Bet my tap-wrench is bigger than yours!

[t8hants]

Found this amongst a pile of junk, had to keep it, its 53" tall, and very heavy - too good to scrap!

 

[Baldhead]

Does anyone owe you money? If the answer is yes then I think you could put your tap wrench to good use :wink:

Seriously, that is one big tap wrench, I don't suppose you have any taps that were used with it.

Baldhead

 

[t8hants]

No I have no idea what size tap would be used with that thing, even my 1" square drive 1 1/2" Whit taps would snap if you tried to use them with that size wrench.

Gareth

 

[Chrispy]

It's not for use in tight corners is it, but I guess it would soon clear the bench top.

 

[dc_ni]

Reminds me of when i used to use a 24" adjustable spanner, people would ask if i had an adjustable they could borrow and i would offer them that, was funny seeing someone try to use it on an m6 bolt :lol:

 

[undergroundhunter]

Are you sure its a tap? Looks to me like a tool blacksmiths use to create the twisted bar look, the two holes could be used to twist two bars together. This would explain the size and all the tap wrenches I have seen have threaded "vice" for different size taps like the below link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/very-larg...t=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item19f1561c43

Just a thought

Matt

 

[John15]

It reminds me of a 4' long torque wrench we used on the superstructure steel of a power station about 50 km down the coast from Dubai. We had to check 10% of the bolts and there were thousands of them, the highest around 30m off the ground. The contractors were Japanese so safety wasn't a huge priority - no safety nets and very little scaffolding etc. It took four of us to carry out the testing - 2 guys to work the wrench, I called out the reading on the dial and another engineer wrote it down. We were young and carefree in those days - certainly wouldn't do it now.

John