Comments on: Crescent Wants To Be Your Monkey Wrench http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:13:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Benjamen Johnson http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-172881 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:46:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-172881 I originally posted this because when I found this tool searching around the net, I couldn't get the Foo Fighter's Monkey Wrench song out of my head (the refrain was the original title). That and "Monkey Wrench" just conjures up all kinds of images when you say it. Its really cool to see people posting how they use this tool. I suspected they were used in in applications where you didn't want to damage the nut or fitting, but I had never seen one in any body's toolbox before. I'm not likely to go out and buy one for my toolbox either. I originally posted this because when I found this tool searching around the net, I couldn’t get the Foo Fighter’s Monkey Wrench song out of my head (the refrain was the original title). That and “Monkey Wrench” just conjures up all kinds of images when you say it.

Its really cool to see people posting how they use this tool. I suspected they were used in in applications where you didn’t want to damage the nut or fitting, but I had never seen one in any body’s toolbox before. I’m not likely to go out and buy one for my toolbox either.

]]> by: dirtboy36 http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-172695 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:17:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-172695 I use one of these in plumbing. It works great, usually, for taking apart flush valves. Quick to change size and it doesn't leave tool marks. I use one of these in plumbing. It works great, usually, for taking apart flush valves. Quick to change size and it doesn’t leave tool marks.

]]> by: Netpackrat http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-172248 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:36:22 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-172248 The Ford wrench is also quite common in civilian aviation, and as mentioned, is a standard tool for large hydraulic lines. The wide, smooth, flat surfaces spread the load and reduce the chance of damaging expensive fittings. It's useful enough that it is included in the minimum list of tools that my employer requires me to carry. The Ford wrench is also quite common in civilian aviation, and as mentioned, is a standard tool for large hydraulic lines. The wide, smooth, flat surfaces spread the load and reduce the chance of damaging expensive fittings. It’s useful enough that it is included in the minimum list of tools that my employer requires me to carry.

]]> by: Sweetalker http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-171078 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:16:19 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-171078 I am in the Air Force and we use them all of the time. We use it for large hydraulic lines. The 90 degree offset gets into a lot of places a regular wrench won't, plus the handle readily accepts "Torque Extenders," (also known as cheater bars.) It is easier to deploy with a few Ford wrenche, as we call them, than with a dozen different size open end wrenches. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't grab one of these babies to loosen a battery cable or try to loosen a nut, but it has it's place I am in the Air Force and we use them all of the time. We use it for large hydraulic lines. The 90 degree offset gets into a lot of places a regular wrench won’t, plus the handle readily accepts “Torque Extenders,” (also known as cheater bars.) It is easier to deploy with a few Ford wrenche, as we call them, than with a dozen different size open end wrenches. Don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t grab one of these babies to loosen a battery cable or try to loosen a nut, but it has it’s place

]]> by: kif http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-170808 Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:02:37 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/11/30/crescent-wants-to-be-your-monkey-wrench/#comment-170808 Ha, ha! Clever title! Automotive work? For anything more sophisticated that a Model T, I don't see it. And $90 (granted thats the price for the big one) will buy you enough wrenches of the Snap-On truck to cover about 80% if automotive fasteners. I have worked in one trade and watched and talked to people in other trades, and have never seen that tool used once. (Maybe an oilfield worker would use one?) And anything more than $2 is a lot to pay for something that's sitting in your grandmother's kitchen junk drawer that she'll let you have for free. Ha, ha! Clever title!

Automotive work? For anything more sophisticated that a Model T, I don’t see it. And $90 (granted thats the price for the big one) will buy you enough wrenches of the Snap-On truck to cover about 80% if automotive fasteners.

I have worked in one trade and watched and talked to people in other trades, and have never seen that tool used once. (Maybe an oilfield worker would use one?) And anything more than $2 is a lot to pay for something that’s sitting in your grandmother’s kitchen junk drawer that she’ll let you have for free.

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