Big wrench

Big Fat Herb · Apr 6, 2014

Bought a 5" open end wrench today at an auction Should make a nice wall hanger.

504 · Apr 6, 2014

That will need to be a GOOD WALL

Dalex · Apr 6, 2014

I have a history in Hydraulics and used wrenches as big as 2-1/2 " , and they were really expensive . What brand is it ?? I'd like to see what it cost ...

NCWayne · Apr 6, 2014

I"ll have to measure them when I get around to ever getting everything we"ve moved from Dad"s old shop to mine unpacked, but I know some of the old, home made sprocket nut wrenches we"ve made over the years are at least that big, or bigger. The majority of them were cut out of 3/4" or 1" thick plate and had to be able to withstand the forces needed to tighten the sprocket nuts on some of the older tracked equipment. Usually what we did was tighten by hand, and then put the machine in gear and let it turn the nut while the wrench rested against the ground. Once the machine picked itself up the nut was just about as tight as it would go. Another couple of whacks with a BIG sledge hammer and it was good to go.

Nowdays they just have hydraulic torque wrenches, that weight next to nothing, yet have the ability to put out 20,000 ft lbs plus of torque. It"s amazing the way technology actually does work, and help us in some cases...

Cliff(VA) · Apr 7, 2014

Place I used to work had a machine with a 24" nut. The wrench hung on the wall behind the machine. I always wanted to take that wrench home to decorate my shop. I often wondered what it weighed.

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Dick2 · Apr 7, 2014

Maybe it's for repairing your watch?

Wile E · Apr 8, 2014

For super stupid big wrenches like that you are almost better off to go to a machine shop and have them make it for you on a milling machine and weld a bar on the end for torque. We did that at where I work for a hex wrench. (some scrap stock, 1" diameter bar or steel and yer all set) Sure beats paying $200 for 1 wrench.

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