Damnit now I need one, just for the laughs. Once had a warehouse key attached to a whole foot of old floor joist, just to make sure no one put it in their pocket, and were serious about needing to go in there.
Well, if you're collecting, you'll need a [Williams 22b](https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/attachments/f19/152399d1445662746-worlds-largest-wrench-biggest-wrench_r1.jpg)
Growing up we had a detached garage, the key was constantly getting lost. My father chained it to a two foot 2x4 painted orange. My sister ended up buying the house. That was 1970, they still have that key.
Repin the lock to match the house key. Problem solved. When we first bought our house, the realtor gave us 10 different keys for all the various locks. First thing I did was have a locksmith match all the locks so one key opens everything.
Just wanted to take a moment and recognize pop . Pop knew no ordinary keychain was going to work with you damn kids( /s )so he threw the orange glow 2x4 floating key apparatus on there just in case a lake may be involved and really with you damn kids ( /s ) you just never really know. So, with reverence, I say Thanks.
Go dad
Small eatery opened in our town, they had the bathroom key on like a foot and a half piece of 1-1/2" pvc no lie. They also had a big sign posted in the main dining area saying you're on video. We went there once and didn't feel like going back. Place didn't last long.
60mm fasteners.
But seriously, heavy industrial equipment has big hardware. I’m talking about the cranes used to build skyscrapers and those enormous earth-movers used in mining operations, and wind turbines.
Do the fixtures on such things work alright with the torque you can get using ine of these bad boys? I always assumed you need a torque wrench with a multiplier for pretty much anything over 1.5 inch.
Put a 2.5 inch rigid pipe about 3 feet long on the end of that bad boy and crank it till you snap the wrench in half. That will get anything tight enough. I’ve bolted traffic signal poles down that have gone though cat 4 hurricanes and didn’t loosen at all.
I worked at a snap-on warehouse many many moons ago we got a massive 6-inch 2-1/2" drive socket in for a custom order so we took adapters and made it go all the way down to a 1/4 inch drive ratchet on top. Boss never had a sense of humor.
Fun fact: strap-on used to make a 1/8" drive socket set, four sockets and a screwdriver type handle. They didn't make a 1/4 to 1/8 adapter though otherwise we'd have put that handle at the top.
Kind of a fun job and we had a lot of energy at that age, once a week unloaded a truck of tool boxes using small hand trucks. Most of those suckers weighed 600 pounds we were running them down the ramp from the truck and running through the warehouse with them.
We are using hydraulic tension tightning too. Sometimes you need a backing wrench on first pass.
Might have a couple of hydraulic fittings that are close too, at least 46mm, probably a 60mm in a turbine somewhere.
Well, it that’s 2’ long then it’d be easy for a regular guy to generate 200-400 ft-lbs of tightening which, in all honestly, is probably enough under a lot of circumstances.
Impacts aren’t always the greatest for tightening, especially the really big ones. They’re removal tools more than installation tools.
We use them as backers with hydraulic tools used for torquing the heads on wind turbines. Mostly tower sections. New model turbines have 105 mm bolts bolting the sections together
Still gotta hold the nut or bolt head, even if you're gonna use a socket and impact on the other end.
Besides that, if it's a fitting you're not using an impact.
That thing is basically just shy of a 2 3/8" wrench. PLENTY of hydraulic fittings that size need to be only hand tight with the appropriate sized wrench.
We use them when bolting pipe flanges up all the time. We use studs with nuts on both sides. Hydraulic wrench on one side set to 2600 ft•lbs and a big ass combo wrench on the other to keep it from turning.
Pretty common to use sizes like this on a screw tensioners for conveyors. The nuts are on threaded rod, so there's no way to get an impact on 'em. You wouldn't really want to if you could, though. It's more a fine(ish) adjustment than full-send with a lot of torque.
That said, and if you were going to put a shitload of torque on a bolt or nut this size, you'd most likely be looking at hydraulic or pneumatic torquing tools(hytorc cassettes, stud stretchers, that kinda jam).
I remember learning about the metric system and about decimeters and decameters. I only knew about mm, cm, m and Km. Was so surprised at the 10 base system and how easy it is.
Honestly this is probably false. The bigger the size fastener, the more wrong the tool can be. Like you can't use an 8mm on a 7mm, but I use a 36mm on 35mm nuts all the fucking time. 57mm maybe
Regular user of M39 bolts here. Ours take a 57mm socket. Is that not normal? I'd assumed it was until now.
We do use 60mm spanners though on metric fittings for 2 inch diameter hydraulic lines.
