Crescent Wrench Thread

[irul&ublo]

There was a thread about precision wrenches awhile back, with one brand getting most of the kudos. Anyone remember that?

[irul&ublo]

Bump....no help here?

[abraham]

Bump....no help here?

Knipex?

https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...d.php?t=311493

[zartagen]

Maybe knipex? It's not a crescent, but they can be as good or better.

Last minute xmas shopping?

https://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=...00&artID=30062

[irul&ublo]

That may be it, though I thought it was wrenches.

[MTT]

Google Sears steals design for Wrench

Things we never forget
http://abcnews.go.com/US/MadeInAmeri...ry?id=17720122

[joetron]

Yep. Good crescent wrench is unpossible. Answer is knipex

[gravitylover]

Maybe knipex? It's not a crescent, but they can be as good or better.

Last minute xmas shopping?

https://www.knipex.com/index.php?id=...00&artID=30062

Boy you could really get lost in that website for a while.

[Svengali]

[roverdoc]

Knipex are the bomb. Never use the crescents any more. Goodbye to rounding off nuts

[XXX-er]

Precision cresent wrench ... Isn't that an oxymoron?

[refried]

Are we talking adjustable wrenches or water pump pliers (slip joint pliers like those made by Channel Lock)?
I've been very happy with Snap-On adjustable wrenches, I've been using and abusing mine for well over 30 years and they're as tight and adjust as freely as they did when new. I bought them when I worked in a shop with a no adjustable wrench rule, After I bought them even the shop owner had a set of three. With slip joint pliers I've been just as happy with models made by Channel Lock as I have been with the Snap-On version, most if not all of my big pliers are Channel Lock. As a side note, The only Vice Grip style plier worth a damn are real Vice Grips, I only buy Vice Grips but somehow I have a never ending supply of crappy ones made by Great Neck, Craftsman, and others that have rusted screws, broken springs, and worn out teeth.

[splat]

knucklebusters

[Todd Zander]

i guess theyre useful if you cant look at a hex head and guess within +- one size. if you rounded a nut its because you used the wrong tool to begin with, or it was going to be cut off from the start.

[refried]

I'm not really a fan of adjustable wrenches but find them useful running/working on old farm equipment, who knows what's been changed in the last 100 years that may need a quick tightening, I'll have a full set of tools in the truck but I can carry one wrench in my pocket. I come across lots of set screws with 3/8" and 7/16" square heads, They're never the true size anymore and the bigger jaws and longer handle make breaking them free a little easier.

[tenB]

knucklebusters

Exactly!

[El Chupacabra]

How do those work? is it basically just channel locks with a bunch of fine gradations?

[Timberridge]

An old crescent wrench is the perfect tool for popping off an old ski pole basket.

[bluespark]

I've been using this one almost daily at work for 4 years w/ no complaints. (mine says Snap-On though)
https://aboloxtools.com/wrenches/adj...xoCVt0QAvD_BwE

[bluespark]

I also have this 12" wrench, also no complaints;

https://aboloxtools.com/wrenches/adj...hoCFEwQAvD_BwE

[bluespark]

How do those work? is it basically just channel locks with a bunch of fine gradations?

They offer compound grip pressure w/ smooth parallel jaw, also relatively narrow profile jaws. My 7" pair will squish a penny.

Great tool w/ many uses