/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>861681
Yes, I would purchase one just to test the concept. Got one of those gator grip bits. They work okay for low torque stuff i guess.

The same thing most likely applies here aswell.

I would keep it for a junk drawer or small around the house tool bag but I wouldn't trust it for anything I would need it for in the garage

>>861681
by the way, what the fucks the powerbutton for?

>>861689
to turn it on and off you stupid fuck

>>861681
No. Not only is it most certainly a weak piece of shit, but a wrench with a diameter that large isn't very useful anyway—you can't reach nuts in small spaces at all.

>>861692

Well no shit Sherlock. The question was what the fuck turns on? Is it a led light? is the aperature rotation motorized? There could be a million things it could turn on.

The question was what does it do? Fuckwad

>>861694
Doesn't this just tell you the size of the nut or bolt? As far as I know, it's not to be used as a wrench.

>>861694
no that was not the question, i repeat, that was NOT the question asked.

>what the fucks the powerbutton for?

be clearer next time dumb fuck, we cant read your mind so you better write what you want to say like a fucking human.

>The question was what does it do?

it turns it on and off you stupid fucking retard

>>861698
Well, I'm dumb. It is supposed to be a wrench.

>>861700
Wow, this is the retardation at its best.
You have to be one of the more stupid people on here.

>>861681
but that tool already exists anon.

>>861700
You seem new here, go back to tumblr or whatever hole you crawled out of smartass.

>>861693
This usually the problem with X-in-one tools.

>>861681
I don't think that is mechanically possible, at least the way that's modeled.

>>861704
i know your retardation as to what a fucking power switch does is shocking, you should get that checked

>>861712
fuck off, kid

>>861681
if they made one big enough the first thing i would do is try to put my dick in it

>>861746

>>861681

> meme tools

ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

how the fuck is it supposed to work?

>>861760

aperture closes around the bolt automatically

>implying I only use hex nuts.

Does it ratchet?

Stanley already did it without some horse shit electronics in it, and it blows.

To make it decent, it would cost WAY more than the whole concept is worth.

QVC tier garbage

>>861767
And if you really feel the NEED to have an auto wrench, Black and Decker sells one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yfKjltRcx4

Just as awful

>>861767
this is like a luxury diy industry tool for the home handyman. it's so incredibly bulky I cant imagine what you would actually use it for. but I would feel more secure in my manhood for owning it I'm sure.

>>861749
It looks just fine for the size of your dick

>>861708
these are objectively horrible tools.

>>861775
This, especially when this exists.

>>861772
Its a "space saving design"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCYNguUtqAE

Looks like they were having issues finding uses for it.

>>861681
>different mechanism
>same horse shit.

here's the patent that sears cites they copied for a wire stripper that does the same thing.
http://searsholdings.com/cma/Patent_2787925_Buchanan.pdf

>>861681
I have a friend who was a mechanic and he always tells me not to use these adjustable wrenches on cars. They are fine for small jobs but when it comes to heavy duty, they strip bolts and only make jobs harder.

>>861681
Nope.

>>861700
Underage plz go

>>861681
No. The inner contact surface is too small. The distance from the top edge and the contact surface is too large. It's gimicky.

>>861840
It's the reason professional-grade box wrenches are thinner than the shit-tier ones from walmart. The least amount of material to get the job done is preferred.

>>861770
>Gale Boetticher

kek

Then there is this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgtrQwTvqAs

>>861681
No.

A one buck harbor freight POS box wrench is better then 99% of gimmick tools. I'll buy that instead.

>>861840
This! wrench is gimmick shit

Would not buy because it is inherently weak, requires power (which serves no purpose in this case except to add complexity while weakening the tool structure) and the narrow jaws don't engage much of the fastener.

Would not even buy at a yard sale for next to nothing. Some tools exist to annoy users and that is clearly one of them.

Would smash a free one to look inside.

>>861854
I remember that thing
There was a controversy a while back with them

Sears carried the tool, it is made in the USA
Then after 1 Christmas season, they stopped carrying it, and made their own copy of it, changing it slightly to keep it legal.

>>861781
How could you use this on anything? It cant fit anywhere

>>861770
here's a better review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06DcdhiIzWE

>>861681
If you have enough money to spend on that, you might as well get a set of Wera Joker wrenches instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvBmCqXDDdk

>>861854
>>861944
Was looking this thing up and saw they have a multi tool thing

I almost want to buy it and keep it in my car.
Im a sucker for multi tools though

>>861681

what the fuck is the problem with using the correct size wrench? for the price of that piece of shit, you could get a set of standard (with a lifetime guarantee) open-box wrenches

>oh wait
>this is /diy/

yea, that thing would be great tightening 8mm self tapping sheet metal screws into MDF on your guitar amp.

