If anyone thinks I am going to do that to my Craftsman 8" 12", or 16 " adjustable wrenches that I have had more than 40 years, you are mistaken. As stated below, there are plenty of other tools that can do this.
This video is not for an American point of view. In America you can find millions of tools for a decent price, in Third World countries, even sometimes having the money, you won't find the right tool. Please don't break your Craftsman!
I had that exact situation a couple of weeks ago, had I known this I could have spent half an hour wreaking an adjustable wrench, but silly me I spent half a minute to get out my multi groove plier and unscrew the pipe. Also if you have to make drastic alterations to the tool to have it do something it's not designed to do is hardly a hidden secret feature.
No no it is a secret function. Also a handy secret function is to take a normal wood handled mallet and remove the head, whittle the remaining handle for about an hour, and boom secret hidden toothpick. Don't know why more people don't understand multi-functionality.
I thought it was too much trouble too besides channel locks a pipewrench will turn round or damaged nuts or bolts. There is one thing big chain wrenches are usefull for though. Thats stopping crank ballancers or other big round objects like bigger than 6 inch round objects that are very tight but them 19" channel locks are mighty handy for lots of things
@@crabtrap Your Mistaken I'm retired but I bought a chain wrench off of a tool truck in thousand oaks, ca in '98. I don't know what bike tools are you talking about you must have brain damage so I will just ignore you for being to young to know when to shutup. I think this wrench was for twisting pipes up to 10". Around our shop we used tools like this to turn motors over or to lock them when tightening crank nuts or VW gland nuts to 400lbs. As an there were special factory tools that could do the same job but they cost even more and only worked for one application. If you want to really learn about tools instead of just shooting your mouth off get a job at a heavy equipment shop and see what tools the men have. However I would never have messed up that adjustable wrench the was Indian guy did but those guys are different they use cutting torches and arc weld with thongs on.
Or you could get a channel lock or vice grip plier. Or a vice grip with the plumbers chain setup. I got on at a yard sale for $5 and all my adjustable wrenchs are intact.
30 seconds in, and I'm thinking, "I'm gonna regret this." I wasn't wrong. It wasn't a total waste of time, though, since even a bad example serves a purpose.
I immediately went to the comments to see if anyone else was thinking ‘destroy a perfectly good cresent wrench?’ Perhaps this is an ok idea. But finding a bike chain is more effort than going to HD to but the right tool. Buying a bike chain, negates having to look for one, but probably costs around the same as buying the actual tool. Ruining one of the last remaining USA made C wrenches is a terrible idea. Even F’ing up a crappy Chinese one is still more work than it’s worth. But if you have a broken bike and the chain is already trashed, your wrenches are junky HF stuff and you’re needing to get this exact same thing accomplished, this might just be the best plan ever.
Considering the workshops I've worked in, and those I've visited, I always thought it a good idea to have the hole to hang the tool on a rack. There a plenty of tools out there for this type of job without destroying ones you already paid for. I'm surprised it doesn't now pick up thousands of encrypted television channels for free...
I agree with you,I'm a fully qualified mechanic and would never do that to a good tool.Use adjustable jaw grips I say which would come in handy for other jobs too.
You can buy one of those for about the same price as a 10" crescent wrench. No need to destroy your own. Hey, how about a pair of channel locks? any other adjustable groove jawed wrench?
You know , you still have to have a used chain. I totally agree with the comments about destroying the crescent wrench. Use pliers, channel locks, small pipe wrench , even rope wrapped around it and a small wooden stick.
He sure did. He could have used a pair of pliers. He could have also used a flat piece of metal to make it instead of destroying the wrench. To each their own, I guess.
I did the same thing with an old Crescent wrench years ago. Worked great. Later I went to the store, bought a chain wrench, and turned it into an adjustable Crescent wrench.
Just like a air of chain vise grips or a simple strap wrench. Then again, a pipe wrench also works quite well too! All of these alternatives are better than maiming an adjustable to add a chain that gets in the way when using the wrench the proper way!
Nice, destroy a perfect Crescent wrench 🔧, when you could have used lock jointed pliers or a small pipe wrench and also make a rubber belt wrench similar to a chain wrench but belt won't damage plastic (pvc)!
@@jimzimmerman5288 Adjustable wrench, or spanner in British, is just that. A crescent wrench is named for its shape and comes in different sizes. I never heard of it as a brand name.
Well, true...but perhaps someone didn't have access to or money to buy a pipe wrench or adjustable pliers...but then again, if one couldn't get, or couldn't afford those tools, what are the odds they would have an angle grinder to grind on this adjustable wrench with?...
