'd think I'd have learned by now. DUH!
My old wrech collection is below. There's a strange one in there a combination wrench and hammer, but it has a mfgrs. or tool maker's stamp on it. The large one I think is a railroad wrench. It's about 23" long! My first wrench was a small monkey wrench similiar to the one shown, age 6 or 7 I think. FYI. bill

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