>>861952
I was pretty confused by this video, and even more confused by the comments on it.

Watching a few of his other videos, guy is fucking gold.

>>861681
Wait, that tiny lock button is expected to resist the entire force I'm putting through the entire wrench?

Whenever I try to turn anything, the reaction force is going to try to force the wrench to open.

It's a long wrench. That's a fuckload of force.

>>861681
yes, as long as it's not bulky, heavy or expensive.

>>861952
that isnt a review, he just gives it an infuriating 2/5 instead of a 4/10 because autism.

the only place where this kind of tool is fantastic and what you will see more of is boomers. look they have cash and they have arthritis and fucked joints. so they will pay lots of money for a tool that doesnt hurt to use.

>>861975
it's just for putting ikea shit together bro. bed frames and stuff with bolts.

>>861681
If any of it is plastic. ABSOLUTELY not.

>Every christmas I get some random bullshit gimmick tool, since I love tools.

>>861767
Not as bad as you'd think, like a shittier dogbone or w/e. Used it a few times, threw it in a just in case toolbox and next time I grabbed it, the shitty head adjuster on the larger side was broken just from transporting.

>>861770
Piece of shit. Thing is light as hell, and not in a good way. Adjustable jaw or screw or both is shitty and doesn't stay tight unless you really keep your finger on it. The auto closing thing doesn't hold for shit either.
>I don't think it's supposed to though.

>>861944
>>861854
>>861954
>All 4's.
These work, but very limited use and hope you don't need much torque on it.

Biggest disappoint?
>fukkin Kobalt double drive.
I actually really liked it at first, was like a modern yankee driver, then took it to work and it lasted 3 days before something just gave way inside of it.

Anyone used one of these (I'm assuming) massive pieces of shit?

>>861700
>it turns it
good.

>>862121
I have one of these, I bought it cheap on clearance

Ive only tried to use it 3-4 times, but it slips as soon as you put any force on it. Which im sure the auto black and decker thing would too.

Its pretty much useless.

>>862121
And there is this monstrosity if you liked the stanley dogbone thing, but wanted it to be a little more robust.

>>861732
underrated post

I got one of these as a gift, which takes the adjustable crescent wrench to a new level of uselessness. I tried using it once but the bolt I was trying to operate on was too small for this to work.

If it isn't a single solid piece of forged steel, it's not even worth the space.

is this the useless tool thread? literally everything here is made to strip bolts making an easy job a cunt

>>861700
youre that one person who doesnt understand context

>>862154
Oh god, ive seen one of these IRL

This one is so bad its not funny, by design it looks like it will just chew up and spit out bolts.
Awful tool

we all know none of these designs have really "made it" till they have a dedicated 1/10th the price knockoff available at harbor freight....

Still not a bigger gimmick than wrenches made In india

>>861775
they cost a dollar and you can do all sorts of stuff with one like remove a tap, put a bed frame together, swap a gas bottle or remove a bicycle wheel. they are shit tools but the utility and the price point means that they are a must have home tool. would buy my fictional daughter one when she moves out/10

>>861689
>what the fucks the powerbutton for?

>What’s more, this wrench has a unique light ring around the aperture that activates with the push of a button to help illuminate dark spaces where the wrench is needed.

>>861944
>>861954
I'd like to try one of those for crimping ferrules.

>>862215
that is actually what it is. a ferrule crimper. that's the original patent for the mechanism only this has six teeth instead of three. read that patent i posted above.

Is it flat on the backside? If not, how the fuck do you tighten a nut?

>>862249
It wasn't designed by someone who regularly uses spanners, hence it's largely unusable.

>>861681
>>861689

I can see it now, car breaks down. Middle of nowhere, loose bolt, only needs to be re-tightened to fix car. "Hang on I have a spanner!" Retrieve spanner from trunk. Look at spanner, 'turn it on', seconds pass, nothing, doesnt work...........flat......fucking......spanner battery..

Later die from heat exhaustion and flat spanner battery.

>>862297
what bolt would loosen that would stop a car from working?

>>862301
Lug bolt

>>862312
I could see this tool being extremely useful in that situation

>>862297
>Look at spanner, 'turn it on', seconds pass, nothing, doesnt work...........flat......fucking......spanner battery..
>>862213
>light ring around the aperture that activates with the push of a button
Power switch is for light.
Wrench sized is adjusted manually by red ring.

>>862301
any grounding wire bolt

>>862225
I read the patent.
I have a Buchanan crimper (4 teeth)
It's for crimping terminal ferrules.
I want a larger one for hose ferrules.
Those tools probably wouldn't withstand the pressure required for hose ferrules but I'd like to try anyway.

