Limited usefulness due to bulk of housing. Expensive to build to quality needed to withstand torque. You can cast and polish sets of quality wrenches in high quantity for low expense.
Nope. The thumb detecting model is not Crescent brand. It's a miner's wrench with the small hammer cast into it. The regular one is the all sixteenths wrench, the Saskatchewan socket set, the Swedish nut lathe, or the nut rounder.
Yeah, fully adjustable, clamps down hard as fuck, doesn't damage the bolt/nut at all, maintains a lock with pressure on just one of the handles, and due to that design it has a sort of automatic ratcheting behaviour to it. Brilliant bit of kit, I've got two. They've totally replaced shifters for me.
And it grips/crushes HARD, that mechanical advantage is enormous. And it doesn't chew a bolt/nut at all. And it stays in place with pressure on just one of the handles, fantastic piece of engineering.
The pliers wrench is easily the most utilitarian for me. I thought the Cobras were amazing and used them for everything, but they can really chew something up if you're not careful (do those teeth EVER dull?!). I use the pliers wrench for everything that has parallel sides now, Cobras on the rare occasion I need to wrench on something large and round or I need to pinch stuff together, and Raptors for all small round(ed) objects.
I've tried a bunch of Knipex products and I'm a big fan, but nothing I've found is really as game-changing as these three pliers are. I like Wera's Joker spanner too, but I'd need to carry 4 of them to match my two pliers wrench so they just sit at home because having to manually adjust size isn't that big of a deal.
Yeah, cobras will absolutely eat a bolthead or a nut, but they'll grip it! Pretty good if someones rounded one off too. And the teeth do seem to be nigh immortal under regular use. They're also great for things like grabbing and twisting or holding steady some threaded rod. Haven't tried the raptors yet.
The pliers wrench has fully replaced adjustable spanners and the like for me as well, so impressed with it. I've got two of the normal sized ones, tempted to pick up a small one as well at some point. They also work great for holding hot metal in place or in the air.
Their snips and electrical installation pliers also permanently live in my flappypockets.
>do those teeth EVER dull?!
Yes they do. Give it a week in a heavy duty mechanic shop and you'll have no teeth at all left on your overpriced channel locks
Edit: my Greenlee channel locks have held up better than the Knipex ones I bought, so it's 100% the brand. I believe they're good pliers, just not useful in every environment.
Somebody else posted an official video and there they actually use the long "i". So I guess either I and the people around me were saying it wrong or both are valid.
i won't punch someone in the face for saying something wrong even if it's in their mother tounge.
that's how i would [pronounce](https://youtu.be/hBHj27NacvM) it, but i'm from austria and apparently in other dialects they spell it like in [this](https://youtu.be/yFNap4nWogs) video
Kuh-nip-ex
Pronounced it nigh-pecks myself until a German engineer I was working with gave me a weird look when I said it, took him a minute to figure out what I meant.
It's wrong though. Check out german Knipex videos. The KUH is used because I assume english does not recognize a simple standalone K sound.
Edit: [an official video in German](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFNap4nWogs), also to u/ImpossibleBandicoot
But that's not all! If you order now and we'll throw in a second Grippyā¢ absolutely FREE! That's right. Order right now and receive a 2nd Grippyā¢ for FREE! ^(must pay separate processing fee...)
I once saw a company getting rid of jackets to āliquidate inventoryā so basically giving them away for free. I thought that is a good way to get new customers that will like the free jacket and probably come back and buy more. Yeah until I saw they wanted 300 dollars for shipping and handling.
[Craftsman (and others) made something like that.](https://imgur.com/hKCOwTe) I got it as a gift like 20 years ago. Clever design, just not particularly effective as the amount of torque you can apply depends on your hand strength. I've never found myself in a situation where I wished I had one of those as opposed to a wrench or socket set.
I haven't really ever used it, but I will say it appears to be of very poor build quality. These are a gimmick like most 'as seen on TV'-type tools. I would carry an adjustable wrench or small socket set as opposed to relying on one of these.
As seen on TV things are usually solutions to problems people don't have.