I hate when people call it a function of the tool when it's NOT A FUNTION OF THE TOOL but rather a modification of the tool to perform a different task. It's NOT A HIDEN SECRET FEATURE!!!!!!! It's a modification.
That pretty cool, I visualize someone in a remote place that's in a bind then comes up with this idea to salve his problem, I like it. thank god for the hidden tool.
I have 2 pairs of channel locks. Either one would have worked in that situation. Still, there could be a situation where something like that could be needed and work where an adjustable wrench would not. I have an industrial-grade vacuum blower filter that actually might work where no other tool I've ever found will work. It's a major BUMMER to get that thing off because it was incorrectly installed during the production of the machine. (cross threaded) It literally cannot be fixed, period. Removing it now is virtually impossible. That chain tool just might get it done, but can't say for certain. It might destroy the filter. I can say for certain no other tool I'm aware of will remove it without destroying this very expensive stainless steel filter.
Just open up the spanner, and with a wet piece of rag, put it on the fitting, you may need to fold the rag a few time's and then just adjust the spanner to fit and the wet rag will take up the slack. Oh and the hole at the end of this 10 inch or 12 inch spanner is to tighten any water mains spindle that might have an old washer in it.
"This video was a real eye-opener! The revelation about this tool's secret was truly unexpected. The way it was explained was clear and concise, leaving no room for confusion. It reinforces the idea that there's significance in everything around us, if only we take the time to uncover it. A fantastic reminder to stay curious and keep exploring!"
Hey boss. I took all day to make a tool (that already exists) to twist a plastic tube. Can i have a raise? You're fired! Just get the right tool for the job.
And all this time i thought they cast a loop on the end so i could hang it up when I was done using it. Turns out they did it so i could grind it off. Learn something new every day.
but you could also hang it from a tool belt so you can forget its there and start running and have it smack you right in the balls....how clever would you feel THEN??
Cut half your hanging hole off the tool. you can then lay the tool down on the floor or work bench when you're not using it.This simple move free's up that hook on the wall and you can put a different tool on it. brilliant idea. I have a ton of tools with hook holes in them. I'm on this one.
Might as well take an adjustable wrench and open it to just the right size for a particular nut you want to tighten or loosen and weld it shut just there. No need for pesky exact sized wrenches when you can just modify an adjustable wrench to the perfect fit.
Creo segun mi experiencia es mejor usar un pedazo de cuero el cual cubra el tubo a extraer y usar un alicate de presion ajustable el cual agarrara bien el tubo sin dañarlo al momento de girarlo, depende de cada uno lo que tenga a la mano y tambien el presupuesto del cual disponga ...gracias por compartir
You revealed the secret by cutting it open with a grinder... I wonder how many secrets awaits to be unlocked in expensive tools by drilling and cutting them open and adding other parts... Right original tools for right original jobs, enough tools has been specifically engineered for certain jobs... But i do appreciate your creativity by combining another tool's function with this one, essentially making it a tool with both tools' functions... One can do this with his used tools if he likes, but it is not recommended to buy new tools and doing it with them, well unless you want to and its yours... 😊
The hole is for clipping the wrench to a carabiner by skyscraper and bridge builders. It would retain the wrench to the builder's tool belt and prevent a slip, dropping it on someone below. Kinda put a halt on the work too if you dropped one not secured.
Essa parte redonda do cabo da chave fixa é só para pendurar a ferramenta que foi feita para porcas e não para cano . Para canos tem a chave própria tipo alicate de pressão ou chave de cano mesmo....
I could never understand why one would break a perfectly good tool to make an inferior one. This easily could have been made with steel stock and the chain
I've got the very chain wrench he's made for removing oil filters on my car, now every time he uses that wrench as a wrench he will have watch he doesn't cut himself.
Guys, remember, these people usually wear sandals to their unregulated, highly dangerous, shoddy construction projects. They don't have a lot to begin with, so this is revolutionary to them.
