Friday, I posted a tool that I had trouble identifying and asked the readers have a guess at its function. Today, I’ll post all the information I have about the tool.
GEDORE, the makers of this tool, say on their site:
- For bathroom fittings attachment (stud screws) M10 or M12
- Open end spanner size 17×19 mm
Unfortunately this is the sum total of the information they give — they don’t even supply a picture of the business end of the cylinder.
Looking through the comments, russ came closest first with his comment on January 7th, 2011, at 11:44 am:
A 14mm / 17mm wrench is pretty common in my work with German equipment. The attachment looks like something for bathroom fittings -screws probably somewhere around M10 (not certain on the size though). I saw something similar to this a while back in Germany but I don’t need it in my line of work.
The most creative use comes from 99octane:
Obviously the center piece fits in an electric drill, and it’s used to mix paint…
Now all I need is a plumber to tell me exactly what bathroom fittings (stud screws) are and how you use this tool.
Installation Wrench [GEDORE]
Catalog (pdf) [GEDORE] (see page 373)
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So it looks like it screws in threaded studs…?
A little better picture found here…
http://www.foerch.co.uk/product.aspx?p=6c5641fd-0fff-446d-8148-c6b986e9800e&g=86caae7d-5e79-4927-8c8b-774d0753b7e5
I could have used one of these for the exhaust manifold studs on my saab last week…..
I think it’s for fitting those double threaded studs for bathroom basins, The ones with a lag screw thread that goes in rawl plugs or timber framing and an M10 section for a washer and nut under the basin
like this
http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/DSoVdPxgzXXASYPRLx_UK8DhLJvimFRvQVFwqVXaiPCP1Ky3JR2N14KOXbevao_BQ0cLejuUnOmSVwmJUw_-PIKXHGrBau920GLU2zcUHOUlZSdKwIJ_E18yUD-GzWxZOMResHOZCXMWjbKR
Double-nutting works very well on threaded studs.
Several folks make hanger bolt drivers:
http://www.amazon.com/Eazypower-Hanger-Bolt-Driver-81293/dp/B000P3QOM0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1294783487&sr=8-1
# turtleman1 Says:
January 11th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
“Double-nutting works very well on threaded studs.”
That’s what she said.
Sorry, I just had to, been one of those days.
I see my eyes are getting old – 19 not 14.
I asked two people from Germany on this subject and they told me this is also common to use for other screws, they didn’t mention bathrooms until I did. So I guess it is like many other tools where it may have originated for use in one area and over time it found its use in other areas.
Amazing, a German specialty wrench for European fittings, and very few Americans could figure out what it is by looking at a single picture.
What an interesting and practical use of time.