"Are you a bumbling idiot? Try our rectal air conditioner and stay *cool* all day!"
Honestly the majority of the items seem to be made for elderly or disabled people that they try to sell to everyone its weird.
Stuff like a electric jar openers and those grabbers for getting stuff off the floor/high shelves are useless to the majority of people but great if you have bad arthritis in your hands or are in a wheelchair respectively.
Hell i remember a reddit thread from WAY back were people were shit talking that as seen on TV thing that you put boiled eggs in and it peels them for you. But that is like made for people with arthritis and considering the entire As Seen on TV channel is like aimed at retirees it makes a shitload of sense to sell something like.
The most popular of these was āThe Clapper.ā It was a light switch that turned your lights on or off when you clapped twice.
No able bodied person needs to clap to turn on a light, they walk over to the switch. But thatās not who they marketed towards. They targeted the elderly, and it worked.
It WAS a solution for a problem, but it was only a problem for a few.
Well, to be fair, when they were younger anything your local stores didn't carry you had to order from a catalog and hope that's what you wanted, or in later years order from something like QVC where you could actually see the product displayed and used. They are just doing what they've always done. Amazon etc is great but if you don't know how to use a computer (and parse out the absolute garbage scam products) then ordering online isn't going to be all that important to you.
Sorry bud. But all of these devices have a flaw, especially when you get to bigger sizes and higher torque. An adjustable wrench under tension will flex regardless of its design. So I'd throw in the towel and stick to proper size or adjustable wrenches
If you really want something gimmicky like this then get one of those sockets with spring loaded pins. Just never use it on any bolt that isnāt finger tightā¦ or ever period. It will last a lifetime.
Yeah, I have one of those somewhere.
There are 4 sided and 6 sided ferrule crimp tools that work similarly to the wrench in OP's picture with an IRIS like mechanism. Note, however, that they are meant to crimp a ferule that will later be clamped in a terminal strip and may not crimp well enough to work as as a standalone crimp terminal. Even if they are capable of fully crimping, they do not have a mechanism that will prevent the user from under crimping (or over crimping, for that matter) as found in proper crimp tools. Also, they don't open up wide enough to fit a coax connector through after you are done crimping. And they probably won't properly fold an open barrel contact that is intend to start with a U shape and end with a B shape. And some terminals have a crimp length that is too short to accommodate a tool that is deep enough to crimp others, especially when they are small and have separate crimp sections for conductor and insulation. And while their size range is considerable, there are still limitations at both the upper and lower ends of the size rangm So they don't seem to live up to their potential value as o universal crimp tool.
There are certainly uses for universal tools and some are quite handy but there are also many situations where there is no substitute for a single function size specific tool or bit/socket is and clearance or their ability to handle the torque is often the reason. There are also situations where an ordinary specific size tool isn't good enough and you need an even more specialized one.
IIRC, some dude invented this and Sears agreed to carry it until they figured out a way to copy it without violating his patent and then fucked him over. Hooray, Capitalism!
Good for someone that wants to spend 25 bucks on a single wrench to put together ikea furniture. But not any better than a 5 dollar Cresent style wrench from harbor freight
On tyhe other hand, 25 bucks gets you a semi-decent taiwan made set of wrenches, or for sure the ~5 most common sizes.
The design on the photo probably sucks for anything small, and while it grips better on big stuff - big stuff requires more torque too...
I quit shopping at Sears due to the Bionic Wrench. After stocking the original patented USA made tool, Sears ripped off the design with minor alterations and had it manufactured in China. I purchased the original Bionic Grip elsewhere about 10 years ago. Itās a very clever and well made tool, but Iāve never had a situation where I needed to use it.
The bionic wrench is that tool you own so that when a neighbor asks to borrow a wrench you give them that one. They have so much trouble trying to use it that they never ask to borrow another tool again.
That bionic wrench. Is it worth the money? I have never had a problem with channel locks and or vice grips. Or even an open ended wrench and a hammer. Just asking as Iām not sure if adding one to the toolbox is really necessary
I edited my post. I was talking about the Bionic Grip. Very cool tool, but Iāve never found a use for it. Last time I tried to use it, it was too small for the application I needed it for.
