Reminds me of a search I sent an apprentice carpenter off for so he wouldn't bug me.
We were stripping a bunch of sidewalk forms. I told the young apprenctice to go to the job shack and get the 5 gallon bucket of form-off. He looked and looked and finally asked the superintendent where it was.
He came back with a sheepish grin and said the superintendent was ordering a bucket of f***-off for me. SH
I always thought the teeth on the jaws were cut opposite so they bit in when lifting. Guy I worked with,in the Navy, supposedly was sent to get one. He was the type of guy that deserved it at the time. He had a friend who found them in a set, special order of course, for the price of a small car at the time. Early 70's. Took the chit back to have it initialed. His boss thought the supply guy was helping him out so he signed it. Guy I knew was transferred to another work center when they arrived. Joe
enough--getting
Many folks call them "form" nails down here, but most everyone also knows them by "duplex" nails.
You apparently don't know the difference between a "pipe wrench" and a "monkey wrench".
A monkey wrench does _not_ have any 'teeth' on the jaws. It's used for gripping _flats_, (parallel surfaces, like the faces of hex-head bolts, or nuts.)
There's the story from some Army base, about the FNG that gets sent on one of those hunts -- striped paint, I think this was -- who goes down to the Motor Pool, tells the Sargent there that "Lieutenant So-and-so sent me for some striped paint; there doesn't seem to be any on base, can I get a jeep to go into town for some?" Sarge goes along with the gag, and signs him out a jeep. And off he goes. Gets back _just_ before Lights Out -- w/o any paint (of course). Sarge, in a fatherly mood, attempts to explain: "Son, you know there *isn't* any such thing as striped paint." To which the kid replies, in a somewhat superior tone of voice: "Sure, Sarge, I knew *that*. But I got out of that work detail, the use of a jeep, *and* got into town for the day, didn't I?
OK, so what's the purpose of the left handed threads?
Take your pick: 1) hybrid of rhinoceros and elephant --- i.e. 'elephino'. 2) discourages others from 'borrowing' it 3) Gag gift value 4) feels more 'natural' for a south-paw
In truth, "I dunno" applies, It came from my grandfather's toolbox, to my father's, and thence to mine.
Granddad was chief maintainence engineer for a large mine, in northern Idaho, It's possible he may have _made_ that wrench -- again, "I dunno" applies. :)
Good enough. Being left handed, mostly, 4 sounds good. Joe
Tried and tested - Super glue
left-hand thread on the adjustable jaw.
Good enough. Being left handed, mostly, 4 sounds good. Joe
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