>>861775
You shut your fucking mouth. When you're running around a lot, dealing with brass fittings for pneumatic shit, a crescent wrench is your best friend.

Maybe if you quit buying shit-tier ones, you'd be less of a retard on the internet.

>>862325
with a lever long enough, I could move the earth.
but yes, crimping hoses is usually at least like 10 tonnes of pressure.

>>862325
Probably have to put a lot of ass on that tool to crimp a hose ferrule. If it were a large ferrule, it would likely fail.

>>862339
>with a lever long enough
don't forget the fulcrum anon

>>862347
the moon obviously

>>861700

>>861775
I used to get HDX or Cobalt brand ones because I was always breaking them or the worm gear would just wear out after a couple weeks. I finally threw down $60 for a nice set of two from snap-on and Ive gotta say they're handy as fuck. A good solid lock up and harder steel is really all you need To make it a fucking wonder tool.

>>862376
>$60 for two
>snapon

Let me guess, made in Spain?

I paid well over 70$ for one Swedish made Bahco/Snapon 10in adjustable wrench about 5 years ago.
Now they arent even made in Sweden anymore, but made in Spain and are much shittier

>>862320
>Wrench sized is adjusted manually by red ring.

So WHY would I want some shitty plastic and LEDs in it?

As useless and gimciky as the "lighted" LED extensions and ratchets that Kobalt carries.
All it does is weaken your tool, while making it more expensive.

>>861681
How is this supposed to work?
Shutter mechanisms are usually made out of overlapping thin metal sheets.

Any tool tha'ts universal is usually shit

>>861681
Looks like the head is going to have to be pretty large if you want any sort of usefulness out of it.

And the bigger and more unwieldy it is, the less versatile it is (which versatility is the whole point of this thing isnt it?)

And the worst part?
To make it nice, its going to be expensive for what it is.
Will probably be cheaper to buy a full blown wrench set of Stanley or Kobalts or something.

I wouldnt buy it

it looks cool but no, i wouldn't buy gimmicky iShit. There's no way that thing wouldn't jam and break really fast. Vise grips kick that things ass for general around the house dickery.

>>861975

>whats the problem with carrying a whole shitload of tools around with you wherever you go
>why would anyone want all of that in one thing?

>>861780
What? Water pump pliers work on bolts? I always went for vice grips since I thought I couldn't get a good enough grip with a water pump plier.

>>862523
Those arent standard tongue and groove pliers you would use on pipes.

They are a flat jawed plier wrench. Knipex is the only person I have seen that makes them

The jaws open and close like a standard adjustable wrench, but being pliers they are fast and easy to use. They also have a slight ratcheting mechanism to them.

Vastly superior to standard adjustable wrenches in most cases.

>>861765
it doesn't do anything because all OP did was think of a cool design that's purely aesthetic. I think his design is pretty though for what it's worth. A one size fits all socket wrench would be a useful tool but as of yet, no one has produced anything that could actually do the job properly.

>>862533

>>862534

>>862590
And whats the window of sizes this Andre the giant sized tool covers?

>>862590
Is the guy gonna try and kickstart this thing?
Maybe try and get it ready for an Infomercial or maybe a HSN/QVC run?

Gonna be tough to make it a decent tool, while being only $19.99!

Post more useless tools!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORERRW6EXBA

>"theve done some trickery with the sizing so that itll fit both standard and metric

>>862605

>>862598
>3 inches wide
its too large to be useful

I actually own one of these abominations, got it at a junk store for 2$

>>862590
so he did some very poor photoshop? and?

>>862323
>2008+
>diy
>not carrying electrical tape in your car

>>862614
Ive seen it on a few websites
Maybe he paid an advertising company before he decides to kickstart it

Thats what the absolutely awful Tiko 3d Printer did. Got a bunch of press before even showing a working printer, and got millions for the piece of shit.

Craftsman is all about the gimmicks now

>>862590
"lock button" implies that there is a lock
but nothing in the pictures resembles a lock mechanism, or an aperture mechanism for that matter. back to ye drawing board

>>862610
>3 inches wide
>its too large to be useful

maybe some lube will help

>not using the total socket instead

>>862625
Craftsman is just a brand name Sears puts on other peoples tools. They don't design or build any of that stuff. Same with Kenmore, Husky, Kobalt, etc.

>>862625
snap - on's flank drive plus set is pretty good tbh, it'll rip the head off a bolt before it lets go of it...

>>862775
They didnt have this gimmicky stuff when their tools were made in the USA.

>>861681
I can kinda see myself accidentally breaking it. There is no way that it is as tough as something made of solid metal.

>>862501

I have tons of pliers, almost all shit.
Started to buy knipex pliers, no turning back. Sadly they cost so much that I can't get EVERY kind of pliers replaced, my seldom used pliers are unfortunately still not that good...

