Insane Wrench Design From 1919 [Remake]

Drugs are bad kids, just say no.

Looks more like a giant ancient bottle opener that's awkward and crooked.

This isn't too far removed from the "wrench" that comes with the Prusa MK4 kit, the MK4 isn't quite as elaborate though :-).

I love your channel and watching your videos but I have to ask a question on this one. Why leave the transfer paper on instead of electo etching the design onto the metal so you don’t have to worry about the paper moving?

If Ikea did kit cars this is the tool they would provide 100%

It's......Its....It's Gorgeous 😊😅

Could it have been invented as a means to sue for patent infringement? If someone else ever made something like our current multitools, that would have actually worked and sold, but that, in theory, or by description, would have allowed him to sue.
I know there's currently an idiot out there who patents all kinds of ideas, only intending to sue anyone he thinks has infringed on his patents long after they establish themselves, and usually settling out of court. To my knowledge, he has never made or sold anything.

I always wondered why my dad kept asking me to find specific sockets for different bolts and nuts, instead of just using an aligator wrench.

That's the same Wrench that came with My Ford Model T Tool Roll Kit.

That's a very nice Wrench but I already got one. At Harbor Freight.

EVIL A.I. Designed Wrench!

Your Wrench Shape is Making My Brain Hurt. Are You related to Wile E. Coyote?

Man be pushing his "CNC", to the limit.
Push it to the limit 🎵🎶🎵

But does it have a bottle opener? 😂

Interesting to see that Lovense machine repurposed as a power file.

I know a couple of blacksmiths who occasionally make octagonal fasteners. They are quick and easy to make on a forge. Much easier than hex heads, and doable without a swage.

I wonder if some of those slots on the bottom of the scale setting slot could have been used to twist fence wire. Maybe it was supposed to be a tool to keep on you on the farm

Lazer cut? if u had to do it again?

Also doubles as a fractal antenna for cel phone ;-)

Now that the public is aware, what'll you bet a cheap-o china version will be the As Seen On TV product.

The fanciest bottle opener I've ever seen😆

...and then came the vise-grip.

I think the two notch socket on the lower right was for a specific inverted bolt i have only seen twice, but which would bolt into the end of a metal or wood rod and hold conduction wires in place, as far as the odd one to the left of it (in the nook of the handle connection) that may actually be part and parcel with the large octo slot on the handle, with the octo slot actually being the hub of a specialized engine cover with an extra wide, ridged, flange. Thus letting the wrench possibly lock down an entire side of the cap and give leverage after loosening. Some of the other configurations seem familiar, but i cannot place them as clearly, however some slots may be clearance for things like caps that screwed down over electrical connectors…

Hi Anthony Sullivan here for the mega wrench.

Drugs are bad mmmkay

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uh! a bottle cap opener! :D

Easier to cast then re-fine rather than mill completely ??

If you make it, will they buy?
(Answer: Oh Hell Yes.)

Someone should make a museum of weird patents, with re-creations like this!

Is the spot at the top of the handle a bottle opener? He was a drunk.

you should make a bolt that fits perfectly into the big hole in the middle so that only that wrench will work on it

I’ve seen one of those somewhere. That’s a a watchamacallit.

This kind of tool is used for machines that have certain constant bolts. Example, If you work on a Toyota, you will notice that a typical Toyota has only a few size bolts they use all over the vehicle. Lets say for the sake of argument Toyota uses 6 bolts of different sizes. Rather than having two swap out 6 wrenches, you have 1 that does all 6 bolts. That's what I see this kind of tool developed for. Won't work for tight spaces.

Worked at loading rail tanker cars once... They had one of 3 sizes nuts on the lid.. We normally used a pipe wrench to tighten them.. I made a chicken foot looking wrench with 3 sizes in some plate aluminium..
Worked like a charm ...

Sounds like someone made an "one-wrench" challenge and this was the answer. Maybe IKEA should make an all-in-one multi-tool like this.

that might be the dumbest thing ever.... i want one.

that thing is ridiculous

You couldn't have made that economically in 1919. Today if you wanted to do a production run you'd have to EDM it, and even that isn't a fast process.

I'm fairly certain this is a unique take on "work from the print".

this filled me with so much anxiety while you were doing the initial milling with the paper stuck to the metal. would there have been a way to laser mark out the lines onto the metal so the paper didn't need to be there?

For that time buddy it was metric..

a real skeleton wrench

This looks like some sort of religious symbol of the engineering cult more than a practical tool.
Make it from Titanium, anodize it, stick it on a dark stained broom handle, and lead the procession to the Holy Work Bench with it.

I have a single Pentagon/pentagram bolt I've found, and I believe it came from my grandpa's military service time. Kept looking for a socket, until I counted 5 sides, not 6

When you are creating such a tool could you have used a 3D printer to print a more stable template to actually mill the steel? This way the paper does not keep moving....just curious your thoughts. Cool project

I want to call this a fractal wrench.

randomly popped up on my feed. fastenating