I have quite a few large "Crescent" wrenches that I have picked up over the years as a machinist and later in a big factory as an industrial mechanic/maintenance man and this company never "Farming" anything out except when an electric motor needed rewound or replaced. After my foreman found out that I was a machinist for years and knew how to spray weld he would ask me to fix/repair the shaft surface that held the bearing when the end of that shaft was damaged or worn under the lower end of the tolerance permitted/needed to hold the bearing and he asked me to do these miracles on a 1946 lathe that was abused so much that if you got within .005 of your mark you did a great job but after doing my 3rd shaft in 6 months I finally told the foreman to "Get Bent" and IF the company wanted to buy a good lathe and good mill then I would do some machine work for them but no more machining from me until I got some decent tools to work with. Over my years in industrial maintenance/mechanic I would pick up various tools such as strap wrenches and chain wrenches so that I didn't have to maul a $60 or more tool to turn it into a rarely used or once used tool BUT I may just try this trick/modification to one of my extra 16" Proto "Crescent Wrench" just for shits and giggles and to get me out in the garage and get my mind off of the cancer that I was diagnosed with on June 6th 2023 and the 8 weeks of intense chemo and radiation treatments and the kidney failure that the Dr.s are correcting by taking me off of certain meds because I was on Torsemide because I was retaining so much water/fluid that I only had one pair of boots/shoes that I could get on my swollen feet BUT I could not tighten or even try to tie this one pair of boots until 2 to 3 weeks being on the Torsemide which in turn screwed up my kidneys but my kidneys are getting better SO IF anyone reads this post and are on Torsemide then talk to your Dr. to keep a close eye on your kidney function/health and/or get you off of this drug TOTALLY! My kidney specialist said that he believes Torsemide is too dangerous to even be on the market and then told me that the hot shot members at the FDA are on the payroll of "Big Pharma" and that is the ONLY reason that 1/3 of the approved drugs are even on the market and available to the "Public"
Tools are a vital investment for me. Good tools are not inexpensive. I would rather just purchased the correct tool for the job and it will last me the rest of my life, be passed on to my family when I leave.
Harbor freight got one for $15, it also locks. I would use a toll like that very rarely. I would buy the HB tool and save the good adjustable wrench. It would also be a lot less work.
Lots of people can create their own tool. But if Channel Lock, Stanley or whichever company intended for a tool to be used in a certain way, they'd create that when making said tool.
That’s not a secret of that tool. It’s not meant to have that function. Nothing you have to modify is a secret until after it’s been modified and even then it’s only a secret until the modifications reaches social media. That would be like me calling the crescent wrench I grinded down to make an adjustable skinny wrench to fit between the nuts on a bmx hub a secret. Not a secret, just a modification. So, up until this video was posted, the only secret about this whole thing was your idea to modify a crescent wrench to add another function to it. And a great idea it is, imo. However, you can achieve the same, what I call, “vise wrench” with a sturdy 2x2 piece of wood, a back chain and a couple nails or screws. There are many other things that can be used to make one, but the materials I just listed are the bare minimum to get you through a project or two. I made one out of a bolt cutter handle and i can almost unscrew myself when I get myself into an undesirable position that usually comes right after I open my mouth and insert foot. Good job thinking outside the box.
Exactly. The purpose of the hole is to hang the tool on a rack with other tools. If you cut off the hole, you can no longer hang up the tool with the others.
@@northdakotaham1752 And then the tool would be lonely, not hanging with the others. Now you need to put that lonely tool in therapy for a few years. Not at all cost effective.
"Not many people know that the secret to this tool is that if you buy two power tools to ruin it, you don't have to spend a small fraction of the same money to just go get a cheap strap wrench."
You can buy a chain wrench, it will pay for itself compared to the time it took to make this one. Not only is there another tool that works well, pliers, just the plain wrench that you showed in the beginning works well. I know I used it today twice to install caps on pipe ends.
Often times people want to make it themselves and save a buck or two. Kinda Handy to have a chain wrench on the end of a Crescent Wrench. 2 tools in One.
Conhecer a utilização das ferramentas é como são! Não danificar para inventar ! A corrente serve desse modo de uma forma mais simples sem cortes nem perfurações k loucura 🙃
So I’m supposed to destroy a perfectly good crescent hammer to make a tool that I can go to NAPA, TrakAuto, etc and buy a chain oil filter wrench. Or a pair of channel locks. I don’t think so.
thats just a wide half-inch chain wrench. try pricing a freewheel or cassette wrench from a specialty tool maker- youre in for tool-sticker-shock. see my comment above.
If I had thought about this years ago I wouldn't have my strap type or plier type oil filter wrench. I wonder how well this would work if you put an exhaust cutter chain on it and tried to cut exhaust pipes.
Isso não é um segredo, é uma adaptação que se torna cara, tem ferramentas como alicates p/ fazer isso. Agora, se você tem essa chave, precisa sô comprar um pedaço de corrente e uma lixadeira.
o yea thats a great idea ,to use the end of the wrench that was designed with the strength to hold is own weight on a hook, for leverage . In case you dont know a real chain wrench has a jaw like a pipe wrench to do the actual gripping , the chain is just used to keep the work piece in contact with that jaw.
If anyone thinks I am going to do that to my Craftsman 8" 12", or 16 " adjustable wrenches that I have had more than 40 years, you are mistaken. As stated below, there are plenty of other tools that can do this.
You are so right a small pipe wrench or locking pliers.
Waste of time😊
This video is a third world solution....