>>862121
>Every christmas I get some random bullshit gimmick tool
So, you're like a one man version of the US army?

"Gimmicky" shit that actually works?

>>861681
I just see people breaking fingers.

>>862926
Man, looking at the sockets with 6 point lobes. Its just asking to round off a fastener.

I had one of these when I was younger. When I used vise grips and adjustable wrenches for everything, I loved it.
Not sure what happened to it, and im not sure if its worth getting another one. The one I had was old USA made by someone random.

Been wanting to buy one of these

Its a 3/8 socket that can clamp onto different sized bolts.
I would think it might be useful on stripped bolts.

Not sure how well it would actually work though, and you cant go to a hardware store or amazon and buy it, you have to buy it from their awful website.

>>862989
My school had one of these a few years back. I didn't get a chance to use it, but my teacher said they were alright. But it is just another option, and not something to lean on.

>>862989
>>862990
get one of these instead

>>862989
>stripped bolts
Get this instead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTL38C1Nhg0

>>863025
You almost never have room for pliers, and if I did I would just use vice grips

>>863028
>vice grips

>>863048
>

Regardless, Ive seen those knipex before and had no clue they are supposed to lock.

>>862590

product designers, especially college student product designers are the stupidest people on the planet.
Just the existence of a course or profession, that functions around the idea that a little bit of competence with CAD and absolutely zero experience of the real world applications of the shit you are designing is enough to make a good product.
They should literally all kill themselves, the end up designing all that shit you see in late night infomercials while actual creative people are inventing groundbreaking shit for use in their industry or area of expertise using their decades of experience of solving their specific problems.
I real hate product designers, especially the students.

>>863131
Well, they don't lock per se, it's more of a combination of nicely hardened/sharp serrations on the jaws with a mechanical sort of camming action. It works in the same way a pipe wrench works by gripping tighter the more force you apply.

>>861763

but how

>>863138
>inb4 cakes and lies
there, I said it.

>>862590

Holy shit that fucking exploded diagram

>it's fucking nothing

why can't people just buy a set of weird shaped chrome-vanadium objects
no moving parts, motors, plastic nonsense...

simple spanner's are simple
and simpler is better

I wonder if I could fuck it

>>861692
>>861700
Look at this glorious bastard

All these retarded gimmick wrenches, and 90% of them don't work on square head hardware.

>>861681
>would you buy this?
Absolutely not

The more moving parts you have the more chance for failure. And the parts for these adjustable wrenches all come down to tiny little pins.

Give me a solid piece of tool steel any day that I can beat on with a hammer, use as a hammer, and throw down on the concrete in a fit of displaced rage when I slam my finger with aforementioned hammer.

>>861700
autism or b8? who knows

>>862590
The fuck does it even need a light for, am I fucking fitting puzzle pieces when tightening screws?

>>862979
A bike mechanic of several decades said to me that you could unthread an egg with a metrinch wrench, and I believe him

>>863400
>you could unthread an egg

but can you unegg a thread

>>863133
Truth

>>863138
it has electrolytes

>>862598
Dear god those sketches are painful to look at

So much "design"

So little design

>>862535
that looks flimsy af

>>863433
What looks flimsy about it?
Its no more flimsy than an adjustable wrench

>>861732
Another example of designers making "obviously" better things that look "cool" but don't actually work.

>>863166
And a set like this will last you forever.
>>863213
Sure you could, the aperture can go pretty small.

>>863472
>What looks flimsy about it?

There is nothing holding the six segments together around the head of the bolt.

>Its no more flimsy than an adjustable wrench
an adjustable wrench has a a moveable jaw mounted on a track that is adjusted by a screw which maintains the jaws position for use.

The design in the OP has none of the above.
Unless you're suggesting there are six similarly functioning tracks and six adjustment screws controlling the six aperture segments... nothing is holding them in place, and any torque applied to the hex faces of a bolt head would merely spread open the aperture.

the design shown in this image
>>862770
is superior to a typical adjustable, or crescent wrench, in that it firmly grasps 4 out of 6 sides of a nut or bolt rather than two flat sides like most typical open end wrenches.
4 out of 6 sides by 2 corners, is vastly superior to 2 out of 6 sides by the flats.

But let's not get carried away comparing apples to oranges. A box end wrench cannot do what an open end wrench can --- access a nut from the side. As the design in OP is box-endish it shouldn't be compared to open end wrenches, as the superior strength of box end designs has long been established.

Conclusion: OP's design doesn't have a strong enough rubber band holding it together.

>>863858
The post mentioning flimsyness was quoting another that had an image of Knipex pliers, not that piece of shit in the OP.

Did he patent that aperture wrench?

Its way bigger than it looked in the first picture.

