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Rotowrench

Mike Szadaj

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Has anybody seen, bought, or used one of these? I picked it up at an estate sale for 2 bucks. It has 8 sizes from 5/16 to 3/4. On the left side I have slipped the wrench head back to help show how it works. When it is slipped back, it then can be rotated 180' to get the other 2 sizes in position to be used. You then slip it outward, and it is locked in place. I realize usage is limited the same way a conventional box end wrench is, and because of the size of the ends (3 times as big as a regular box wrench) that also limits where it can be used, but like a Swiss Army knife, it packs a lot in a little package. Seeing as how I only paid a couple bucks, I figure if I stick it in my pocket and it saves me the aggravation of walking back and forth to the tool box a few times, it was well worth it. Comments?
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No offense, but that looks like a broken knuckle and a stripped bolt to me. I will stick to my Snap-On.
 
yeah thats the one.
the reason i never used it was because it isnt a 6 side,
its 12 sided and likely to strip a bolt if at the wrong angle.
with that design,getting the wrong angle isnt hard lol.
 
No offense to me, Ironbuilt. I asked for comments, not reassurance my 2 bucks was well spent. I bought it knowing it is a dubious gadget, but like I said, for 2 dollars I figured it was worth a try.
 
No offense to me, Ironbuilt. I asked for comments, not reassurance my 2 bucks was well spent. I bought it knowing it is a dubious gadget, but like I said, for 2 dollars I figured it was worth a try.
It would be a good wrench for a kid to use on his bicycle. When I was a kid, we kept a pair of vice grips on the seat post for that inevitable jumped chain. That wrench would fill that need.
 
well,seeing as we solved that scooby doo mystery,
heres another cheap tool set that has come in Very useful esp at the junkyards,over the years.
the Trick is to find a 6 point set,as mentioned already.
all the newer sets i looked up are 12 points....why??

heres the set i still use,ive gone thru a set already the ratchet finally broke after years of abuse.
https://www.menards.com/main/tools/...cket-set-21-piece/eht8921/p-1444428596393.htm
 
the Trick is to find a 6 point set,as mentioned already.
all the newer sets i looked up are 12 points....why??
You really got me going with this one. I understand why there are 6 and 12 point wrenches. In tight spots the 12 pointer will give you more degrees of turn. That advantage is totally lost in a socket, as the degree of turn is determined by the ratchet, not the socket. So what is the advantage to using a 12 point socket?
 
straight up,that cheapass set has taken out stripped bolts,
and gotten bolts out of places conventional couldnt do.
if i run up against somethng that i feel is too tight,ill break it loose then use the ratchet set.
been thinking about welding up the broken handle ratchet for using as a breaker bar.
then i wouldnt need to switch to anything else.
its Great for those pesky exhaust manifold bolts that are rusty too.

i searched a bunch of the options currently available and most are the 12 points...
it actually seems hard to find the 6 points now.
 
You really got me going with this one. I understand why there are 6 and 12 point wrenches. In tight spots the 12 pointer will give you more degrees of turn. That advantage is totally lost in a socket, as the degree of turn is determined by the ratchet, not the socket. So what is the advantage to using a 12 point socket?
Primarily for 12 point bolts.

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“So what is the advantage to using a 12 point socket?”

Because it’s one more than 11. There’s more....


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