What do you call these in your part of the world?

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Humai

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Just for the record and a bit of potential humour (or should that be "humor"), what do you call these tools in your part of the world. I'll kick off for NZ:

1) A "Crescent" - http://commerce.rightsize.com/cgi-b...hreetier=ADJUSTABLE+WRENCHES&twotier=WRENCHES

2) A "ring spanner" - http://commerce.rightsize.com/cgi-b...tier=OFFSET+BOX+END+WRENCHES&twotier=WRENCHES

3) "Allen Keys" - http://commerce.rightsize.com/cgi-b...t?threetier=HEX+KEY+WRENCHES&twotier=WRENCHES

4) "Poly Grips" - http://commerce.rightsize.com/cgi-b...?threetier=GROOVE+JOINT+PLIERS&twotier=PLIERS

 

High Lord Gomer

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In Bubbaville we call 'em:

1. Adjustable wrench
2. Box end wrench
3. Allen wrench
4. Channel Locks

 

bclapham

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in the UK

1) adjustable spanner

2) ring spanner

3) allen keys

4) channel locks?

in my current part of the world i have no idea since i mostly get blank stares when i ask for anything in a store!:)

 

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01HondaCR

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1. Adjustable Wrench
2. Wrench (open or closed)
3. Allen Wrench
4. Pliers

 

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whyzee

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Originally posted by Head Bubba
In Bubbaville we call 'em:

1. Adjustable wrench
2. Box end wrench
3. Allen wrench
4. Channel Locks

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Are you sure Gomer? I thought it was:
1. the tightener thang, naw, the uther un, yup that one.
2. like the uther one cept got's a hole on boff ends
3. dem metal sticks wif bunches o’ sides on 'em
4. big dern pliers
:confused:

 

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Sawblade

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1- Monkey wrench of course! :confused:
2- Wrench
3- Allen keys
4- Channel locks

I grew up on a farm, until I left home I didn't know what a cresent wrench was!

 

High Lord Gomer

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SSSHHHH, Whyzee! Whayawant, people ta thank we all ignunt?!?

 

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:laugh:


I was once asked by a tech at work to get him a dike :eek: My thoughts exactly....

 

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Treejumper

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Originally posted by Moto Squid


:laugh:

I was once asked by a tech at work to get him a dike :eek: My thoughts exactly....

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Well some of us learned what a Fag is to Flyin Scot. :p

1. Cresent wrench
2. Box end wrench
3. Allen wrench
4. Channel Locks

 

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Danman

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1. Cresent wrench
2. Box end wrench
3. Allen wrench
4. Channel Locks


You could also say "hex keys" for # 3, but in no way shape or for should # 4 be called pliers. I've heard them called a monkey wrench though.

 

Zoomer

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1) adjustable metric wrench :laugh:
2) Box end wrench
3)Allen wrench
4) slip joint pliers

 

XRpredator

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Originally posted by Moto Squid
I was once asked by a tech at work to get him a dike :eek: My thoughts exactly....

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I got several pairs of dikes in my garage.  I have offended some by calling them that, but the dikes themselves don't mind.:thumb:

 

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fmfkx125372

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You should've seen the first time my fiancee heard me ask for the dikes....

 

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Pred,
Everybody know this is a pair of dikes.

:scream:
crescent
end wrench
allen wrench
channel locks

 

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DoubleTrouble

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1) Adjustable Spanner
2) Ring Spanner
3) Allen Keys
4) Adjustable Pliers

The only wrench I know is what I did to my ribs when I fell off the hill in Amarillo.

 

Patman

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1. Depends what you need at the time. It's a cresent wrench or a hammer or a tire iron.
2. Offset box wrenches
3. Hex key or allen wrench
4. Channel locks or adjustable wrench if that's all you have

:)

 

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Green Horn

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Originally posted by Patman
3. Hex key or allen wrench
:)

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Allen wrench when he's with his dirtbike buddies. He only calls it a hex key when he's sipping chardonay with his high society trials friends. ie "Dear sir, please fetch me my hex key and bring it hither." and it's usually followed by "Why yes my good man and I must say that those tights look ravishing around your cheeks." :thumb:

 

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1, fitzall
2,"galdangit,@$$!%$&* wrong size"<also works with them little round things that click on to that lever handle thingie that fits over the doohickeys>
3,"got an easy out?" ..."here try this"
4,palm pinchers

 

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Lew

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1. Adjustable wrench
2. Box end wrench
3. Allen wrench
4. Channel Locks/ Water pump pliers

The previously mentioned "Monkey wrench" is slang in my neck of the woods for a plumbers pipe wrench

 

BunduBasher

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Ok my Dad taught me the names of all these tools.

South African Speak:
1. Shifting Spanner
2. Ring Spanner
3. Allen Keys
4. Gooseneck pliers

Now that should have me confused :confused: :)

 

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bud

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shifter
ring spanner
allen or hex keys
multigrips

 

Jon K.

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Originally posted by clutchcover
Pred,
Everybody know this is a pair of dikes.

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Hey Clutch, or anybody for that matter;

Would you take pity on me and let me know how you got the image right there in the post? When I click the "insert image" thing; I get a Java script prompt that I don't have a clue what it means. I have done the photo thing before, but now I can't seem to get it to co-operate. Have I simply forgotten how to do it?

Oh, and that is NOT a monkey wrench. A monkey wrench is a whole 'nother thing. I would post a photo, but . . . .

Thanks; Jonny

 

GETMETOCA

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1.&nbsp; Picture hook hammer thingy

2.&nbsp; Zen Garden Sand Designer (very cool squiqqly lines!)

3.&nbsp; Hole punch (Use with Picture Hook Hammer Thingy)

4.&nbsp; Bug smasher

 

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NVR FNSH

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Originally posted by GETMETOCA
1.&nbsp; Picture hook hammer thingy

2.&nbsp; Zen Garden Sand Designer (very cool squiqqly lines!)

3.&nbsp; Hole punch (Use with Picture Hook Hammer Thingy)

4.&nbsp; Bug smasher

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And people wonder why I bring MY toolbox with me when we go riding.....

Brian

 

Moteaux

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1. Crescent ranch 2. Box End Ranch 3. Allen Ranch 4. Channel Locks/Waterpump pliers


What is this wrench y'all are talking 'bout? :laugh:&nbsp;

Of course my grandfather, who had no shame or tact, called #1 a Mexican Speed Ranch. ;)&nbsp; It wasn't til I was about 5 years old that I learned that wasn't the correct name.&nbsp; He got me into a lot of trouble now that I think about it.

 

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