>>863904
>Its way bigger than it looked in the first picture.
>Its

It doesn't exist. Those are just concept drawings.

This wrench (pic) has been around for a long time. It's the same concept, but this one actually works.

>>862590
That wrench lacks a mechanism for working.

>>863942
Looks like a limited clearance tap wrench...

>>863973
except for hex head bolts rather than square


Captcha: all the cupcakes

>>862129
I own this,
barely use it

>>864953
Looks like a tool that a pro mechanic would use!

>>862590
spooky

>>864979
>animators in charge of engines
>this is what engine bays look like to the average idiot
is that a zip-tie hose clamp? hood attached by a piano hinge?
reee..

>>864983
this was part of a plane shitlord

>>864967
Why just a ratcheting wrench.

>>864985
>implying it's better that zip ties are in an aircraft engine

Still, it's a fucking cartoon and it looks cool to me.

>>863960
Did you not see the aperture!?

>>865370
>Did you not see the aperture!?

If you're referring to the six pieces in the end of the baby rattle, yes I saw them.

>>861700
You might actually be autistic.

>>861708
>adjustable spanner
Nut lathe.

>>863472
Jeeez it's a gear/ratcheting wrench WTF, lots of people possess them, I frankly could not do without them beats a regular wrench especially in a tight spot with limited movement available.

>>861752
That fish does not even appear threatening let alone a believable innuendo to an offensive fuck you.

>>861763
No it does not you morone it is closedend gear wrench. Why is everybody making a big deal about fukin gear/ratcheting wrenches, I have lots of them, and prefer gear wrenches to regular wrenches.

>>862297
>spanner
Do you even know what a spanner wrench is let alone WTF that a spanner battery is non existence retard.

>>862169
Looks pretty cool to me if you can truly lock it to a nut sufficient enough that it won't give while torquing it hell yeah I'd get one. As of now got a set of gear wrenches both standard and metric, but looks like that one wrench could replace all my ratcheting wrenches..

>>865668
Gearratchet wrenches are great, but you really shouldn't crank down onthe closed end like a regular wrench.

>>865370
If you're op, we're. Making fun of you because this is a cargo cult wrench and its even funnier you're presenting it to us as an offering.

You're an artist or a design major. And that's cute. Make friends with an engineer or machinist and ask him about your hair rained designs for other artists. As people that do real work that depends on tools, we make our own tools. We don't need an art major to design them without even knowing what they do or hoe they work, and our user interfaces and ergonomics are perfect.

I'd fail you if you handed that in to my design class because there is no operational mechanism.

>>865701
It's cute because you typed all that as if I was someone who cares about your opinion.

Not OP, by the way just making a joke. Thanks for the laugh, friend.

>>865701
OP don't listen to the fuccboi "elitists" on here. It is obvious to the mentally sane person that this is not an enthusiast product for DIY professionals. It's a handy product for people that have maybe used a wrench 5 times in their life, and just wants something that is easy to use, fits any bolt, and makes it easier to see. That being said, this is a very gimmicky product and will cost a lot to manufacture at an acceptable quality, so your marketing better be damn good. At least better than going to 4chan as your first promotion stop. The kickstarter crowd could go either way on this, but I can see you raising 40k easy on indiegogo from idiots with too much money. But first, make sure you patent this ideas before the chinks stop you in your tracks.

>>865770
>DIY professionals
This isn't a thing which makes it so strange that "professionals" like to come on this board to talk shop. This isn't /gc/ - General Contractors, last I checked.

>>865770
There are already better tools for that specific job posted ITT.

>>865772
There are quite a few industry professionals that pop by once in a while.

>>865817
I know and they are welcome but why do they act like this is a board for them?

>>865951
because /b/ exists for all the stupid questions. we dont mind people asking how to spackle their wall if they've never done it before. or which drill bit to use to put up a shelf. that's easy. we just dont like shipping container bullshit.

>>861770

Great!

Now I won't keep losing my shifters down the toilet.

>>861708

Those are banned at my shop.

>>865996
but you're not a plumber anon.

Best tool

>>865996
They are great if you use them right, and for the right task. That said, doing so requires you to not be an idiot. Probably a good call banning them.

>>866154
>They are great if you use them right, and for the right task

Sure, if you dont have the right tool for those said tasks.
But in a shop, that isnt a problem

>>861681
The question is how much torque can an adjustment take before it gives and are they as sturdy as gear wrenches: if so hell yeah will gladly exchange them for the whole set of ratcheting wrenches that I must lug around.

>>865696
>you really shouldn't crank down onthe closed end
This is true, was insinuating normal use not hardcore torquing, if you gotta torque that much rather utilize pneumatic tools.