This video is not for an American point of view. In America you can find millions of tools for a decent price, in Third World countries, even sometimes having the money, you won't find the right tool. Please don't break your Craftsman!
You see the pigment of the hands? I rest my case.
Another secret is that you could grind the whole thing down and make a cool toothpick out of it.
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-Once I reached the halfway mark, I was convinced he might do just that.
Or a tool for picking your nose for those awkward to reach places
I had that exact situation a couple of weeks ago, had I known this I could have spent half an hour wreaking an adjustable wrench, but silly me I spent half a minute to get out my multi groove plier and unscrew the pipe.
Also if you have to make drastic alterations to the tool to have it do something it's not designed to do is hardly a hidden secret feature.
No no it is a secret function. Also a handy secret function is to take a normal wood handled mallet and remove the head, whittle the remaining handle for about an hour, and boom secret hidden toothpick. Don't know why more people don't understand multi-functionality.
I thought it was too much trouble too besides channel locks a pipewrench will turn round or damaged nuts or bolts. There is one thing big chain wrenches are usefull for though. Thats stopping crank ballancers or other big round objects like bigger than 6 inch round objects that are very tight but them 19" channel locks are mighty handy for lots of things
facts facts facts!!!
The ONLY reason this could be useful, is a chainwhip in your bike tools. That chain would slip on anything else. Why strapwrenches are rubber
@@crabtrap Your Mistaken I'm retired but I bought a chain wrench off of a tool truck in thousand oaks, ca in '98. I don't know what bike tools are you talking about you must have brain damage so I will just ignore you for being to young to know when to shutup. I think this wrench was for twisting pipes up to 10". Around our shop we used tools like this to turn motors over or to lock them when tightening crank nuts or VW gland nuts to 400lbs. As an there were special factory tools that could do the same job but they cost even more and only worked for one application. If you want to really learn about tools instead of just shooting your mouth off get a job at a heavy equipment shop and see what tools the men have.
However I would never have messed up that adjustable wrench the was Indian guy did but those guys are different they use cutting torches and arc weld with thongs on.
It ruined a tool to do what others do much better. Bad idea.
Or you could get a channel lock or vice grip plier. Or a vice grip with the plumbers chain setup. I got on at a yard sale for $5 and all my adjustable wrenchs are intact.
Дурдом
...... and you can still hang your wrench up on it's hook, as originally intended.
what a waste of time ,my granny got a jar opener from pound land
😂😂😂 Exactly 😅
Ya this was silly.
I've always been a believer in having the right tool for the job. That doesn't mean destroying a perfectly good tool to do the job of another.
me, too- see my comment above
Destroyed? Get a dictionary.
I would of just gotten out my monkey wrench
..or why not use a vise grip...you just destroy a tool..irreversable damage👎👎👎👎
@@raulgarduno301 No it is not destroyed... it is now a multi-function tool.
Next, I regained consciousness.
Then, my dad said, "If you ever touch my tools again you won't wake up."
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lol😆😅🤣😂
That makes so much more sense than reaching into my toolbox for my Channelocks, the correct tool for the job.
30 seconds in, and I'm thinking, "I'm gonna regret this." I wasn't wrong. It wasn't a total waste of time, though, since even a bad example serves a purpose.
Stay tuned for the next video. The little known secret of turning a claw hammer into a screwdriver in 30 easy steps.
I turned 2 of my fingers into red stuff on my metal lathe in only 1 step 😊
@@mikesaccoia5748😂😂🥂👍👍
I immediately went to the comments to see if anyone else was thinking ‘destroy a perfectly good cresent wrench?’
Perhaps this is an ok idea. But finding a bike chain is more effort than going to HD to but the right tool.
Buying a bike chain, negates having to look for one, but probably costs around the same as buying the actual tool.
Ruining one of the last remaining USA made C wrenches is a terrible idea. Even F’ing up a crappy Chinese one is still more work than it’s worth.
But if you have a broken bike and the chain is already trashed, your wrenches are junky HF stuff and you’re needing to get this exact same thing accomplished, this might just be the best plan ever.
My thoughts exactly. Strange, I always used the ring to hang the tool up.
Considering the workshops I've worked in, and those I've visited, I always thought it a good idea to have the hole to hang the tool on a rack. There a plenty of tools out there for this type of job without destroying ones you already paid for. I'm surprised it doesn't now pick up thousands of encrypted television channels for free...
you know it
You are right.
I agree with you,I'm a fully qualified mechanic and would never do that to a good tool.Use adjustable jaw grips I say which would come in handy for other jobs too.
You can buy one of those for about the same price as a 10" crescent wrench. No need to destroy your own. Hey, how about a pair of channel locks? any other adjustable groove jawed wrench?
