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Post by endfeed on Feb 13, 2018 17:32:52 GMT
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Post by tomplum on Feb 13, 2018 18:09:49 GMT
yea I got one of those, I think Tappy saw them cheap somewhere so i got one, Its got me out of a tight spot once or twice as well,  |
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Post by dickpuller on Feb 13, 2018 18:23:59 GMT
They’re a great tool. Just goes to show; a crows foot spanner is a wonderful tool, but it can be improved on.
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Post by battle1066 on Feb 13, 2018 18:31:06 GMT
They’re a great tool. Just goes to show; a crows foot spanner is a wonderful tool, but it can be improved on. What way Dick improved? |
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Post by dickpuller on Feb 13, 2018 18:35:04 GMT
They’re a great tool. Just goes to show; a crows foot spanner is a wonderful tool, but it can be improved on. What way Dick improved? I just mean the bog standard one has been improved by the telescopic one mate. I remember when I started my time in the early 70s the Monument Crow Foot was a God send, but the telescopic one is much better!! |
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Post by woodbine66 on Feb 13, 2018 22:07:20 GMT
I've never used one of the old crow's foot wrenches for taps. How do you get leverage on them? Turn it with a spanner or something? On the new telescopic tap wrenches, there's a Tommy bar attached - but nothing on the old ones.
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Post by tomplum on Feb 13, 2018 22:10:19 GMT
9 out of 10 times a plumber could undo with his wrist, but if need be you can use an adjustable spanner on the shaft,
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Post by woodbine66 on Feb 13, 2018 22:20:04 GMT
Bloody hell Tom, why did plumbers have such strong wrists in those days? Second thoughts, don't answer that. 
I imagine some would need to open some spinach first, especially if the original installer of the taps used putty/Boss White on the base of the tap and threads as they used to. Stuff sets like concrete after a while. Would definitely need some leverage for those. |
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Post by tomplum on Feb 13, 2018 22:58:56 GMT
plumbers have always done what plumbers do, you are johny on the spot and have to win, plumbers have always been strong, plumbers older than me carried cast iron baths upstairs, then erected a cast iron soil stack with no forklifts or scaffolding , they carried rolls of lead pipe to the job, no vans, only carts, swung from bolsten chairs 200 feet up factory chimneys, plumbers are the supermen of the building trade,  |
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