2 Jan
2002
2 Jan
'02
7:25 a.m.
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Don Maslin wrote:
On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Chris wrote:
I can't believe I'm jumping into this.
I truly think that "proper" naming of tools is entirely dependent on
regional and professional groups. I grew up in a steel fab shop, where
any hammer without claws and less than 8 pounds was a "shop hammer" A
tool with a handle & perpendiculsr, opposed chisel point and spike was a
"slag hammer". The right-angle-grip, toothed one-directional-grab
adjustable wrench was a pipe wrench, what I call 18" Channel-Loks were
monkey wrenches, and the 40-degree adjustable hex wrench is a Crescent.
Then I fell into the oil-feild, where calling a tool by the wrong name
might literally earn you a set of bruises. There's no such thing as a
"pipe wrench". Ever. There are 12-in. pipe-wrenches, 15-inch
pipe-wrenches, up to 6-foot pipe wrenches. What I called a 4lb
shop-hammer became a short hammer, and the 8-lb sledge became a short
sledge. Anything under 4lb was a ball-peen, as they _usually_ were.
Allen-wrenches became hex-heads.
I think my own thesis is that after 30 years, or 2 generations, of use,
any tool likely has a "proper name" ditrectly tied to its local use.
Doc
>I don't know what they're teaching
kids these days, but in the time period
>for which this list is relevant, mechanics did/do indeed refer to any
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At least around here, they are teaching that it
is an Adjustable Wrench,
and specifically teaching that it is NOT a Crescent wrench.
Consider, please, that a "pipe" wrench is also an adjustable wrench as
is what we call a monkey wrench. Neither of which are anywhere close to
the Crescent wrench configuration.
> Also, flip open any tool catalog you want, you won't see a generic
> adjustable wrench listed as a Crescent Wrench.