I just use a pipe wrench or a good set of pliers and not mess up my adjustable wrench
You know , you still have to have a used chain. I totally agree with the comments about destroying the crescent wrench. Use pliers, channel locks, small pipe wrench , even rope wrapped around it and a small wooden stick.
I love how he says "try to watch the video until it's finished..." I couldn't.
Destroyed a beautiful crescent rench
He sure did. He could have used a pair of pliers. He could have also used a flat piece of metal to make it instead of destroying the wrench. To each their own, I guess.
Really
Most of these videos have easier solutions
That's an adjustable wrench man, crescent is a brand name. It's WRENCH, not RENCH
@@anicetogalorio3217 Let’s be honest, if someone asks for a Crescent Wrench that’s what they will be handed regardless of the brand.
I did the same thing with an old Crescent wrench years ago. Worked great. Later I went to the store, bought a chain wrench, and turned it into an adjustable Crescent wrench.
Dude, you need your own tool hack TH-cam channel.
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That was perfection in the world of sarcasm and wit
That was funny...
Now THAT would be clever!
Just like a air of chain vise grips or a simple strap wrench. Then again, a pipe wrench also works quite well too!
All of these alternatives are better than maiming an adjustable to add a chain that gets in the way when using the wrench the proper way!
Nice, destroy a perfect Crescent wrench 🔧, when you could have used lock jointed pliers or a small pipe wrench and also make a rubber belt wrench similar to a chain wrench but belt won't damage plastic (pvc)!
Called an adjustable wrench. Crescent wrench is a brand.
Why!!!!! Why!!!😂😂😂😂
@@jimzimmerman5288
Adjustable wrench, or spanner in British, is just that.
A crescent wrench is named for its shape and comes in different sizes.
I never heard of it as a brand name.
@@_five-five-FIVE I never heard of a crescent brand either. I've known it by that name for it's shape.
Well, true...but perhaps someone didn't have access to or money to buy a pipe wrench or adjustable pliers...but then again, if one couldn't get, or couldn't afford those tools, what are the odds they would have an angle grinder to grind on this adjustable wrench with?...
I hate when people call it a function of the tool when it's NOT A FUNTION OF THE TOOL but rather a modification of the tool to perform a different task. It's NOT A HIDEN SECRET FEATURE!!!!!!! It's a modification.
I agree just a modifaction. He could have just used a pipe water pump plier
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Total ignorance
What’s wrong with using the right tool for the job?
That pretty cool, I visualize someone in a remote place that's in a bind then comes up with this idea to salve his problem, I like it. thank god for the hidden tool.
No wonder few people know about this tool!
They do but too much waste of time.
In Wien sagt man so arbeiten die Russen in Sibirien 🙉👳♂️
Its so very sneaky of the manufacturers to hide this secret by not doing it in the first place
They must think we're stupid
If only there was some magical invention that would accomplish the same thing. Could maybe call it a strap wrench.
Yes. Or a chain wrench.
The dollar tree might sell one for a dollar if they don't have it harbor freight might have it for two dollars
for when some idiot cranks the oil filter on like he's godzilla?
Praytell, who was that? The mchanic u da future!
I think we are all missing the point here. If he didn't take up minutes of out lives creating useless content... he wouldn't make any money.
I have 2 pairs of channel locks. Either one would have worked in that situation. Still, there could be a situation where something like that could be needed and work where an adjustable wrench would not. I have an industrial-grade vacuum blower filter that actually might work where no other tool I've ever found will work. It's a major BUMMER to get that thing off because it was incorrectly installed during the production of the machine. (cross threaded) It literally cannot be fixed, period. Removing it now is virtually impossible. That chain tool just might get it done, but can't say for certain. It might destroy the filter. I can say for certain no other tool I'm aware of will remove it without destroying this very expensive stainless steel filter.
I always thought that hole was to hang the tool on. Just shows you learn something new every day.
Basically you have to design and make your own tools. Ridiculous.
What an entitled and world ignorant comment. Have fun with your fashion tools.
Such a secret even the wrench manufacturer didn’t even know about it.
Looks like someone has no problem with wasting $$$$$$$.
EXACTO.... EL AUTOR DEL VIDEO NO CONQUISTA EL MUNDO PORQUE NO QUIERE...
What?@@luchocastro1028
The comments making me laugh so much !😂
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Awesome Idea! Man of Skill, 💡👍👌🤔 Might Have to Make One! 👏🙂
Something a pipe wrench or channel locks could have easily done
Agreed, you can easily turn a micrometer into a pipe wrench or a adjustable clamp into channel locks....way to think outside the box!
