Fr J Hackett
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Have you no shame 
Which socket set?
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Poignard
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None.Have you no shame
DownWest
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Have to question your tech ability too. That is awfull!
Sorry, meant the Dog impersonater..
DownWest
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Hey, it keeps us happy. Keep your reality bits for people that care
This thread is hysterical.
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Fr J Hackett
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It was directed at another
Poignard
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Here’s a well-used, and abused, slip joint pliers. Marked "Craftsman Vanadium".
Pardon Our Interruption...
I've no idea where I got them but that looks like weld spatter on the right-hand handle.
I am not selling them but if anyone wants them for free, he can have them. Just pay the postage.
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Fr J Hackett
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Bouba will be champing at the bit. Your shame quotient is falling like prostitutes drawers on a Friday night in Portsmouth.
Bouba
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I’ve cut up worse....
S04
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Drawers? Portsmouth? I don't think so.
DownWest
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Please let us know your experinces. Might lighten the day..
S04
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What happens on the Guildhall steps stays on the Guildhall steps.
penberth3
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An interesting shape I haven't seen before. A mixture of slip joint and water pump pliers. I can imagine that's useful for getting into tight spaces. That can be a problem with the approx 90 degree jaw on standard pump pliers.
Having said that, I don't want them!
Daydream believer
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Bouba
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They would look like normal grips if they were turned over
ducked
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Dunno about the terminology in Taiwan, since I avoid asking for anything if at all possible, preferring to search the shelves
A Stillson wrench is generically a pipe wrench in the US, Rigid being the largest manufacture of a closely related design.
Whatever the "correct" Taiwanese term is, its a pretty fair bet that 99.9 plus percent of Taiwanese wont use it.
Wickipedia ses "" In Mexico they are known and called "stillson" without even using the word llave ("wrench") but its unclear what degtee of specificity is implied. In SA they are known as "baboon wrenches" I speculate that perhaps this is to distinguish them from "monkey wrenches".
There are, of course, many species of monkey, BUT only 5 spcies of baboon, and only one in South Aftica, which might help.
In Taiwan, the Japanese legacy is sometimes useful, because a lot of the Japanese engineering loan words originated in Britain, cradle of the industrial revolution.
Trying to buy a universal joint extension for use with my 1/2"drive socket set, I did a really quite detailed and true-to-life sketch and took it to the laoban of the Relatively Good Kaohsiung Tool Shop.
“Meio la!”, ses he, dismissively, but with enthusiasm.
“Hmm” ses I (to myself, but audibly) “Surprised they don’t have a universal joint, pretty standard thing”
“Ah!” ses he “JOINT-OH!”
They had several makes, looking exactly like my sketch, but without the Magic Japlish Word…no dice
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Bouba
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I have exactly those wrenches....but different color handles. As a literalist, can you explain why the difference ?
Fr J Hackett
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Wickipedia ses "" In Mexico they are known and called "stillson" without even using the word llave ("wrench") but its unclear what degtee of specificity is implied. In SA they are known as "baboon wrenches" I speculate that perhaps this is to distinguish them from "monkey wrenches".
I think it's probably to differentiate between the users like Stingo ( Baboon) Bouba ( Monkey)
I think it's probably to differentiate between the users like Stingo ( Baboon) Bouba ( Monkey)
WoodyP
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Many of these designs incorporate the bugerit joint, which painfully traps a tender bit before you hurl it into the nether most corners of the workshop.
Fr J Hackett
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It's gods way of saying use the correct tool you arse.
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