Just bought a Swedish wrench

Are these things worth a fuck? Never used one before

  1. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    What the fuck, I just did the exact same thing last week. Anyway I've used it once now and it worked great despite being more to understand and get used to than a normal pipe wrench

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Nice. What did you use it on?

      >buy now
      >ask “does it even work?” later
      Good job OP. Let the Bepis flow through you.

      Meh, only $12 at harbor freight

      • 1 month ago
        Bepis

        >harbor freight
        Ehh, well if you use it on copper and PVC, maybe it will be useful. Hard to tell if the tool is any good when you get a shit example of said tool. Like good Knipx slip joint or water pump pliers are way more useful than soft ass Pittsburgh channellocks with grips that slide off under normal use.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          I usually prefer Irwin pliers over knipex, although I keep a pair of knipex minis in my pocket usually for closet bolt nuts or supply lines.

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        I used it to put a plug in a tee that had a line that wasn't being used. did swap the tee because no coupling or union and I wanted to be able to just throw another line in when summer hits. Big fan of the applied leverage that keeps it snug, less of a fan of adjusting it but I'm sure it is a skill issue.

        wait that's a swedish wrench? i thought swedish wrench just meant adjustable wrench

        Swedish pipe wrench. In the states we call adjustables crescent wrenches.

  2. 1 month ago
    Bepis

    >buy now
    >ask “does it even work?” later
    Good job OP. Let the Bepis flow through you.

  3. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    wait that's a swedish wrench? i thought swedish wrench just meant adjustable wrench

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Patented by Johan Petter Johansson in the late 19th century just like the classic adjustable wrench with the worm wheel.
      There was earlier adjustable wrenches but his designs stuck.

  4. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    That handle doesn't look very comfortable, with the threads on it an all.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      you dont handle it at the threads, retard

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      you don't put pressure on the threads anyway, if you do, youre also using it wrong as it is made to be strong in the clockwise direction of torque, but isn't as grippy and strong anti-clockwise (relative to OP's pic related)

  5. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    ah, the venerable nutfucker.
    better get a parallel wrench from knipex.
    german > swedish

  6. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    If I wrap it ova ya fuckin he'd
    You ask me then?
    >"Is there a use to this thing"?
    Before you pass out. Lumpy head.

  7. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    I got the quick adjust one and it's nice not having a 20# pipe wrench when you're 40' up in the rafters running gas line

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Knipex*

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