Just open up the spanner, and with a wet piece of rag, put it on the fitting, you may need to fold the rag a few time's and then just adjust the spanner to fit and the wet rag will take up the slack. Oh and the hole at the end of this 10 inch or 12 inch spanner is to tighten any water mains spindle that might have an old washer in it.
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thats just about as half-assed as the rubber band trick for stripped screw heads
@@tommurphy4307 It seems as you've never been employed in the plumbing industry.
"This video was a real eye-opener! The revelation about this tool's secret was truly unexpected. The way it was explained was clear and concise, leaving no room for confusion. It reinforces the idea that there's significance in everything around us, if only we take the time to uncover it. A fantastic reminder to stay curious and keep exploring!"
I would hate to use the wrench with that chain flopping around on the end.
you could make it a quick-release chain with a cap screw and knurled nut.
OH, so that's why the adjustable wrench companies designed that hole. All this time I thought it was for hanging it in a convenient place. Right.
or to put a rod through to create more leverage
LOL! Too funny Michael. 😁😁
It's a good tool to have in an emergency tool kit kept in the car. Def worth sub/likie
Hey boss. I took all day to make a tool (that already exists) to twist a plastic tube. Can i have a raise? You're fired!
Just get the right tool for the job.
Cor and then there was me thinking it was made like that so that you can hang it up when not in use. I didn't know that was hidden there.😊
Зачем ключ ломать, можно было к любой железке цепь приделать.
Вот именно, а сделал по сути газовый ключ ( клещи ) - велосипед изобрёл
And all this time i thought they cast a loop on the end so i could hang it up when I was done using it. Turns out they did it so i could grind it off. Learn something new every day.
but you could also hang it from a tool belt so you can forget its there and start running and have it smack you right in the balls....how clever would you feel THEN??
Cut half your hanging hole off the tool. you can then lay the tool down on the floor or work bench when you're not using it.This simple move free's up that hook on the wall and you can put a different tool on it. brilliant idea. I have a ton of tools with hook holes in them. I'm on this one.
i bought a couple different chain and strap wrenches a few decades ago at a yard sale for 10 bucks, pretty cool you can make one....cheers
What a total waste of a perfectly good wrench... Obviously he doesn't care for his tools like most people do.
Might as well take an adjustable wrench and open it to just the right size for a particular nut you want to tighten or loosen and weld it shut just there.
No need for pesky exact sized wrenches when you can just modify an adjustable wrench to the perfect fit.
Ditto😮
i can think of 5 tools i have handy that i would use before i cut up a perfectly good adjustable wrench.
Creo segun mi experiencia es mejor usar un pedazo de cuero el cual cubra el tubo a extraer y usar un alicate de presion ajustable el cual agarrara bien el tubo sin dañarlo al momento de girarlo, depende de cada uno lo que tenga a la mano y tambien el presupuesto del cual disponga ...gracias por compartir
You revealed the secret by cutting it open with a grinder... I wonder how many secrets awaits to be unlocked in expensive tools by drilling and cutting them open and adding other parts... Right original tools for right original jobs, enough tools has been specifically engineered for certain jobs... But i do appreciate your creativity by combining another tool's function with this one, essentially making it a tool with both tools' functions... One can do this with his used tools if he likes, but it is not recommended to buy new tools and doing it with them, well unless you want to and its yours... 😊
The title and thumbnail led me to believe I was going to see something amazing with the end of the adjustable as it was. I should have known better.
welcome to the CLICK-BAIT TOOL CO.
The hole is for clipping the wrench to a carabiner by skyscraper and bridge builders. It would retain the wrench to the builder's tool belt and prevent a slip, dropping it on someone below. Kinda put a halt on the work too if you dropped one not secured.
Really? i always thought it was there to hang it in your garage,guess it could also be put on a carabiner.
Long walk down to go get it.
That makes sense, I always thought the hole was to big to be just for hanging on a a peg board.
Aerial Riggers too! Climbing without carabiner and lanyards on tools and gear is a big no no.
Dropping anything is not an option.
Whoops! There goes that car's windshield!
Dude just invented the single-use adjustable hammer. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
The chain is useful to give extra leverage as you swing around the wrecked adjustable to heave as far as possible into a river.
Thanks for join
Really, this is the secret we have been waiting for
Для этого не обязательно было портить разводной ключ.
Ума ноль, что поделаешь?
I'm guessing NOBODY knew this "secret."
One gets the impression that you need the wrench; the chain does all of the work!
That's not a hidden secret, that's you are mutilating a perfectly fine tool.
Essa parte redonda do cabo da chave fixa é só para pendurar a ferramenta que foi feita para porcas e não para cano . Para canos tem a chave própria tipo alicate de pressão ou chave de cano mesmo....
