Crescent wrenches (was: Nomenclature (was: NEXT Color Printer find

From: David Woyciesjes <DAW_at_yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu>
Date: Thu Jan 3 12:35:56 2002

! From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin_at_xenosoft.com]
!
!
! On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, Chris wrote:
! > I know the facts, and I know exactly why it carries that
! > name (much like
!
! It's a nice analogy, but only partially relevant for this particular
! issue.
! I don't know what they're teaching kids these days, but in
! the time period
! for which this list is relevant, mechanics did/do indeed refer to any
! adjustable wrench of that particular design as a "Crescent
! Wrench". They
! do NOT use the term "Crescent Wrench" to refer to any other style of
! adjustable wrench, and would consider THAT misuse as comparable to
! referring to a box-end wrench as a "socket".

        Maybe I'm dating myself, or just sounding stupid, but with my basic
hands-on mechanic experience, I always called them 'adjustable' wrenches,
because that's what they did. They adjusted to the size you nedd.
        Never quite realized what exactly a Cresent wrench was...

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