>>866173
I wont break bolts, or get them much past hand tight with the ratchet end.

They cost way too much to be putting moderate strain on the ratchet end.

Aperture wrench comes with a bag of zip ties to get you started.
step one. apply the wrench to your nut
step two. insert the six wedges into the wrench to fit around the nut.
step three. use zip tie to secure the wrench to the nut.
step four. gently turn the wrench being careful not to break the zip tie. If it breaks repeat steps one through three.

>>866216
>not green zip ties
1/5 ichiban moto stickers

>>866165
A fair point. In a shop, I don't use them much. However, as a handyman, I find them incredibly useful because they are easy to carry or chuck in a tool bag to take into a clients house. When I go up against a really stuck bolt or something though, I go back to the truck for a full wrench or breaker bar. Knowing the limitations of your tools and when to give up on the convenient ones is important.

>>866223
Green zip ties are a lot stronger than the black zip ties. He could always try the yellow temperature resistant silicone zip ties too.

It would make his tool pretty bad ass!

>>866239
I'd like to get like 10 of those wrenches and color code them with zip ties according to size and maximum torque.

>>863133
in my 40's now i concur. it takes years of experience just dealing with failures to finally get something good.

students ever made anything we truly rely on today?

>>866262
Software

>>865959
This is a DIY board. DIY means "Do It Yourself" it is not intended for people to post about their job as a handyman. People who work as handymen can definitely give useful input on DIY questions but don't act as if everyone in the world has the same needs as you.

>>863166
This.

I think we all agree that all universal tools kinda suck. This means, universal tools should only be applied in situations where normal tools are unavailable, e.g. for space or weight constraints. I can't carry a toolbox on my bike, but the smallest of these Knipex universal wrenches is just fine. I can even adjust spoke tension with it, try that with a hexagonal shaped universal ring wrench. You need losts of space around the bolt head for those, the Knipex also works in narrow situations.
I have a large one in my car, and a medium one in my workshop. These things fucking rock!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IBAA6cOD6M

>>866492
does every damn german workshop have those same shitty vises?

>>866492
I wish I could afford these
They are like 50 bucks a piece

>>861746
Different anon here, so what is the power source for this tool? Will you show a full picture of it? I cannot imagine there could be a useful motor in that tiny package and it looks a lot like it would be made of mostly plastic. What kind of torque can you achieve safely? Is this out in the market or just a computer generated image of a poorly executed fairytale concept? Aperture... seems like video game bait.

>>861841
Least amount of materials, not lightest duty tools.

>>863904
Where's the battery? Where does the motor go? Is it that large but only plastic? lolol.

>>861692

>>866711
No motor dumbass, just lock after fit, and ratchet something like a gear wrench. Jeeeezz

>>861698
>it's not to be used as a wrench
If it looks like a wrench, and ratchets like a wrench, more than likely it is a fukn Wrench.

>>861700
Pleb Alert!!!

>>861774
Especially OP's lower image.

>>861792
Your pal is a knowledgeable former mechanic he is a keeper.

>>862249
It"s a ratcheting wrench how else.

>>863408
>unthread an egg
>unegg a thread
WTF, lets just scramble some eggs or something.

>>866216
You are a sick puppy anon and belong in the Dark Ages where your talents would of been much appreciated and in demand.

>>865389
how would this shit work? there is not locking mechanism ???!??!

>>866756

Well, that's the thing..It doesn't work.

It's just an artsy-fartsy concept model with no thought into actually accomplishing the desired effect.

>>866772
99% of the concept sketches and rendering are depicting useless fluff. The 1% that actually relates to function is that 6 trapezoids can fit together to make a hexagonal hole. Notice how the "locking" mechanism is extremely half assed and never appears again after the pencil sketches, probably because he was already too far into fancifying a bullshit impractical wrench to have enough time to submit a better project.

>>866756
There is look on the bottom right

The nut will usually be resting against a flat larger surface. There is a lot of empty space in the tool that the nut has to clear before it fits into the "aperture". This will work on very thick nuts which happen to be used in very light duty applications, lol. hahahaha... on button, to turn on what? a light? where is it? hahahaha....

>>866841
You use the light to find out that there is too much clearance between the aperture and the nut so your meme wrench is garbage. You're fucked if the thing runs out of battery though, you'll keep turning and think you stripped a nut or something. The fucker should've added a solar panel and an arduino to beep when its running low on battery and some IR sensors to detect if the aperture is on the nut.

>>866870
I don't think there is a working example of this. There is no explanation of how this thing works. Maybe they left out the details to protect their "intellectual" (lol) property. I think they have no idea how these parts move and lock up. OP, go upstairs and ask if you can use the 3D printer. Make a wrench and show us how it locks up.