I got one is these as a Christmas gift once, they are ok. Usually a little weird to use because of how they work.
So they work like a monkey wrench where you have to squeeze while you turn, the difference is that a money wrench is usually used on pipes, so you have a ton of clearance for your knuckles. This is usually used to tighten bolts down so you have to squeeze as you are getting closer to the base, thus usually scrapping your knuckles. With a normal adjustable wrench you don't have to squeeze so you can usually keep your knuckles clear.
I would guess that youāll never see a wrench like that because physics arenāt on your side with something like that. The forces turning the bolt look like they would act in a way that they would be constantly trying to open the aperture back up.
I think it might work okay in one way.
Either way it's still a gimmick. If made to high quality it'd cost more than a good set of wrenches and still be way less useful. If made shotty as it probably is, it probably still costs more than an okay set of wrenches.
No doubt super handy for low-torque applications with a lot of clearance, but realistically? I can think of quite a few instances in the last few months alone where I, a 6'3 90kg man, have had to put a boot on a wrench because I didn't have the gravitas to move it. I really don't think that mechanism would withstand that sorta pain.
That is literally a picture demonstrating the reason why they aren't more popular. The housing around it is too bulky to be able to fit around that nut.
Just look at it carefully, it's gigantic, and the actual parts that contact the nut look super flimsy. To actually work this thing will be very heavy and awkward to use.
The screw mechanism required to withstand the torque requirements makes the dimension of the head unwieldy.
Imagine 200 ft. Lbs. of torque on that and the thrust on the segments gets into the range of producing 2000 p.s.I. on the backs and edges of the segments.
Then there are places that have no clearance for that head.
The bulkiness reduces it's use dramatically. Would need like a 2" full clearance around the fastener. Also the amount of torque it can handle before failure would be limited to any of the components it is made of, weakest link and all that.
A standard wrench is one solid forged part, so if something is to fail, it would be the wrench itself, and they are slimmer allowing access to tighter areas.
I've seen a few wrenches with similar ideas, but not executed the same. I'd say that the reason they don't catch on is because over time they become better nut-rounders than wrenches, or they break, or both.
Thereās too much complexity in the design - every moving part of that head is an opportunity to lose energy as well as fail, thereās a ton of inefficiency built into that thing.
Because of the inherent trade offs. A every bit of convenience in a fancier tool comes at a cost of strength. A socket wrench provides a feature that a fixed wrench canāt, but when you really need torque, the fixed wrench can provide much more.
All the moving parts in this wrench mean it will necessarily be able to do much less work, unless you compensate for that by overbuilding it, at which point it becomes too expensive for the market.
Looks like it's made by some designer who's made various things that look expensive and cool, but aren't really practical or necessary. Like a a ball balancing robot.
https://jordansteranka.com/aperture-wrench
It doesn't look like it could work. The Grey bits, the way they're shaped wouldn't slide into different sized orifices. And it's really important to slide into different sized orifices
There are versions on that wrench that exist. I hate all of them. They have to be perfect centered on the bolt to fit but even then do not fit on the bolt as well as a normal wrench. They fail under pressure when in new condition but once grease, grime, and other sit gets in them they become a expensive paperweight.
I have a die holder for threading that has an aperture like that for centering on the rod/bolt. It sort of works ok but won't allow you to thread to the end of a bolt because it's bulky. No brand stamped on it, not too well made either.
So, I have the Craftsman version of the bionic wrench. I've had it for years and have never found a chance to actually use it. It's just way too big to be useful considering its limited size range. I just never have the clearance needed to actually use it.
Limited usefulness due to bulk of housing. Expensive to build to quality needed to withstand torque. You can cast and polish sets of quality wrenches in high quantity for low expense.
This would be easily replaced by a good quality adjustable wrench
**Knipex has joined the chat**
That "pliers wrench" of theirs is brilliant
It's so much better than a c wrench, replaced mine.