Плять,мы ждем секрет ЭТОГО инструмента,а не как его испортить...
So they make a belt wrench that will spin that. You could also you a PIPE WRENCH and that's a pretty common plumbers tool.
any wimp with money could do that- youre NO FUN
@@tommurphy4307 you assume a lot.
If I did this to my wrench, how am I going spin it around my finger and pretend I'm John Wayne as I walk across my work shop?
Flappy sanding disc on the angle grinder is my favourite tool! 😁
my self hand drilling machine
coverts to disc wheel grinding cutting machine.
I could never understand why one would break a perfectly good tool to make an inferior one. This easily could have been made with steel stock and the chain
or buy a chain wrench
Elefanten oder Russen 👳♂️wissen es nicht besser!🧻🙉😇
I've got the very chain wrench he's made for removing oil filters on my car, now every time he uses that wrench as a wrench he will have watch he doesn't cut himself.
But then you would never learn "the secret".
This is like "do ya know the secret of this large barn door? If you nail it to a rocket, it can even fly!"
That's not a secret to a tool. That's you, altering a tool.
Guys, remember, these people usually wear sandals to their unregulated, highly dangerous, shoddy construction projects. They don't have a lot to begin with, so this is revolutionary to them.
I have quite a few large "Crescent" wrenches that I have picked up over the years as a machinist and later in a big factory as an industrial mechanic/maintenance man and this company never "Farming" anything out except when an electric motor needed rewound or replaced. After my foreman found out that I was a machinist for years and knew how to spray weld he would ask me to fix/repair the shaft surface that held the bearing when the end of that shaft was damaged or worn under the lower end of the tolerance permitted/needed to hold the bearing and he asked me to do these miracles on a 1946 lathe that was abused so much that if you got within .005 of your mark you did a great job but after doing my 3rd shaft in 6 months I finally told the foreman to "Get Bent" and IF the company wanted to buy a good lathe and good mill then I would do some machine work for them but no more machining from me until I got some decent tools to work with.
Over my years in industrial maintenance/mechanic I would pick up various tools such as strap wrenches and chain wrenches so that I didn't have to maul a $60 or more tool to turn it into a rarely used or once used tool BUT I may just try this trick/modification to one of my extra 16" Proto "Crescent Wrench" just for shits and giggles and to get me out in the garage and get my mind off of the cancer that I was diagnosed with on June 6th 2023 and the 8 weeks of intense chemo and radiation treatments and the kidney failure that the Dr.s are correcting by taking me off of certain meds because I was on Torsemide because I was retaining so much water/fluid that I only had one pair of boots/shoes that I could get on my swollen feet BUT I could not tighten or even try to tie this one pair of boots until 2 to 3 weeks being on the Torsemide which in turn screwed up my kidneys but my kidneys are getting better SO IF anyone reads this post and are on Torsemide then talk to your Dr. to keep a close eye on your kidney function/health and/or get you off of this drug TOTALLY! My kidney specialist said that he believes Torsemide is too dangerous to even be on the market and then told me that the hot shot members at the FDA are on the payroll of "Big Pharma" and that is the ONLY reason that 1/3 of the approved drugs are even on the market and available to the "Public"
Why in the world would you do that to an adjustable wrench? They make chain wrenches that you can usually buy cheap.
Tools are a vital investment for me. Good tools are not inexpensive. I would rather just purchased the correct tool for the job and it will last me the rest of my life, be passed on to my family when I leave.
Personally I believe a crescent wrench is the worst tool ever designed I would never do this. Get the right tool for the job.
Pretty cool chain wrench for pipes, oil filters, and many other applications.
Adjusting the spanner correctly might help, and then you could still hang it on the hook afterwards.
A strap wrench works similar.
Harbor freight got one for $15, it also locks. I would use a toll like that very rarely. I would buy the HB tool and save the good adjustable wrench. It would also be a lot less work.
A set of channel locks will do the job and you won't have to ruin your crescent wrench.
I hand forged all my snap on tools into paint stir sticks. It’s brilliant. Now I don’t have to use the ones the paint store gives me.
ha ha ha ha, kinda like buying a motorcycle but having no money for gas then selling the bike and buying the gas,lol
Lots of people can create their own tool. But if Channel Lock, Stanley or whichever company intended for a tool to be used in a certain way, they'd create that when making said tool.
Years ago some innovative guy combined a nail puller with a hammer creating a claw hammer and said look Ma two tools in one pocket
theyre wimps who are afraid of product liability
Absolutely brilliant mate.