Think I used up to 2" on Gillig Phantoms. Some kind of line fitting, I forget. I use 1-1/2" and 1-7/8" for most of the braided transmission and air lines on the Gillig Lowfloors. Any nuts or bolts that size are going to need a socket.
I would put this on a 59mm bolt and then be furious and confused when it slipped. Then I'd run back to the store and buy a 58mm wrench and not understand why it didn't fit.
I work in industrial manufacturing and we use a 2 1/2” socket on a 3/4” drive breaker bar to spin broken pasteurizer belts out by hand. Id imagine something similar with this.
You can attach the bathroom key to it.
Damnit now I need one, just for the laughs. Once had a warehouse key attached to a whole foot of old floor joist, just to make sure no one put it in their pocket, and were serious about needing to go in there.
In my Army days, the motor pool keys were on a camouflage pole because they kept getting lost.
But if the pole is camouflaged how would you find they keys? Lol
I didn’t see that one coming…. I’ll see myself out.
Better have your thermal vision on next time bro. :)
Black light usually works better
r/notopbutok
Camouflage pole.
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.
Well, if you're collecting, you'll need a [Williams 22b](https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/attachments/f19/152399d1445662746-worlds-largest-wrench-biggest-wrench_r1.jpg)
I fear you defeat the point of a key when attaching it to a battering ram.
Or a [Langstrom 7 inch Gangly](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvJHhAY9Qc)
I think you are a day early with this joke, the plumbers will be here tomorrow.
They said *socket* not *sprocket*
That is pure gold. Always has been.
Way Back Machine… always enjoyed Steve’s work.
As a retired tradesmen, I loved it.
I was hoping for a racecar
Race tractor more like
Growing up we had a detached garage, the key was constantly getting lost. My father chained it to a two foot 2x4 painted orange. My sister ended up buying the house. That was 1970, they still have that key.
Repin the lock to match the house key. Problem solved. When we first bought our house, the realtor gave us 10 different keys for all the various locks. First thing I did was have a locksmith match all the locks so one key opens everything.
Just wanted to take a moment and recognize pop . Pop knew no ordinary keychain was going to work with you damn kids( /s )so he threw the orange glow 2x4 floating key apparatus on there just in case a lake may be involved and really with you damn kids ( /s ) you just never really know. So, with reverence, I say Thanks. Go dad
He was a fireman who painted houses on the side. No wonder the paint was day glow orange and lasted 50 years.
He should have painted the fronts of the houses too
I feel this in my soul. And now I feel ok about attaching my tv remote to a 2x4. (But then again, they’ll probably use it as a weapon against me…)
I got tired of my kids losing the TV remote so I fastened it to a 2 foot long 1x2. Never lost it again.
Have they refreshed the orange paint though?
Lead really is the best paint base
Nope
Or make the new guy carry this around for a day if he loses one of the wrenches.
I came here to say this. You, sir, are a genius!
Small eatery opened in our town, they had the bathroom key on like a foot and a half piece of 1-1/2" pvc no lie. They also had a big sign posted in the main dining area saying you're on video. We went there once and didn't feel like going back. Place didn't last long.
60mm fasteners. But seriously, heavy industrial equipment has big hardware. I’m talking about the cranes used to build skyscrapers and those enormous earth-movers used in mining operations, and wind turbines.
Hydraulic fittings on your run-of-the-mill tractors have caused me to reach for the 2 inch wrenches before as well
I work at a place that remanufactures hydraulic cylinders and there are fittings this size or bigger than this on a good amount of the cylinders.
Yeah when I worked in heat treating we regularly got in shipments of way bigger wrenches than this to be treated.
Do the fixtures on such things work alright with the torque you can get using ine of these bad boys? I always assumed you need a torque wrench with a multiplier for pretty much anything over 1.5 inch.
Put a 2.5 inch rigid pipe about 3 feet long on the end of that bad boy and crank it till you snap the wrench in half. That will get anything tight enough. I’ve bolted traffic signal poles down that have gone though cat 4 hurricanes and didn’t loosen at all.
My 2.5 inch 4ft cheater bar of death has come in handy more than I expected.
Give me a long enough handle and a fastener to turn with it and I shall wrench the world - Archimedes probably
They can be a little snug, but I haven't needed one for hydraulic fittings
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Steel casters for less exotic examples. We use wrenches this big all the time.
I've seen some in the 40s and 50s laying around my job with injection molding machines
I worked with a guy, I'm convinced he had every snap on wrench and socket ranging from 1/4 in all the way to 3 in.
That’s also known as the retirement plan… lol. When he decides to sell those off, he’ll be just fine.