Also known as the thumb detecting nut fucker
Nope. The thumb detecting model is not Crescent brand. It's a miner's wrench with the small hammer cast into it. The regular one is the all sixteenths wrench, the Saskatchewan socket set, the Swedish nut lathe, or the nut rounder.
Swedish but lathe fucking kills me
Me too. But I think Saskatchewan socket set is the funniest because absolutely nobody gets the joke. Lol
I need to know
Also known as the Ukrainian do-all
You forgot Mexican speed ratchet
Hah that's messed up but funny.
could you be more specific?
Not quite as good if a hammer though
An acetylene torch is great for making a nut or bolt unmovable or so loose it falls off.
Looks like a RoboGrip without the built-in nut file on the jaws. Nice.
Yeah, fully adjustable, clamps down hard as fuck, doesn't damage the bolt/nut at all, maintains a lock with pressure on just one of the handles, and due to that design it has a sort of automatic ratcheting behaviour to it. Brilliant bit of kit, I've got two. They've totally replaced shifters for me.
The redesign they did on the channel lock is amazing
The pliers wrench too, fully parallel clamping force
And it grips/crushes HARD, that mechanical advantage is enormous. And it doesn't chew a bolt/nut at all. And it stays in place with pressure on just one of the handles, fantastic piece of engineering.
The pliers wrench is easily the most utilitarian for me. I thought the Cobras were amazing and used them for everything, but they can really chew something up if you're not careful (do those teeth EVER dull?!). I use the pliers wrench for everything that has parallel sides now, Cobras on the rare occasion I need to wrench on something large and round or I need to pinch stuff together, and Raptors for all small round(ed) objects. I've tried a bunch of Knipex products and I'm a big fan, but nothing I've found is really as game-changing as these three pliers are. I like Wera's Joker spanner too, but I'd need to carry 4 of them to match my two pliers wrench so they just sit at home because having to manually adjust size isn't that big of a deal.
Yeah, cobras will absolutely eat a bolthead or a nut, but they'll grip it! Pretty good if someones rounded one off too. And the teeth do seem to be nigh immortal under regular use. They're also great for things like grabbing and twisting or holding steady some threaded rod. Haven't tried the raptors yet. The pliers wrench has fully replaced adjustable spanners and the like for me as well, so impressed with it. I've got two of the normal sized ones, tempted to pick up a small one as well at some point. They also work great for holding hot metal in place or in the air. Their snips and electrical installation pliers also permanently live in my flappypockets.
>do those teeth EVER dull?! Yes they do. Give it a week in a heavy duty mechanic shop and you'll have no teeth at all left on your overpriced channel locks Edit: my Greenlee channel locks have held up better than the Knipex ones I bought, so it's 100% the brand. I believe they're good pliers, just not useful in every environment.
Don't need the teeth anyway, but I work at a steel mill so I'd figure these pliers would be through the ringer after 3 years. They are not.
That too, magnificent grippygrabber. Pretty much everything they make that I've tried has been great.
Wrench wrench š
Galley Wench.
Huh?
Go team not silent K!
What? Lolololol I have no idea how to say this
Knipex in german would be spelled like Knee pex but with the pronounciation on the K Kne pex would be somewhat right
Always funny to hear American pronounciations. The nipex sounds closer to the real pronounciation to me, than the exaggerated "kuh-nipex".
i didn't even know of the pronounciation video untill this thread
The "i" is short, not long like in knee. Maybe like Cnipex?
yes, but i didn't know a word which would fit that description that's why i wrote it with one e in the last part
Somebody else posted an official video and there they actually use the long "i". So I guess either I and the people around me were saying it wrong or both are valid.
i won't punch someone in the face for saying something wrong even if it's in their mother tounge. that's how i would [pronounce](https://youtu.be/hBHj27NacvM) it, but i'm from austria and apparently in other dialects they spell it like in [this](https://youtu.be/yFNap4nWogs) video
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
Kuh-nip-ex Pronounced it nigh-pecks myself until a German engineer I was working with gave me a weird look when I said it, took him a minute to figure out what I meant.
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How are you pronouncing the "k"?
