Ridgid 6" pipe wrench cleaned up.

[cleat 5,970]

24 minutes ago, peter lena said:

@cleat  sounds like we went to the same , PIPE FIGHTERS SCHOOL , at monthly product changeover time , we were either on steam lines , or production , changeover  swap out . also under the floor decks , near the river , the rats were as big as Kats , Tyvek suit  , portable air , next to the steam turbines , gets kind of sweaty , did my 30 , Pete

 

At DuPont I spent a lot of my time working in a full acid suit hooked up to breathing air.

Hands were numb from the cold all winter with the double layers of rubber gloves and you were a total ball of sweat all summer.

Good times.

[cleat 5,970]

2 hours ago, Horse Newbie said:

I thought I had a small one with an 8 inch…

 

There was an old steam fitter that I knew from when I worked at Charlotte Mecklenburg School Maintenance Department…

for 40 years or better he carried a 6 inch or so adjustable wrench around in his coveralls pocket. Carrying that wrench around in his pocket for all those years had it shined up like polished chrome. On the day he retired, he gave it to his favorite apprentice… tears flowed…

This was on my Keychain for the better part of 40 years at work.

Even though a normal wrench size was 1-1/16 and 1-1/8 this little fellow came in handy a lot.

 

[Ed Kennell 38,171]

2 minutes ago, cleat said:

Hands were numb from the cold all winter

Reminds me of the 1968  winter I spent commissioning the first ever horizontal Tube Turbine in the Chaudiere Falls Hull 2 power station  in Hull, Quebec.   Some days warmed up to -10F.

The next summer I was in Lay Dam Alabama where it cooled down to 96F for one day.

[ebinmaine 67,494]

Hey lookitt what I gots!!

 

[cleat 5,970]

4 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Hey lookitt what I gots!!

 

Excellent.

Looks like it was never used.

 

[ebinmaine 67,494]

5 hours ago, cleat said:

Excellent.

Looks like it was never used.

 

 

Agreed. The teeth are nice and sharp.