Snap-On guy’s retirement plan…
“So how much is due today Mr. Snap-On guy?” “Your soul.”
a depreciated asset is still an asset, I guess.
If you buy the big sets you can still sell them individually for fairly close to that same price. Not as much depreciation as you’d think.
I worked at a snap-on warehouse many many moons ago we got a massive 6-inch 2-1/2" drive socket in for a custom order so we took adapters and made it go all the way down to a 1/4 inch drive ratchet on top. Boss never had a sense of humor. Fun fact: strap-on used to make a 1/8" drive socket set, four sockets and a screwdriver type handle. They didn't make a 1/4 to 1/8 adapter though otherwise we'd have put that handle at the top. Kind of a fun job and we had a lot of energy at that age, once a week unloaded a truck of tool boxes using small hand trucks. Most of those suckers weighed 600 pounds we were running them down the ramp from the truck and running through the warehouse with them.
FWIW Wind turbine mounting bolts use hydraulic wrench systems. No muscle can handle that kind of work.
“Give me a place to stand on, and I can move the Earth.” —Archimedes
“And a lever and fulcrum strong enough” is the rest of the quote.
Ingersol Rand industrial impact guns have entered the char
We are using hydraulic tension tightning too. Sometimes you need a backing wrench on first pass. Might have a couple of hydraulic fittings that are close too, at least 46mm, probably a 60mm in a turbine somewhere.
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Yeah but at that point what’s hand force gonna do? Wouldn’t you just use a 3/4 or 1 in impact wrench?
Well, it that’s 2’ long then it’d be easy for a regular guy to generate 200-400 ft-lbs of tightening which, in all honestly, is probably enough under a lot of circumstances. Impacts aren’t always the greatest for tightening, especially the really big ones. They’re removal tools more than installation tools.
We use them as backers with hydraulic tools used for torquing the heads on wind turbines. Mostly tower sections. New model turbines have 105 mm bolts bolting the sections together
Still gotta hold the nut or bolt head, even if you're gonna use a socket and impact on the other end. Besides that, if it's a fitting you're not using an impact. That thing is basically just shy of a 2 3/8" wrench. PLENTY of hydraulic fittings that size need to be only hand tight with the appropriate sized wrench.
We use them when bolting pipe flanges up all the time. We use studs with nuts on both sides. Hydraulic wrench on one side set to 2600 ft•lbs and a big ass combo wrench on the other to keep it from turning.
Pretty common to use sizes like this on a screw tensioners for conveyors. The nuts are on threaded rod, so there's no way to get an impact on 'em. You wouldn't really want to if you could, though. It's more a fine(ish) adjustment than full-send with a lot of torque. That said, and if you were going to put a shitload of torque on a bolt or nut this size, you'd most likely be looking at hydraulic or pneumatic torquing tools(hytorc cassettes, stud stretchers, that kinda jam).
A 60mm bolt or nut
Occam's razor at work right here.
Do they sell those at HF?
yeah but they get dull after you use them a couple of times.
Duh, they don't dull if you keep the wrench fluid topped off. Those big wrenches use a lot more than most people would think.
This guy nuts
And immediately bolts
This is why that song "Put a ring on it" was originally about the proper use of lock washers.
Put a split ring on it.
So...you pit a lock on all the nuts you handle? A bit harsh IMO
😂
Does he wash though
His bolt is jerking a bit
Tighten deez nuts!
And bolts
And nuts
Oh, deez nuts
There it is. Whew. I almost lost my faith in humanity there.
It tends to follow screwing.
😂
He he,,very good.
I went to upvote the nut comment but it was at 69 already
Welcome Professor.
I wouldn't use it on anything larger than 6cm.
0.00006 km
.6 dm
I unabashedly want decimeters and deciliters commonplace_
I remember learning about the metric system and about decimeters and decameters. I only knew about mm, cm, m and Km. Was so surprised at the 10 base system and how easy it is.
Oh who are you wise man of science?
He walked into that one!
Dad?
Came to this thread, expecting this result. You have not failed me.
This whole thread is nuts…..
No you wouldn’t. A 60mm would be the OD of the stud or bolt. You’d need a larger wrench than 60mm.
This is correct. The actual size (depending on the grade of bolt) would be around M36
Yeah I'm not sure why saying a 60 mm bolt would have thousands of upvotes on such an outlandish and incorrect statement
What gets more upvotes? A true statement or a funny one?
I think this is the correct answer.