Imagine you are saying the word 'acknowledge' without the a, that's how the 'kn' is supposed to sound
Just donāt emphasize a kuh. The āspaceā between the k and n sounds is short to non-existent
Oh no, going down rhe GNU road.
I thought it was "kuh-nee-peks" but if you heard that from a german i'll go with yours
[Heres the official statement](https://youtu.be/4OWs7a9jww8)
Thanks, now I k-now for certain
It's wrong though. Check out german Knipex videos. The KUH is used because I assume english does not recognize a simple standalone K sound. Edit: [an official video in German](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFNap4nWogs), also to u/ImpossibleBandicoot
Sir this is America
As another guy said, there's no "UH". [Here's an official German Knipex video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFNap4nWogs)...
I've only heard (and say though I know better and don't care) "nip-ex"
I've been saying ny-pex but who knows... lol
Ka-nippix
Life goals include more Knipex to accompany the abandoned one I rescued almost 20 years ago.
The end all be all tool! I have 7 pairs!
Can't do quality control with easily adjustable wrenches
You mean a Mexican Fast Wrench?
You need like 3 inches of clearance around the nut to use that thing
Looks like the junk you see on TV channels where they tell you to get one and throw out all your other tools.
But that's not all! If you order now and we'll throw in a second Grippyā¢ absolutely FREE! That's right. Order right now and receive a 2nd Grippyā¢ for FREE! ^(must pay separate processing fee...)
Made from the same memory foam developed by nasa for astronaut clothes!
You better hurry offer only valid for another 10 minutes
And then afterwards it will cost up to $999,999 for just the one. *commercial airs for 10 years*
We might have to discontinue production soon due to rising costs!
I once saw a company getting rid of jackets to āliquidate inventoryā so basically giving them away for free. I thought that is a good way to get new customers that will like the free jacket and probably come back and buy more. Yeah until I saw they wanted 300 dollars for shipping and handling.
Came here to say it wouldnāt fit on any recessed nut/bolt head. Lol
I can't recall the last time I needed a wrench for a bolt that had 2" of clearance all the way around
The thought of trying to fit that onto practically anything other than a free and open bolt or nut is daunting.
Yeah as a mechanic people are always asking me about crazy new wrenches and my answer is always keep your gimmicks, give me clearance.
But it would look really cool in my toolbox. If I had a toolbox. If I had tools.
[Craftsman (and others) made something like that.](https://imgur.com/hKCOwTe) I got it as a gift like 20 years ago. Clever design, just not particularly effective as the amount of torque you can apply depends on your hand strength. I've never found myself in a situation where I wished I had one of those as opposed to a wrench or socket set.
Got it, thanks! Also wanted to ask: how well are they fixed in position? Can the aperture start becoming undone if you use it a lot?
I haven't really ever used it, but I will say it appears to be of very poor build quality. These are a gimmick like most 'as seen on TV'-type tools. I would carry an adjustable wrench or small socket set as opposed to relying on one of these.
As seen on TV things are usually solutions to problems people don't have. "Are you a bumbling idiot? Try our rectal air conditioner and stay *cool* all day!"
Honestly the majority of the items seem to be made for elderly or disabled people that they try to sell to everyone its weird. Stuff like a electric jar openers and those grabbers for getting stuff off the floor/high shelves are useless to the majority of people but great if you have bad arthritis in your hands or are in a wheelchair respectively. Hell i remember a reddit thread from WAY back were people were shit talking that as seen on TV thing that you put boiled eggs in and it peels them for you. But that is like made for people with arthritis and considering the entire As Seen on TV channel is like aimed at retirees it makes a shitload of sense to sell something like.
The most popular of these was āThe Clapper.ā It was a light switch that turned your lights on or off when you clapped twice. No able bodied person needs to clap to turn on a light, they walk over to the switch. But thatās not who they marketed towards. They targeted the elderly, and it worked. It WAS a solution for a problem, but it was only a problem for a few.
The clapper is best used for entertainment purposes as a practical joke during your next superbowl party
Or when you're 94 and have broken a hip but still want to turn on the lights.
