What Kind of Tool is This?
 

Was cleaning out stuff in the shop and came across this tool. I have had it for 20+ years, but for the life of me cannot remember (or if I even knew) what it is and its usage.:uhmk:

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It looks like a hinged spanner.

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It looks a lot like a fire hose wrench but I've never seen a hinged one. The hinge probably makes it work on a wider range of sizes.

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It looks like a fossil of a parakeet.

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Armstrong USA 34-301 Adjustable Hook Spanner Wrench 3/4-2" spanner it is

So, what do they get used for?

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Well this helps explain it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io21yGTLWHc

Now why in the heck do I have one and where did I get it? :lol:

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Yep..spanner wrench...we use them at work all the time

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I am guessing that I got it from my dad's toolbox after he passed in the early 90s. Never saw one in use before.

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So it is basically like our fire hose wrenches (the smaller ones 1" - 3") only there are apparently other applications. Some years ago our VFD got a whole bunch of non-hinged aluminum ones for everybody to carry on their person.

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Spanning

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yep, spanner wrench, used for stuff like this;

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...6uS2Q&usqp=CAU

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Flywheel turner for a hamster cage.

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Wow
This is for Collet tooling.
I have been collecting these.
I have several different types
It's a machinist (thing);)

At the shop I am currently employed
They share 1 for 4 machines they use.














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I wonder how well it would open a 5 gallon bucket?

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Make sure you line up your higbee’s before you tighten that hose!

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Interesting! I'm going to have to look for those marks. We use mostly 1" and 1.5" (and mop-up / garden hose). Except for the tenders where we have some big hoses with cam-locks.

Never seen anything cross thread but you have to watch out for hose thread vs pipe thread.

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We used to use a stripe of white paint on the higbee’s. Easier to see when hooking up.
Saved a lot of fumbling with connections when we had to string out a couple 500 foot lengths in a hurry.
Especially handy for the newbies when we had firehose drills once a month.

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I was going to say old time alignment tool

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Well about 95% of the time we use the 1" hard line on the hose reel, except when we are doing mop-up with the 3/4" garden hose. All of our hose reels are power retract now which saves a lot of time when we're doing squirt and run. You can even haul the nozzle person back up a cliff with the hose reel/winch.

Generally things have really gone to crap if we have to do a hose lay outside of training.