A standard aperture is adjustable, due to the thin plates overlapping one another. pic related
OP's aperture uses the balloon method, inflating and deflating the pie wedges around the nut via a compressed gas cylinder concealed in the handle of the tool.
the 2000psi gas cylinders are good for 5-10 uses before they need to be replaced.
For just 9 easy payments of $99.95 OP will include your first cylinder free.
shipping and handling is also free
allow 8-10k weeks for delivery

>>866216
there already are strap wrenches

>>867301
but none of those have a built in light

>>867348
I'm glad someone knows what they're talking about, good post.

>>867348
shouldn't the light be on the work side, rather than shining in your eyes?

>>862501


KNIPEX are awesome you dont need to squeeze like regular pliers , you use downward force the harder you push the tighter it grips

>>862926

i own those and they work saved my ass a bunch of times

>>867969
I looked into getting some sockets, but they only sell the old shitty ones.
Cant find a decently priced lobe ones.

>>867970
>they only sell the

this isn't buy it yourself
get some wood and make your own lobe sockets

>>861780
>>866492
>>862535

i've been wanting one for a while, a bit expensive. but not that bad.
they blow adjustable wrenches out of the water.

>>862590
>power button
sorry, my wrench just ran of juice, have you seen the charger?

>>861944
I worked in the machine shop (Penn united) that produced those, and the robogrips, pic related. they were guaranteed to strip everything you touch them to.

>>862301
Oil pan bolt.

>>862301
the most inconvenient hard to find one that your gonna spend way to many man hours finding....

>>871257
a friend of mine recently found out he had driven until the next oil change with a hand tight drain plug.
They tend to stay in. But yes, if it falls off, you're fucked.

The human being is such a piece of shit right now, that carrying a set of tools became "a problem".
It's like power windows, did we really need that shit?

>>871435
>>871435
You'd be surprised how long an engine can run oil starved and in limp mode before it actually fails.

>>871754
idk, I started a brand new self propelled lawnmower without putting any oil in it first. it worked a few minutes then froze up. they took it back

>>871754
According to the oil lines coming from the shitty local oil change place it takes less than a mile for the engine to drain when the shitty techs totally strip out the oil plug with an air ratchet driving it in. The tow trucks are usually deployed in a large grocery store parking lot a mile away. That is probably not total death, just bad things happening.

>>872564
the fuck kind of dealer sells you a lawnmower without any oil in it?

>>872655
happens a lot. people should be checking that shit anyway

>>871754
My ex had a Plymouth acclaim I swapped the engine in once. You know how it went bad? The oil pressure sensor blew off, bled oil like an artery. She called me to say it started making a weird noise and I heard a loud engine in the background. I told her to shut it off and I'd tow it to my house. I got ready and walked outside. I heard a loud car off in the distance, I knew the sound. I chuckled, "some asshole is driving around with a dry engine." And then she pulled up in my drive way. I was just like, "...fuck." I replaced the sensor and filled it up. She asked if it was ok now. I said only time will tell. 2 days later she called me stranded, so I went and checked it out. Plugs are firing so the crankshaft is turning(distributor), pull timing belt cover and see that's intact, no pressure in cylinder 2 and 3, assume head gasket. Take it back and break down the engine. That's when I saw one of the most incredible things I've ever came across aside from a crankshaft or pinion gear exploding and sending parts through an oil pan. The drivers side cam shaft bearing seized. It caused the cam shaft to snap in half, an almost perfect and clean snap, in a 2 inch thick cast iron rod.

>>862926
I love these. I have about 300 different sockets, but I'll grab one of these to take to a Mobil job over some of my other sets.

>>872939
>I told her to shut it off and I'd tow it

>Dumb bitch keeps driving.

Damn son.

I had a bad leak in an GM 88 turd. I usually kept a quart and kept it topped up because I tried twice to change enough seals to fix it, but it's impossible to drop the oil pan in it... So fuck it, slow leak is slow.

Once I had been too long without a top up and was out of my backup. heard a nice new tapping noise. Oh shit.

Just around corner from gas station. Pull in. Get a quart... Let is percolate down... still not on the dipstick. Get another quart... Okay, diptstick okay. Let it idle for a while... Stuff gets back in place.

Everything is fine.

Was only dry enough that it was complaining for like 500 feet. Very lucky.

-----
When I got it, the ECM died quickly. Took it to dealer to get it replaced because no one else in town wanted to order the ECM. Dealer does it. Runs fine. Great.

Like 4 years later just before I end up selling it and the third try I give this oil leak thing a really good go... Check the oil pressure sensor and filter housing.