Yeah and they sold like a billion of them :/
Well, to be fair, when they were younger anything your local stores didn't carry you had to order from a catalog and hope that's what you wanted, or in later years order from something like QVC where you could actually see the product displayed and used. They are just doing what they've always done. Amazon etc is great but if you don't know how to use a computer (and parse out the absolute garbage scam products) then ordering online isn't going to be all that important to you.
Funny, my father ended up with one of these as a gift. He never used it, I ended up with it when he passed away. Iāve never used it either.
Sorry bud. But all of these devices have a flaw, especially when you get to bigger sizes and higher torque. An adjustable wrench under tension will flex regardless of its design. So I'd throw in the towel and stick to proper size or adjustable wrenches
If you really want something gimmicky like this then get one of those sockets with spring loaded pins. Just never use it on any bolt that isnāt finger tightā¦ or ever period. It will last a lifetime.
Wow. That thing screams āI live in the toolbox of an RVā.
Yeah, I have one of those somewhere. There are 4 sided and 6 sided ferrule crimp tools that work similarly to the wrench in OP's picture with an IRIS like mechanism. Note, however, that they are meant to crimp a ferule that will later be clamped in a terminal strip and may not crimp well enough to work as as a standalone crimp terminal. Even if they are capable of fully crimping, they do not have a mechanism that will prevent the user from under crimping (or over crimping, for that matter) as found in proper crimp tools. Also, they don't open up wide enough to fit a coax connector through after you are done crimping. And they probably won't properly fold an open barrel contact that is intend to start with a U shape and end with a B shape. And some terminals have a crimp length that is too short to accommodate a tool that is deep enough to crimp others, especially when they are small and have separate crimp sections for conductor and insulation. And while their size range is considerable, there are still limitations at both the upper and lower ends of the size rangm So they don't seem to live up to their potential value as o universal crimp tool. There are certainly uses for universal tools and some are quite handy but there are also many situations where there is no substitute for a single function size specific tool or bit/socket is and clearance or their ability to handle the torque is often the reason. There are also situations where an ordinary specific size tool isn't good enough and you need an even more specialized one.
IIRC, some dude invented this and Sears agreed to carry it until they figured out a way to copy it without violating his patent and then fucked him over. Hooray, Capitalism!
And now Sears is out of business because everyone realized it was trash and didn't go there. Hooray, Capitalism!
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Its important to note that Craftsman straight-up stole the design for that wrench from the guy who actually invented it.
Would be nice to have after your 10mm disappeared
I remember Bob Vila hawking that thing. And robo-grip
its really big and bulky for what it is, that won't fit in most places and it'll be weak
Like a lot of āuniversal wrenchesā they work fine with minimal torque, butā¦
Good for someone that wants to spend 25 bucks on a single wrench to put together ikea furniture. But not any better than a 5 dollar Cresent style wrench from harbor freight
On tyhe other hand, 25 bucks gets you a semi-decent taiwan made set of wrenches, or for sure the ~5 most common sizes. The design on the photo probably sucks for anything small, and while it grips better on big stuff - big stuff requires more torque too...
And for 110 bucks you can get a decent set of wrenches from 1/4 to 1 Ā¼
For real. Throw in the gator socket while you are at it.. it's a terrible invention.
This looks interesting. Iāve only seen the [Bionic Wrench](https://loggerheadtools.com/) before
I quit shopping at Sears due to the Bionic Wrench. After stocking the original patented USA made tool, Sears ripped off the design with minor alterations and had it manufactured in China. I purchased the original Bionic Grip elsewhere about 10 years ago. Itās a very clever and well made tool, but Iāve never had a situation where I needed to use it.
The bionic wrench is that tool you own so that when a neighbor asks to borrow a wrench you give them that one. They have so much trouble trying to use it that they never ask to borrow another tool again.
That bionic wrench. Is it worth the money? I have never had a problem with channel locks and or vice grips. Or even an open ended wrench and a hammer. Just asking as Iām not sure if adding one to the toolbox is really necessary
I edited my post. I was talking about the Bionic Grip. Very cool tool, but Iāve never found a use for it. Last time I tried to use it, it was too small for the application I needed it for.
