Adjustable Bending Iron results

Adjustable Bending Iron results

Warren Mays

6/3/2009

Hi and thank you to all who responded to me question. I got some great
responses. The one that I was looking for is listed as the Crescent C715
Adjustable Auto Wrench. The toolbarn link on the 7th response will get you a
view of it.

 

 

Here are the responses, names withheld:

 

 

 

-Take a look at these. They're probably as close as you'll get. Do search in
Ebay on monkey wrench.

 

-Take a look at these. They're probably as close as you'll get. Do search in
Ebay on monkey wrench.

-you just need to weld a support to the monkey wrench to use in a
vise....call orhtofab in gurnee illinois...he makes alot of stuff

-we call it a adjustable mechanics wrench

 

-The best one I ever used was from an antique store and they are called Ford
Adjustable wrenches. They come in many sizes and are the smooth jaw type. I
have purchased many of these for a few bucks and they work fantastic!

 

-Google Ford wrench I understand every model T or A came with a set with
which you could fix anything on it.

 

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here is what I think you are looking for Warren..

 

-Hello Warren, I just went to a local antique store and bought a nice one
for $9.00. I just filed off the sharp edges and with the smooth jaws they
work great.

 

- You may be referring to a monkey wrench, which you can google and find
lots of results.

 

- These wrenches used to be manufactured by a company called Diamond Tools.
They were bought out by Cooper Tools which is now a huge hand tool
conglomerate. The Crescent company which is also owned by Cooper Tools now
manufactures these wrenches.

 

     I own two pairs of the old Diamond brand. One pair is 15 and the
other pair is 18. The 18 should hopefully be adequate for most all of
your bending needs. However I can't vouch for the quality anymore, as many
of the traditional brand tools that Cooper now manufactures have been
cheapened substantially.

 

     As an example, several years ago I wanted to purchase a second pair of
Wiss 22W's which is their heavy duty shear. Cooper Tools had recently
purchased Wiss at that time. When I received my new scissors I was shocked.
I thought they sent me the wrong model or something but I looked and lightly
stamped on the blade was 22W. So I took them over to the gram scale and
weighted them and then weighed my old 22W's. Turns out the new ones had 17%
less steel in them than my old ones.

 

     I'm not saying that this is true of every tool Cooper now makes, but I
no longer buy Wiss brand products for that reason.

 

     Here is a link to Amazon with several sizes listed, but there are
several Internet suppliers who carry these. The actual part number for the
18 is Crescent C718.

 

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     One word of caution. Always position your adjustable wrench in such a
way that the posterior aspect of the wrench's sliding jaw has some space
between it and your vise jaws. Years ago I positioned one of these wrenches
so that the adjustable slide was butted firmly up against the jaws of the
vise. I was bending a particularly stout piece of material and the
resultant pressure caused the housing on the adjustable slide to crack.
That obviously ruined that wrench. I have never had that happen since, as I
now allow for at least a 1/4 safety margin of clearance.

 

Hope this is the information you were looking for.

 

-In all my 40 years of being in the business I've not seen anything like you
are needing here. But if and when someone does find and locate one please
send me a forward as this is something I'd like to have in my lab

 

-It is just a adjustable smooth jaw 1 1/2 inch deep wrench. Grind the handle
flat or fill in or sandwich both side of the handle with 3/16 flat steel

 

-I have never seen a new one, but what you are looking for is called a ford
wrench. It is adjustable and was made for working with the old style square
nuts. I find nice ones in good shape at swap meets and flea markets, you may
even want to search on e bay. If you find a source for new ones I would love
to know where it is. The closest thing I have seen is one we bought from
mcmaster carr but the head is narrower than the old ones and it is kind of
sloppy so the jaws don't always stay parallel.

 

 

 

That's it!! Thanks to all who responded. As I mentioned above, I will be
ordering a Crescent C715 Adjustable Auto Wrench. And to the gentleman who
offered to sell me his for $1,000,000, I have only one thing to say, which I
cannot say here on this page.

 

Thanks Again,

 

 

Warren R Mays, CPO


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