They had maliciously bent the pins in the housing to always show max (green = good) on the dash. I thought it was strange it ALWAYS showed max pressure after the ECM deal, and figured it was just characteristic of the engine when it's running properly. No. They destroyed the sensor. (They also used an oil filter twice the size of what it's supposed to be for that car, but that isn't why the pins were bent. they had to take it off the car, and fold that shit over)

>>872655
>the fuck kind of dealer sells you a lawnmower without any oil in it?
Home depot, for one. Most lawnmowers in a box don't have oil in them.

>>872946
Damn man, I know they were just like "...fuck it." I had an 89 suburban, last year they rolled out of the flint plant. I had that thing for 8 years. I know the pinging noise you're talking about, because one time I was on the freeway and I heard it. Pulled off the next exit to check it out. My rusty oil pan decided it didn't like to hold my oil in place Any more so it decided to dump it across the highway. I always had tools in it, so I called a buddy and he scooped me and took me to a you pull yard. I pulled one off and threw it in on the side of the rode. I wanted an excuse to rebuild the engine anyway so I ran it dry to the gas station to get oil. 5 years later it developed a cracked head that was unrelated. I couldn't believe it didn't hurt it, but those engines are pretty bulletproof.
>>872954
Thank the EPA

>>872954
I realize that, but home depot especially, selling lawnmowers to soccer moms and the like, should at the very least provide oil.

>>872974
oil is in a bottle packed in the box with the lawnmower.

>>861975

My dad uses something vaguely similar to this for biking. Not every tool has to be 'ultra-heavy duty, serious work for serious people' you know.

That said, this looks like it was designed to be pretty more than actually work. Dieter Rams is suffering in the afterlife from the state of contemporary product designers.

for light duty applications an aperture wrench can work fine.

the 3D renderings of the wrench are impossible because for say a given 6 blade aperture, the bolt head has to be actuated by all six blades. this means for say a half inch bolt face, each blade could only be 1/12th of an inch to get all 6 sides to contact.

the shitty hack of an artfag who paid 20 grand a year to learn how to use maya when you can do that for free failed to realize his renders don't make any fucking sense, and probably thinks his photography is somehow deep and arty instead of capturing light. fucking hipster filters.

you know what kind of apertures are really cool? the ones with rounded blades so your bokeh isn't ugly like the shitty 5 blade apertures your typical artfag student has on their nifty 50 1.8 which they unironically shoot at f/2.2 because they bumped the setting because the camera has so many buttons they don't understand but it's cool to shoot at 1/8000 wide open for that artsy fartsy look, who really cares what's in focus anyway?

see this is why i don't go to /p/ anymore and sold all my expensive lenses.

who is the best handyman to ever grace Ask This Old House, and why is it Norm?

I use one when changing gas at a bar. For what it is it's pretty handy considering we use different types of tubing.

>>872978
it was Lowes, if I'm not mistaken. no oil was provided. it was dumb of me to assume it had oil in it, and to be completely honest it wasn't even thought about. (that's my problem, I WASN'T thinking)

no

>>861700
Well baited

>>873809
2 strokes do not have this problem. maybe next time you'll realize that.

>>870939
>touch to gf
>wtf are you doing
>i though you would get naked

>tfwnogf

>>862501
>>862535

I'm an electrician and use these for small glands, saves carrying around spanners of different sizes.

>>862770
Came to post this. Thing costs 15 dollars (10 around the holidays) comes with 2 wrenches and covers most sizes. An open end wrench is necessary sometimes, but these things are pretty damn useful none-the-less.

>>874113
>>862770
I just noticed the other side. I must admit that looks pretty well engineered.

>>863133
this.
>Buy 3d printer and learn cad
>draw every idea i ever had
>print them out
>none of them work

>>875571

Am I the only one who buys these kinds of things when I find them on sale because I love kvitchy gadgets? I mean there's just something kind of awesome about them in their general terribleness.

>>875580
yes. even a cheap set of spanners is superior.

>>875571
this is terrible. sockets and wrenches should never grip the corner of the bolt. except for very low torque applications.

>>875580
ive bought a few when they are on super clearnace
My local walgreens has a huge selection of as seen on TV stuff that never sells, and they go on fire sale.

I buy a lot of that junk for cheap

>>875582
I dont think they are a very good design either.

I have wondered about pic related though.
When you start rounding a socket, the bad edge slips into the 2 gripping teeth.

They are really cheap set at the hardware store

>>866994
underrated post tbh, fam

>>862297
>flat battery
>spanner

>>863133
What are you talking about? Haven't you been in the garage and just thought, "If only this wrench had a tiny LED light built into it"

>>875586
even with rounded edges, you need an extremely cheap 6pt socket to cam out. a real socket will not cam off the bolt like the little shitty flexible thin walled non hardened ones do.

>>875586
Looks like a clone of the Mac sockets. They look like they work well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdR3Ym-3kDw