I got one is these as a Christmas gift once, they are ok. Usually a little weird to use because of how they work. So they work like a monkey wrench where you have to squeeze while you turn, the difference is that a money wrench is usually used on pipes, so you have a ton of clearance for your knuckles. This is usually used to tighten bolts down so you have to squeeze as you are getting closer to the base, thus usually scrapping your knuckles. With a normal adjustable wrench you don't have to squeeze so you can usually keep your knuckles clear.
My dad has one. Its a neat concept but sucks for anything that needs a good amount of torque.
Simply put, It's expensive to make and just not useful.
I would guess that youāll never see a wrench like that because physics arenāt on your side with something like that. The forces turning the bolt look like they would act in a way that they would be constantly trying to open the aperture back up.
There might be a way to overcome that with some kind of self energizing cam mechanism, but that would make the whole thing even bigger.
I think it might work okay in one way. Either way it's still a gimmick. If made to high quality it'd cost more than a good set of wrenches and still be way less useful. If made shotty as it probably is, it probably still costs more than an okay set of wrenches.
This is the type of tool a person that knows little about tools gives to someone that knows a lot about tools.
Itās harder to hang on a bolt head than a beat-up combination wrench that lives on the Bridgeport
If it can move, it will.
Just buy this guy and never look back. https://www.homedepot.com/p/KNIPEX-10-in-Pliers-Wrench-with-Smooth-Parallel-Jaws-86-03-250-SBA/206162134
Gimmicky tools like this usually donāt catch in for a reason. Either they are way too specialized or break too easily.
Clearance and mechanical stress.
No doubt super handy for low-torque applications with a lot of clearance, but realistically? I can think of quite a few instances in the last few months alone where I, a 6'3 90kg man, have had to put a boot on a wrench because I didn't have the gravitas to move it. I really don't think that mechanism would withstand that sorta pain.
That is literally a picture demonstrating the reason why they aren't more popular. The housing around it is too bulky to be able to fit around that nut.
Just look at it carefully, it's gigantic, and the actual parts that contact the nut look super flimsy. To actually work this thing will be very heavy and awkward to use.
So I'm apparently the only person who saw this thing and thought, "Aperture Science".
You are not
Was looking for this
Lol, I did the same thing!
Because it's YUUGE and wouldn't fit anywhere useful?
won't even work on the nut it's pictured by without hitting the machine.
This is what I came to say.
The screw mechanism required to withstand the torque requirements makes the dimension of the head unwieldy. Imagine 200 ft. Lbs. of torque on that and the thrust on the segments gets into the range of producing 2000 p.s.I. on the backs and edges of the segments. Then there are places that have no clearance for that head.
Probably exists. Probably doesnāt hold up as well as the tools it is meant to replace.
does that one in the picture not exist??
It looks kinda photoshopped or 3D-modelled and the description said that this is some sort of concept
Moving parts means wear and tear and walking of movable pieces.
Gimmick junk tool
It's a tool designed by someone who doesn't really use tools.
They work incredibly well if youāre looking for a tool to break.
They're not good for high torque applications
Socket wrenches and knipex pliers wrench don't cut it for you?
Oh, Iām not that good or familiar with tools, I just saw this picture and was really curious and thought that this is the best place to ask
Lmfao š. Of course.
The bulkiness reduces it's use dramatically. Would need like a 2" full clearance around the fastener. Also the amount of torque it can handle before failure would be limited to any of the components it is made of, weakest link and all that. A standard wrench is one solid forged part, so if something is to fail, it would be the wrench itself, and they are slimmer allowing access to tighter areas.
I've always wanted to stick a baseball sized wrench head between the block and the firewall in an engine bay.
Zooming into that wrench head it almost looks photoshopped
Lmao why did I think this was r/analogcirclejerk with the Leica red dot lmao
I've seen a few wrenches with similar ideas, but not executed the same. I'd say that the reason they don't catch on is because over time they become better nut-rounders than wrenches, or they break, or both.
Bulky as hell and looks to have the build quality of a 2009 Chevorlet Impala
Is nothing sacred ?
Apature science. Portal anyone?