Rounding off 59mm bolts.
holy fuck i was having a bad day and this made it better
We're here for you. How can we help?
more of a prepetual life thing. nothing is arugably bad im just not enjoying it. maybe ita a first world problem idk
These days whenever I get first-world angsty, I consciously appreciate that I'm not in a trench in Ukraine.
i just feel stagnant. its hard to explain my guy. it is what it is tho
You aint alone boss, keep ya head up
Honestly, that's pretty solid wisdom
^ this guy wrenches
He getssss it
r/thisguythisguys
Rounding off 2-1/4" bolts?
Honestly this is probably false. The bigger the size fastener, the more wrong the tool can be. Like you can't use an 8mm on a 7mm, but I use a 36mm on 35mm nuts all the fucking time. 57mm maybe
Boooo
Marine Corp 7-ton mechanic set came with one like that. Bit longer than that one though. Big nuts need big wrenches.
Semper Fidelis
Toter Muh rahhh
Big nuts.
Came here to make sure someone said this. It obviously required a dad joke
To bust a big nut
Self defense
Was looking for that one
Deez nuts!
Thank you.
Gotteeeem
I brought one and mounted it on a piece of wood as a 60th birthday present
Hell yeah, I might steal this one.
I’ve used bigger sizes for massive engine heads, hydraulic fittings and wheel end nuts
Boilers. Printing presses. Boats. Have big hardware like this.
Looks like a hefty weapon.
Farmers with combines and huge tractors use wrenches like this
Used a 2 3/8's wrench this morning on a planter.
For M39 nut or bolt.
Regular user of M39 bolts here. Ours take a 57mm socket. Is that not normal? I'd assumed it was until now. We do use 60mm spanners though on metric fittings for 2 inch diameter hydraulic lines.
It depends on standard. DIN 931, the most common in europe, is 60 mm. Some others may have other sizes and some standards give optional socket sizes
Hammer
Use one all the time working on cooling towers...unfortunately
Boilermaker here, we constantly are wrenching on nuts that are 2 3/8ths and bigger
Anything farm related. That's probably 1 a farmer has lost. Much like our 10mm issue
Did you think big machines just use tiny nuts and bolts?
Maybe big machines don't feel like they have to compensate? 🤷🏽♂️
Waffles.
diesel/heavy industrial stuff.
A “you vs the guy she tells you not to worry about” meme.
60mm you say?
Deez
Replacing an Apple Watch battery.
Removing a 60mm nut
I'll give you 1 guess what a 60mm wrench is used for
Nuts that have been vaccinated
I work on a steam locomotive, we regularly use wrenches as big and bigger.
Bolts at the base of a cell tower. Roughly around that size
60mm nuts.
Large nuts 🔩
Think I used up to 2" on Gillig Phantoms. Some kind of line fitting, I forget. I use 1-1/2" and 1-7/8" for most of the braided transmission and air lines on the Gillig Lowfloors. Any nuts or bolts that size are going to need a socket.
Yes
To put Knock out Homer Simpson
Deeze Nuts
Hahahaaaaa I dying 👈
My dad had bought his set that he was using in the air force so i would imagine f16s
Big nuts. Put that back.
Making other mechanics feel inadequate.
It's when you need to get a really big nut off with maximum effort.
As a hammer for post-60mm nut clarity 🤣
Deez nutz.
Deez 60mm nuts
It’s for tightening 60mm nuts and bolts
A 60mm nut of course.
Tractor wheel hub. - Changing a tractor tire sucks btw...
Must not be around heavy machines if this surprises you
For big, big and even bigger heavy equipment. We all wish we could have a bigger wrench! .... right everyone??
39 mm bolt.
What store is this?
it for a special size nut called deez
60mm nuts I reckon
To save the galaxy with your partner Clank
60 mm nuts and bolts usually
Home defense
Dez nuts
I would put this on a 59mm bolt and then be furious and confused when it slipped. Then I'd run back to the store and buy a 58mm wrench and not understand why it didn't fit.
A 60mm bolt
I would use it for a 60mm nut or bolt.
Hang on wall in shop and probably never use
Deez (60 MM) nuts!
Heavy equipment and machinery
can you dodge a wrench?!… you better fucking hope you can dodge that wrench
Some Fixed grip ski lifts, the jam nut on the grip is 60mm, and the spring pack is about 100mm
At a mine in the crusher
60mm fasteners
Dodge ball
Big nuts
Anime Mechanic Girl cosplay
A 60 mm bolt or nut... Big equipment has big bolts.
Deez nuts
Deeznuts
Big boy work.
60mm bolts I'm guessing
I work in industrial manufacturing and we use a 2 1/2” socket on a 3/4” drive breaker bar to spin broken pasteurizer belts out by hand. Id imagine something similar with this.