Comments on: The Gordon Wrench http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Joe http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-776152 Joe Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:37:04 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-776152 Yes ball stops are better but if the angle stop valves are there you do have to turn them off. I got one of these tools (Gordon Wrench) quite a few years ago for myself and one for each of my adult children (stocking gifts). I've used mine twice (IT WORKS) and several of the children have commented they have used theirs. I must comment I fell much better using this tool on the valves than slip joint pliers or stilson wrenches ... the other alternatives since hand turning (even with the WD40 treatment) usually doesn't work. Yes ball stops are better but if the angle stop valves are there you do have to turn them off. I got one of these tools (Gordon Wrench) quite a few years ago for myself and one for each of my adult children (stocking gifts). I’ve used mine twice (IT WORKS) and several of the children have commented they have used theirs. I must comment I fell much better using this tool on the valves than slip joint pliers or stilson wrenches … the other alternatives since hand turning (even with the WD40 treatment) usually doesn’t work.

]]> By: fred http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-352418 fred Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:22:04 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-352418 A squirt of WD40 allowed to work for a bit and then a gloved-hand gets most unstuck. We do a lot of high-end lavs with Rohl fixtures. We trim it out with their angle-stops. http://www.rohlhome.com/search/default.aspx# Not within most folks budgets - but we have clients who wnat them. A squirt of WD40 allowed to work for a bit and then a gloved-hand gets most unstuck.

We do a lot of high-end lavs with Rohl fixtures. We trim it out with their angle-stops.

http://www.rohlhome.com/search/default.aspx#

Not within most folks budgets - but we have clients who wnat them.

]]> By: kif http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-352358 kif Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:03:59 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-352358 It seems like any force greater than you can apply with your fingers would break the valve. Maybe, for emergency sake, keep the street cutoff wrench handy instead. I agree with point concerning the quarter turn valves. I have a small house with only 9 or so of these valves. At $5 more per valve, $45 seems well worth avoiding the headache of dealing with the cheesy crappy valves. It seems like any force greater than you can apply with your fingers would break the valve. Maybe, for emergency sake, keep the street cutoff wrench handy instead. I agree with point concerning the quarter turn valves. I have a small house with only 9 or so of these valves. At $5 more per valve, $45 seems well worth avoiding the headache of dealing with the cheesy crappy valves.

]]> By: BJN http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-349670 BJN Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:55:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-349670 Looks like a good tool for a commercial plumber who will run into junk plumbing often, but in my house I'd replace any cheap-assed supply valves with quality quarter turn valves. Looks like a good tool for a commercial plumber who will run into junk plumbing often, but in my house I’d replace any cheap-assed supply valves with quality quarter turn valves.

]]> By: mike t http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-349622 mike t Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:52:55 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-349622 I exercise the stops in my bathrooms every couple of months so they dont stick open and i know they'll work when i need them too. I exercise the stops in my bathrooms every couple of months so they dont stick open and i know they’ll work when i need them too.

]]> By: mhig9000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-348904 mhig9000 Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:46:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-348904 This looks like a great tool. These valves are notorious for sticking, especially when they've been on there and open for the past 2 decades. The handles that come on most of those valves are utter crap, and will usually bend, deform, or break off if you try to use pliers on them. Seems like they would have come out with these years ago. This looks like a great tool. These valves are notorious for sticking, especially when they’ve been on there and open for the past 2 decades. The handles that come on most of those valves are utter crap, and will usually bend, deform, or break off if you try to use pliers on them.

Seems like they would have come out with these years ago.

]]> By: Chris http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-348901 Chris Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:36:25 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/06/12/the-gordon-wrench/#comment-348901 This is why I buy quarter-turn PTFE ball valves for those applications. Then I don't need to buy a (plastic, and therefore breakable) wrench to break them loose five years later when I finally need to shut something off. I don't think I've ever seen a PTFE ball valve seize up, and I'm not sure it's even possible without seriously mistreating the valve. cl This is why I buy quarter-turn PTFE ball valves for those applications. Then I don’t need to buy a (plastic, and therefore breakable) wrench to break them loose five years later when I finally need to shut something off. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PTFE ball valve seize up, and I’m not sure it’s even possible without seriously mistreating the valve.

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