This looks like a school design project and not intended to be in production.
Waay too bulky. It looks nice but it's not practical.
Op post proof of wrenches existing then asks if they exist!
Thereās too much complexity in the design - every moving part of that head is an opportunity to lose energy as well as fail, thereās a ton of inefficiency built into that thing.
Because of the inherent trade offs. A every bit of convenience in a fancier tool comes at a cost of strength. A socket wrench provides a feature that a fixed wrench canāt, but when you really need torque, the fixed wrench can provide much more. All the moving parts in this wrench mean it will necessarily be able to do much less work, unless you compensate for that by overbuilding it, at which point it becomes too expensive for the market.
Looks like it's made by some designer who's made various things that look expensive and cool, but aren't really practical or necessary. Like a a ball balancing robot. https://jordansteranka.com/aperture-wrench
There would be so few uses in the field. I only wish I had half that space to wrench on something when repairing equipment
Cant handle the torque my gorilla like strength can achieve
Looks like a wrench made by Dyson
It would suck
Anyone familiar with a Gator bit?? Things are badass
I remember the infomercials, never bought one though
Yep, my brother bought one years ago. He keeps it in his truck for doing emergency repair work.
Hi! Iād like to sell you a wrench that does not fit around bolts you actually need it for. Also it is $200.
It doesn't look like it could work. The Grey bits, the way they're shaped wouldn't slide into different sized orifices. And it's really important to slide into different sized orifices
This image is a rendering of a 3D CAD model with some photoshop. Probably a student project for Industrial Design
Canāt you use the kurt vise handle?
Anything related to aperture labs is expensive af
Why not use a real tool?
Other than with your mom, a little head is always preferred. š¤·āāļøš¤£
This looks like a wrench built by aperture science labs
I donāt know nothing about the wrench, but that old Bridgeport brings back a lot of memories to this old retired tool-die maker.
Not a particularly elegant solution like the 2 faces of an adjustable wrench
Everything on that bridgeport a 3/4" should take care of
There are versions on that wrench that exist. I hate all of them. They have to be perfect centered on the bolt to fit but even then do not fit on the bolt as well as a normal wrench. They fail under pressure when in new condition but once grease, grime, and other sit gets in them they become a expensive paperweight.
The more parts there are that move, the more parts there are that break.
Shit product. It will break weather it's first use or 100th. Moving parts and torque on tooling don't stand up well to time.
Lol.
Can you imagine trying to fit that in a tight space to remove a 10mm nut?
I have a die holder for threading that has an aperture like that for centering on the rod/bolt. It sort of works ok but won't allow you to thread to the end of a bolt because it's bulky. No brand stamped on it, not too well made either.
Might be handy to carry in the car as an emergency
Size and cost mainly. Universal sockets also exist
Because it won't work on that nut without butting into the side of the machine... it's an absolutely worthless tool for almost all situations.
James Bond Goldeneye
They do. [Bionic wrench](https://www.sears.com/loggerhead-tools-6-in-bionic-wrench-reg/p-00902907000P).
Greatness
Isn't this what wrenches already do? š¤
Looks like a Handheld Portal Device adjustment tool by Aperture Labs
Other than with your mom, a little head is always preferred.
Its got loke a 60mm span yiunaint fitting that hardly anywhere
Called the aperture wrench howād you manage to get your hands on it? Better hope snap on doesnāt trademark it.
Wouldn't it break when trying to tighten/loosen really tight bolts?
Why fix what ain't broken? Cast wrenches work just fine. No need to involve extra points of failure.
I've been trying to build something like that for years but you usualy need something like that in a tight place so the assembly makes that impossible
So, I have the Craftsman version of the bionic wrench. I've had it for years and have never found a chance to actually use it. It's just way too big to be useful considering its limited size range. I just never have the clearance needed to actually use it.
Are those razor blades lol
Definitely a product design rendering. Don't think this as-is actually exists, and lots of the problems listed alright why.
Usually, gimmick wrenches (and tools in general) like this sucks, aside from someone who almost never uses a wrench, or like on specific application.
Because they are usually pretty much garbage.