That’s not a secret of that tool. It’s not meant to have that function. Nothing you have to modify is a secret until after it’s been modified and even then it’s only a secret until the modifications reaches social media. That would be like me calling the crescent wrench I grinded down to make an adjustable skinny wrench to fit between the nuts on a bmx hub a secret. Not a secret, just a modification.
So, up until this video was posted, the only secret about this whole thing was your idea to modify a crescent wrench to add another function to it. And a great idea it is, imo.
However, you can achieve the same, what I call, “vise wrench” with a sturdy 2x2 piece of wood, a back chain and a couple nails or screws. There are many other things that can be used to make one, but the materials I just listed are the bare minimum to get you through a project or two. I made one out of a bolt cutter handle and i can almost unscrew myself when I get myself into an undesirable position that usually comes right after I open my mouth and insert foot.
Good job thinking outside the box.
Probably not the original intent of that hole since you had to use a grinder. Try hanging it up now, which is what I use the hole for.
Exactly. The purpose of the hole is to hang the tool on a rack with other tools. If you cut off the hole, you can no longer hang up the tool with the others.
@@northdakotaham1752
And then the tool would be lonely, not hanging with the others. Now you need to put that lonely tool in therapy for a few years.
Not at all cost effective.
@@_five-five-FIVE sounds like the plans of a liberal! That tool is a victim of unscrupulous, abusive so called mechanics. 😂
SEGURO QUE AHORA VA A SOLDAR LOS CORTECITOS QUE HIZO@@northdakotaham1752
"Not many people know that the secret to this tool is that if you buy two power tools to ruin it, you don't have to spend a small fraction of the same money to just go get a cheap strap wrench."
I'm glad I went right to the end. How about a pair of channellocks?
You can buy a chain wrench, it will pay for itself compared to the time it took to make this one. Not only is there another tool that works well, pliers, just the plain wrench that you showed in the beginning works well. I know I used it today twice to install caps on pipe ends.
And chain wrenches are super underrated. Sometimes you need a lot of leverage in a tight space.
Often times people want to make it themselves and save a buck or two. Kinda Handy to have a chain wrench on the end of a Crescent Wrench. 2 tools in One.
Conhecer a utilização das ferramentas é como são! Não danificar para inventar ! A corrente serve desse modo de uma forma mais simples sem cortes nem perfurações k loucura 🙃
Talk about being in the 'Chain Gang' 🙂
Adding a sharp end to a tool designed to be held at that end? Absolutely asinine.
Вообще то для этих целей есть газовый ключ
Ничего глупее. Нельзя придумать......или от нечего делать. Это все древнее изобретение ..
Это не секрет инструмента а дебелизм "мастера"
I use the hole to tie the tool to my wrist with a string, when I’m working at height etc.
I think the objective was to get 3.3 million mechanics watching in disbelief. Mission accomplished🎉
So I’m supposed to destroy a perfectly good crescent hammer to make a tool that I can go to NAPA, TrakAuto, etc and buy a chain oil filter wrench. Or a pair of channel locks. I don’t think so.
Crazy man. And when you are done loosening the plastic pipe, you can weld the wrench back together. lol
That secret should stay a secret.
I modified the tool to be a chain pipe wrench, a tool you could buy at most hardware stores! Yea me!
I can't believe I just sat through that! You can get a perfectly good chain wrench for under $5 at a hardware store.
thats just a wide half-inch chain wrench. try pricing a freewheel or cassette wrench from a specialty tool maker- youre in for tool-sticker-shock. see my comment above.
5 bucks? What century are YOU from?
Exactamente @tyrotrainer765 ¡hay llaves de cadena! 👍
Reinforces the never loan your tools rule...
If I had thought about this years ago I wouldn't have my strap type or plier type oil filter wrench. I wonder how well this would work if you put an exhaust cutter chain on it and tried to cut exhaust pipes.
I have all of the above, and never felt the need to abuse a crescent wrench.
Oh yeah, we want that chain flopping around every turn of a bolt.
Isso não é um segredo, é uma adaptação que se torna cara, tem ferramentas como alicates p/ fazer isso. Agora, se você tem essa chave, precisa sô comprar um pedaço de corrente e uma lixadeira.
I think that is a better idea to buy an oíl filter wrench...
In sane. Destroying a good crescent wrench
You could just get a chain wrench for between 10 and 20 bucks and keep a perfectly good tool intact.
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Здоровья и удачи!
o yea thats a great idea ,to use the end of the wrench that was designed with the strength to hold is own weight on a hook, for leverage .
In case you dont know a real chain wrench has a jaw like a pipe wrench to do the actual gripping , the chain is just used to keep the work piece in contact with that jaw.
I agree on the wasting of a good tool when others can do the job and some quick cuts to avoid the tedium of repetitive action would be welcome.