24 Apr
2011
24 Apr
'11
6:25 a.m.
>>=A0In auto repair, the newbie would be
sent to get spotted paint, rubbe=
r nails,
>> and a metric Crescent wrench (all of
which actually exist).
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I'm curious where rubber nails are used.
attaching rubber weather stripping to wood. "Rubber nails" are made of
steel :-( It has been several decades since I used a Crescent
[adjustable] wrench,
due to my obsession with using properly fitting wrenches, but I have 100mm
and 150mm Crescent wrenches, if I ever need them.
I have a small one (4"/100mm) in my toolkit (I tend to work on small
devices). I very rarely use it, haviong got an almost complete set of
imperial, metric and BA spanners, but it's there 'just in case'. Like
you, I prefer to use the right tool :-)
BTW, since "Crescent Wrench" and "Vise-grips" are trademarked brand
names
that have become commonly misused to refer to any manufacturer's product
that resembles them, what do you call the Stanley adjustable [Crescent
Style] wrench that has a [Vise-Grips style] lever that takes up the slack
and clamps/locks it?
Over here, the 'Crescent Wrench' is called an adjustable spanner, which
is not a trade name. 'Vise Grips' anre normally called a 'Mole Wrench',
which certainy in a trade name, I think the generic term is 'self locking
pliers'.
We also tend to call slip-joint pliers a 'water pump wrench'. I have no
idea why.
-tony